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Title
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This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
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Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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December 2019
Abstract
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New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Title
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Rambles in Bookland
Creator
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Charles Wilson
Date
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1922
Identifier
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Private Collection
Type
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Bookplate
Publisher
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Whitcombe & Tombs
Abstract
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The Whangarei-based book collector Frank Wild Reed (1874-1953), older brother of A. H. Reed, had two bookplates. One was his ‘Alexandre Dumas’ bookplate, designed by Miss Doreen Price, and created because of his passion for the French Romancer. The other (on display) was an example of a rebus bookplate, one that offers a visual riddle. Reed’s name lent itself to an Egyptian theme and the use of papyrus reeds in the foreground. The bookplate was printed by Ronald Holloway, an Auckland printer, in 1933.
bookplate
provenance
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Title
A name given to the resource
This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 2019
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Title
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Works
Creator
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Edmund Waller
Date
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1730
Identifier
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Shoults Eb 1730 W
Type
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Inscription
Publisher
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Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand
Abstract
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Throughout the book’s long history, owners have used title-pages, margins, and preliminary pages to leave their mark: strange doodles, shopping lists, brief critical notes, and of course names. Inscribing a book is the easiest way to indicate ownership, and it can be accompanied by other evidential material important to the book historian: place of residence, price paid, date acquired. Sometimes there is a warning attached, as in this copy of Edmund Waller’s Works, once owned by Samuel Daniel, 3 March 1828: ‘Steal not this book …’.
bookplate
provenance
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Title
A name given to the resource
This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 2019
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Title
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Operum
Creator
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Antonio Mancinelli
Date
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1505
Identifier
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Shoults Fb 1505 M
Type
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Book label
Publisher
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Jehan Petit
Abstract
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A book label is a much more simplistic device to use for signifying ownership. A label comprises the owner’s name only, and sometimes a little ornamentation. Despite their simplicity, they are effective. Indeed, some book collectors had both: an armorial bookplate and a label. In this early 16th century printing of Antonio Mancinelli’s works (Operum), bound in pigskin, there is the book label of the Frankfurt am Main-based book collector, Dr Georgius Klok. There is a slight flourish in the design. In addition, this book carries the purple stamp created by Selwyn College for the Rev. William Arderne Shoults Collection. Although it is certainly not attractive, it too is effective, and immediately recognisable.
bookplate
provenance
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Title
A name given to the resource
This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 2019
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Title
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Poems on Several Occasions
Creator
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Samuel Boyce
Date
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1757
Identifier
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De Beer Eb 1757 B
Type
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Armorial bookplate
Publisher
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Printed for R. and J. Dodsley; J. Newbery; and W. Reeve
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
The bookplate of Sir Joseph Mawbey, 1st Baronet (1730–1798) on display in this copy of Samuel Boyce’s Poems on Several Occasions (1757) is a classic example of an armorial bookplate. It contains whispy mantling, the presence of a motto (Auriga Virtutum Prudentia; Prudence is the directress of the virtues), the name below, equally decorated, and is quartered. Mawbey was created a baronet in 1765, and perhaps this bookplate was engraved to celebrate that occasion.
bookplate
provenance
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Title
A name given to the resource
This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 2019
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
Contributor
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Title
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Heraldic Album
Creator
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Anon
Date
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1890
Identifier
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Special Collections CR21 H472 1890
Type
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Heraldic bookplates
Publisher
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Anon
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
The art and science of heraldry is at the base of armorial bookplates, those bookplates that feature coats of arms. This heraldic album was either compiled by Helen A. Hughes, who gave it to David Farmer, or by R. J. Wood, who, from the inscription within, lived at the College, Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England. Whoever it was, they have neatly arranged in a colourful array, various heraldic shields, coats of arms, intertwined initials, mottoes, and crests. On display is the Wood coat of arms, and the crests of various aristocrats such as Lord Brougham, Duke of Northumberland, and Lord Fairfax. This album was given to Special Collections by the late James McCready, a Dunedin-based heraldry expert.
