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London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. two-toned brown and tan cloth lettered in black and red. Very good. 135 pages. 29 x 23 cm. One of 1000 copies. More than seventy illustrations in black and white. Index. List of illustrations of book plates. Quality reproductions on thick paper. KARPEL K385. "A list of bookplates, ranging from the mid-seventeenth to the late nineteenth century is included in this volume. The list is arranged by the name of the engraver, and gives information on the signature, style, date, and provenance of the plates." Two bookplates, one armorial. Backstrip rubbed at extremities, small nick fore-edge back cover.

London: George Bell, 1896. Second edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig buff self wrappers, backstrip nicked, covers lightly soiled. Very good. 360 pages. 23 1/2 x 15 cm. Illustrated with numerous black and white reproductions of bookplates. Originally published 1892. Limited edition, 24 of 38 copies on Japanese vellum printed by the Chiswick Press. From the Ex-Libris Series edited by Gleeson White. Includes chapters on identification and classification, several chapters of examples, ecclesiastical and scholastic bookplates, medical bookplates, canting arms and punning plates. Lists of artists and engravers. Bibliography. Internally clean.