bookplate
provenance
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 2019
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Title
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Praenestes Antiqvae libri dvo
Creator
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Joseph Marie Suarès
Date
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1655
Identifier
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Shoults Itb 1655 B
Type
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Bookplate
Publisher
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Angeli Bernabo, Haerdis Manelsi Manelsij
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Bookplates are small printed labels that are usually pasted onto the inside front cover of a book. They signify ownership. Often the Latin Ex libris is present, which means ‘from the books or library of’. Even though bookplates display a marked individuality in their design, many of the earlier ones have a marked similarity, especially depicting the coats of arms of owners. This book on the antiquities of Palestrina, by the prelate and antiquarian Joseph Marie Suarès (1599-1677), carries an unidentified coat of arms on its cover. In addition, the title-page contains a printed copy of the famed ‘bee’ coat of arms belonging to Maffeo Barberini (1631-1685), to whom as Prince of Palestrina, the book was dedicated. Suarès was at one stage librarian of the famed Barberini library in Rome.
bookplate
provenance
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Title
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This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 2019
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
Contributor
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Title
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'Bee' bookplate
Creator
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Barberini
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1630s
Identifier
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Shoults Itb 1655 B
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Armorial bookplate
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Angeli Bernabo, Haerdis Manelsi Manelsij
Abstract
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The title-page of Praenestes Antiquae libri duo contains a printed copy of the famed ‘bee’ coat of arms belonging to Maffeo Barberini (1631-1685), to whom as Prince of Palestrina, the book was dedicated.
bookplate
provenance
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Title
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This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
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Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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December 2019
Abstract
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New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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Title
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Itinerarium ab Hispania
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Jacobus Lopis Stunica
Date
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1521
Identifier
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De Beer Itb 1521 L
Type
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Printed bookplate
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Marcellus Silber
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This rare edition of a journey by the theologian Jacobus Lopis Stunica (d.1531) through Spain, including his trip from Toledo to Rome, contains what may be the oldest printed coat of arms owned by Special Collections. The title-page, printed in 1521, is the author’s own coat of arms, belonging to the noble Spanish family Zúñiga. In 1212, this family was involved in the Battle of Navas de Tolosa, when a stockade composed of the Black Guard chained themselves together to form a human defence of Caliph Mohammed al-Nasir. Stunica continued the family tradition, depicting a chain with eight links in his arms. The printed motto translates as ‘Virtue is the only nobility’.
bookplate
provenance
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Title
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This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
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Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 2019
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Angel bookplate of Hilprand Brandenburg of Biberach
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Anon
Date
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1480
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From Alex L. Ames, The Art of Ownership: Bookplates and Book Collectors from 1480 to the Present (2017). Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia
Type
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Bookplate
Publisher
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Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia
Abstract
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This hand-coloured wood-cut print of an angel holding a shield emblazoned with an ox is the first known bookplate. Created in 1480 by an unknown artist, the bookplate, tipped in a copy of Jacobus de Voragine’s Sermones quadragesimales (Bopfingen, Württemberg, 1408), belonged to Hilprand Brandenburg of Biberach (1442-1514). He eventually gave his collection of some 450 volumes to the Carthusian monastery at Buxheim, near Memmingen, Germany. From this small beginning began the tradition of bookplates in books, the most tangible display of ownership.
bookplate
provenance
-
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Title
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This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
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Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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December 2019
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Title
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Rudiments of Honour: Or, The Second Part of the British Compendium
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Francis Nichols
Date
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1720
Identifier
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De Beer Eb 1720 N
Type
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Bookplate
Publisher
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Printed by H. Meere
Abstract
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Francis Nichols’ Rudiments of Honour offers an engraving that may be of Lord Forbes, feudal Baron of Forbes, created about 1436. The ‘Baron’ crown sits opposite.
bookplate
provenance
-
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Title
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This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
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Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 2019
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Title
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The English Baronets. Being a Genealogical and Historical Account of their Families
Creator
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Thomas Wotton
Date
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1727
Identifier
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De Beer Ea 1727 W
Type
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Bookplate
Publisher
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Printed for Thomas Wotton
Abstract
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The bookplate of the Honorable Thomas Trevor Esq, is a fine example of an armorial bookplate. The Arms of Trevor are described as ‘Party per bend sinister ermine and ermines, a lion rampant or’ which in heraldic terms is simplified as ‘Party’, signifying that the field of the shield is divided; and the ‘Bend’, a straight piece extending from the ‘sinister’, that is, the left hand side. Ermine, the fur most frequently used in heraldry, covers the shield. In the middle is a rampant (rearing) lion in gold (Or). The Trevor family had Welsh associations, which would explain the presence of a dragon
bookplate
provenance
-
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Title
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This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
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Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 2019
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Title
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Boutell’s Heraldry
Creator
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Revised by J.P. Brooke-Little
Date
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1970
Identifier
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Central CR21 BS19 1970
Type
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Heraldry
Publisher
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Frederick Warne & Co
Abstract
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The pictorial devices in an armorial bookplate are usually applicable to one individual, or family. It is possible for a student of provenance (the history of previous ownership), to identify the owner, once the jargon and rules of heraldry are learnt. In Boutell’s classic book on heraldry, he offers a list of crowns and coronets that can appear in a bookplate. Spotting your ‘Baron’ or ‘Earl’ in the royal pecking-order becomes so much easier.
bookplate
provenance
-
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Title
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This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
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Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 2019
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Title
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Heraldry: Customs, Rules, and Styles
Creator
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Carl Alexander Von Volborth
Date
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1983
Identifier
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Central CR489 VX91 1983
Type
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Heraldry
Publisher
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Omega Books
Abstract
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Even though shields, mantling, and crests are almost always present in early armorial bookplates, their designs did undergo slight changes, often according to trend and fashion. Indeed, there was (among others) the 17th century Carolian style, the Jacobean style (c. 1700-1745), the Chippendale style (c.1740-1780), and the Spade Shield style (c.1795-1820). Although changes can help date a bookplate, there were constancies. One aspect derived from heraldry is tinctures, a defined colour, within the shield. There are nine permitted ones: Gold (Or); Silver (Argent), Blue (Azure), Red (Gules), Black (Sable), Green (Vert), Purple (Purpure), Ermine (white), and Vair (Grey-Blue). The pages displayed in Von Volbroth’s book depict their individual pictorial representations.
bookplate
provenance
-
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Title
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This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
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Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 2019
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
Contributor
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Title
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Description de la Ville de Paris
Creator
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Germain Brice
Date
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1717
Identifier
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De Beer Fb 1717 B
Type
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Bookplate
Publisher
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F. Fournier
Abstract
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Traditionally, the field of book collecting has been dominated by men. However, there were women book collectors. The library amassed by Lady (Dowager) Arundell, who was Mary Christina Conquest (c.1743-1813) before she married Henry Arundell, 8th Baron Arundell of Wardour (1740–1808), was obviously large enough to warrant a bookplate. Indeed, according to Norna Labouchere in Ladies’ Bookplates (1895), the Dowager (a widow holding property received from her deceased husband) had two: this lozenge-shaped version with lion and owl supporters, and another, but signed ‘W.H.’ Above the bookplate, someone has made an adjustment to the shelf mark, which indicates where the book is positioned in a particular bookshelf. Her motto is Deo Date (Give unto God).
bookplate
provenance
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Title
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This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
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Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 2019
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Title
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Hercules Prodicius
Creator
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Stephanus Vinandus Pighius
Date
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1587
Identifier
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De Beer Lb 1587 P
Type
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Armorial bookplate
Publisher
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Christopher Plantin
Abstract
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One area that captivated many aristocrats was book collecting, and with their wealth, they accumulated vast book collections. In the modern era, the Roxburghe sale of 1812 had the Duke of Devonshire, George John, Lord Spencer, and the Marquis of Blandford fighting it out for the Valdarfer Boccaccio (1471). It was a seminal moment; Blandford paid £2260 for it – the first time a book had sold for four figures. Augustus Frederick, the Duke of Sussex (1773-1843), the sixth son of George III, was a fine book-collector, amassing a collection of some 50,000 books and manuscripts, mainly theological. Sussex had two bookplates: one ornate with his coat of arms flanked by a lion and unicorn, and this smaller, simpler one on display. In 1844, his library was sold to pay off debts
bookplate
provenance
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Title
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This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 2019
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Title
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets
Creator
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Samuel Johnson
Date
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1781
Identifier
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De Beer Eb 1781 J
Type
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Armorial bookplate
Publisher
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Printed for C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, [and 34 others in London]
Abstract
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The two bookplates in this volume of Samuel Johnson’s Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets display the concept of provenance through families. The first owner was Alexander William Crawford Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford and 8th Earl of Balcarres (1812–1880). His armorial bookplate is on the left, with Clan Lindsay, Abernethy, and Lindsay of Balcarres represented. The motto is Astra castra, numen, lumen munimen (‘The stars my camp, and God my light and strength’). Lindsay established the Bibliotheca Lindesiana, and when he died, it was passed to his son James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres (1847–1913), another equally dedicated book collector. The smaller bookplate on the right belongs to him. Debts forced the Earls of Crawford to sell the best of the Bibliotheca Lindesiana in 1887 and 1889.
bookplate
provenance
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Title
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This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 2019
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Title
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Opuscula aurea theologica
Creator
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Peter Arcudius
Date
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1670
Identifier
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Shoults Itb 1670 A
Type
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Armorial bookplate
Publisher
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Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith
Abstract
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Peter Arcudius (1563-1633) was a Corfu-born Catholic priest who compiled this collection of patristic texts, Opuscula aurea theologica, a reprint of an early edition of 1639. The Corfu connection is intriguing. The bookplate on the front endpaper belongs to Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford (1766-1827), who, in 1824, established the Ionian Academy on Corfu. On opening day, this first University established in modern Greece, had 47 students and three faculties: Law, Medicine, and Philosophy. North died in 1827; three years later his library was dispersed.
bookplate
provenance
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Title
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This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 2019
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Title
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A General History of the Turks, Moguls, and Tatars; Vulgarly called Tartars.
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Ebülgâzî Bahadir Han, Khan of Khorezm
Date
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1729
Identifier
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Shoults Eb 1729 H
Type
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Bookplate
Publisher
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Printed for J. and J. Knapton, [and ten others]
Abstract
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Bookplates are sometimes hard to identify. In some cases, the coat of arms is present but no name of the owner is given. In other instances, a bookplate is pasted over another, hiding the identity of a former owner. In extreme cases, bookplates are steamed off, especially if the name attached is someone distinguished and therefore collectible. And then there is simple wanton damage like this ripped bookplate, where part of an urn and the word ‘Kent’ remain as identifiers. Fortunately, a search on various bookplate websites revealed that this is the bookplate of William Boteler (1745 –1818), a surgeon and agriculturist who was born in Eastry, Kent. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. This work on the Turks was once part of his library.
bookplate
provenance
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Title
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This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 2019
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Title
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De Jure Quaesito non Tollendo per Principem.
Creator
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Pietro Antonio de Petra
Date
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1610
Identifier
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Shoults Gb 1610 P
Type
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Bookplate
Publisher
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Sigismundi Latomi, [at the expense of Vincent Steinmeyer]
Abstract
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The earliest known examples of printed bookplates are German, and one early advocate was the German artist Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), who produced a bookplate for Nuremberg lawyer Willibald Pirckheimer (1470–1530). While Special Collections has no early German bookplates, it does hold German publications that contain bookplates, which if anything, indicate the traffic of books from place of publication to an owner’s shelves. Most of Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery’s 10,000 books were bequeathed to Christ Church, Oxford, after his death in 1731. On display is a legal work that was not part of the bequest. It was given to his son, to whom he was temporarily estranged. Overleaf and not shown the 5th Earl has written: ‘Orrery. This Book was left me by my Father 1731’. The armorial bookplate was probably affixed after this date.
bookplate
provenance
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Title
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This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 2019
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Title
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Opusculorum Variorum Sylloge
Creator
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Johann Gottlieb Heineccius
Date
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1735
Identifier
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Shoults Gb 1735 H
Type
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Armorial bookplate
Publisher
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Sumtibus Orphanotrophei
Abstract
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Scotsman James Veitch (1712-1793) was elevated to the title Lord Eliock in 1761. He trained as a lawyer at Edinburgh, Leiden and Halle Universities, and as a judge, it is certainly understandable that he owned this legal work by Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (1681–1741), a German jurist. An acquisition note upper right places him at Halle on 30 April 1735, and gives an indecipherable sum paid for the book. The peerage signalled an event, and Eliock had a bookplate made, pasting it into a book that he had owned for some twenty-six years. His motto is ‘Famam extendimus factis’ (We extend our fame by our deeds).
bookplate
provenance
-
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Title
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This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 2019
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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John Locke
Date
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1798
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De Beer Sb 1798 L
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Bookplate
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Printed for Mundell & Son, and J. Mundell, College, Glasgow
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Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872) was a bibliomaniac who wanted to own one of every book in the world. He was also obsessed with manuscripts. During a lifetime of collecting, Phillipps amassed some 40,000 printed books and 60,000 manuscripts. When he vacated Middle Hill, Worcestershire for Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham, some 105 horse-drawn wagons were required to transfer the collection. The eventual dispersal of his collection took over 100 years. Many of his books had a characteristic ‘Phillipps number’. The book label designating this book as part of Esmond de Beer’s Locke Collection may be hiding the number.
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This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
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Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
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December 2019
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New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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Mirabilia Urbis Romae
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Anon.
Date
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1548
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De Beer Itb 1548 M
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Bookplate and book stamp
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Valerium Doricum et Ludovicum fratres Brixianos
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Esmond de Beer (1895–1990) gave his collection of books to the University of Otago Library over a period of some twenty years, from the 1970s to 1990. A book label using the University of Otago’s coat of arms was created to celebrate his generous gift. This plain label sits opposite the armorial bookplate of James Whatman (1741-1798), probably son of James, founder of England’s well-known papermaking firm of Whatman. Above de Beer’s label is the famed ‘Bibliotheca Heberiana’ stamp belonging to Richard Heber (1773-1833), the English book collector. The provenance of this book on Rome is formulated thus: Whatman-Heber-de Beer.
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This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
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Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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December 2019
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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The Robin. A Collection of Six hundred and Eighty of the Most Celebrated English and Scotch Songs
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Anon.
Date
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1749
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De Beer Eb 1749 O
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Bookplate
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Printed for C. Hitch & J. Osborn in Paternoster Row, & J. Hodges on London Bridge
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Henry Huth (1815–1878) was an English bibliophile, who had an eye for books in fine condition. He called imperfect books ‘the lepers of a library.’ When he died, his vast collection of books and manuscripts went to his son, Alfred Henry Huth (1850-1910), who gifted some 50 volumes to the British Museum. Much of the Huth Library was sold in 1911 and 1912, realising over £350,000 in sales. The Robin belonged to Huth Senior; his red leather oval bookplate differentiates ownership from the son, who had a gold coloured bookplate. The University Library created the accompanying label in recognition of it being a purchase made through the Friends of the Library.
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This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
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Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
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December 2019
Abstract
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New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Eponymologium Criticum ex Principum Sacrorum, secularium.
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Tobias Magirus
Date
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1644
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Shoults Gb 1644 M
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Bookplate
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J. Pressius
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The simple bookplate with festoon (a wreath or garland hanging from two points) and legend (name) belongs to Charles Burney (1757–1817), the classicist, and son of Dr Charles Burney (1726–1814), the music historian. In 1777, while at Cambridge, young Burney stole 35 classical books, removing the University Library ownership details and replacing them with his own. He then sold the books in London as his own. He was dismissed, and sent to King’s College, Aberdeen, where he pursued classical studies, for which he later gained fame. Burney amassed a huge private library that the British Museum purchased in 1818. Somewhat fortunately, this Shoults book is not on the ‘missing’ list printed in Ralph Walker and J. C. T. Oates’s paper in the Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society, 1962.
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Title
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This Book Belongs To..... Bookplates, Book Labels, & Inscriptions
Creator
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Curated by Romilly Smith and Donald Kerr, Special Collections, University of Otago
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 2019
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
New Zealand’s Trinity of book collectors marked their books in different ways, thereby signifying ownership with the claim ‘This book is mine!’ Sir George Grey had no bookplate, inscribing his books rarely. Alexander Turnbull had ten different bookplates, one being a ‘rebus’ designed by the artist Walter Crane. Dr T.M. Hocken marked each book he owned many times, often using an Ex libris bookplate (which he was not allowed to carry); a ‘Hakena’ label, ink stamps, and his signature.
Marking ownership (provenance) by inserting bookplates, book labels, stamps or inscriptions into a book is part of a long tradition, begun in the period of the first printing presses (1450s), when multiple copies of books were produced. Book collectors started to amass libraries, either as a resource for their own intellectual pursuits, or just for show. It became chic to have a library, a collection of books and manuscripts. In later times, it was doubly chic to have a prominent artist design your bookplate.
Many of the first bookplates were based on coats of arms that many aristocrats and landed gentry had the right to bear. Mottoes dominated. As time progressed, and book collecting increased, an increasing number of owners did not have coats of arms to adorn their books. Consequently, they developed their own pictorial bookplates, often containing symbols or objects that reflected some personal aspect or interest. Traditionally, bookplates were engraved, or were produced through wood or linocuts. As the modern era progressed, the use of photography and colour has increased. Some book collectors are more circumspect. They use small, often unadorned labels, or specially made stamps, to affix in their books. Others just simply inscribed their name in their books.
Special Collections does not own a collection of bookplates like Auckland City Libraries with their Hilda Wiseman Collection, nor the Auckland Museum Library with its Percy Barnett Collection. Nevertheless, Special Collections has numerous bookplates, book labels, and inscriptions evident in the thousands of books held. On display is a small fraction of the total held, a wide variety of armorial, pictorial, and modern designs representing a wide range of book collectors. What is pleasing are the number of bookplates and labels representing female book collectors, who have traditionally not figured greatly in the field of book collecting. In addition, bookplate samples from the collection of Professor David Skegg have been included. They are particular to the South Island as they feature Otago and Southland bookplate owners.
In order to display more bookplates, far more smaller (octavo) format books and much less large format ones have been used. Often found pasted on the front endpaper, these individual design and provenance statements have their own distinct beauty. Please enjoy.
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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Poems, Sacred and Moral.
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Thomas Gisborne
Date
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1798
Identifier
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De Beer Eb 1798 G
Type
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Bookplates
Publisher
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Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies
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Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785–1861) has been called ‘England’s earliest female bibliophile’ (De Ricci). She had fortunate beginnings, inheriting the Richardson and Currer estates, which included extensive libraries. She added to them, amassing at Eshton Hall, North Yorkshire, a library of fine books numbering 15,000. To her, it was not a parlour past-time. She actually enjoyed the cut and thrust of book collecting. Currer had hoped that her library would remain intact, but the family sold most of it at Sotheby’s in 1862. Mathew Wilson (1772-1854) became Currer’s stepfather when he married her mother, Margaret Clive Richardson Currer, in 1800. Books from the collection with the Wilson-Currer bookplates are now found all over the world.
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