THE FRENCH BIBLIOGRAPHY.

For private circulation. Reprinted, with additions and corrections, fromThe Journal of the Ex Libris Society.

48. Wheatley (H. B.).Diary of Samuel Pepys. Pepys’ book-plates, i., xv., lv.

London, George Bell & Sons, 8vo, 1893.

49. The Muses.The Study of Ex Libris and Book-plate collecting, illustrated, 17-20 (H. Berkeley Score, F.R.G.S.).

Ormskirk, William Leak Hutton, 4to, 1894.

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Illustrations of book-plates, apart from the bibliography of the subject, are contained in the following articles:—

50. Lines written in Jerpoint Abbey.

London, 8vo, 1820.

One of Sheffield Grace’s book-plates.

51. Benson (Robert), M.A.Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Rev. Arthur Collier, from 1704 to 1732.

London, 8vo, 1837.

Collier book-plate.

52. See American Bibliography, No. 11.

53. Fragmenta Genealogica, Vol. I., 58.

Private press of Frederic Arthur Crisp, 4to, 1889.

Book-plate of “William Cowper, Esqr., Clerk of the Parliaments.”

54. The Bookman.

London, May, 1892.

Mr. Gladstone’s book-plate.

55. See American Bibliography, supplementary list.

56. See American Bibliography, supplementary list.

57. Revue Encyclopédique.Les livres en vente publique, 14-18.

Paris, 4to, 1892.

Several modern French book-plates.

58. The Christian Pictorial.Cowper’s Retreat.

London, April 6, 1893.

William Cowper’s book-plate.

59. Dictionary of English Book Collectors.

London, Quaritch, 8vo, Part ii., 1893.

The book-plate of the Huth Library.

60. Leslie (G. D.), R.A.Letters to Marco.

London, Macmillan, 8vo, 1893.

Mr. Leslie’s book-plate.

61. The Sketch.Mr. W. Herrics Pollock.

London, folio, July 7, 1893.

Mr. Pollock’s book-plate.

62. The Sketch.Mr. Clement K. Shorter.

London, folio, July 18, 1893.

Mr. C. K. Shorter’s book-plate.

63. Visitation of England and Wales.Edited by Joseph Jackson Howard, LL.D. (Maltravers Herald Extraordinary), and Frederic Arthur Crisp. Vol. I.

London, Mitchell & Hughes, 4to, 1893.

64. Warren (John Leicester), Lord de Tabley, M.A., F.S.A.Poems, Dramatic and Lyrical.

London, Elkin Mathews & Lane, 8vo, 1893.

Mr. J. L. Warren’s book-plate.

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BEING A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS REFERRING TO FRENCHEX LIBRIS.[Reprinted by kind permission of Walter Hamilton, Esq.]

A Guide to the Study of Book-plates (Ex Libris).By the Hon. J. Leicester Warren, M.A., London.

John Pearson, 1880.

Although not dealing especially withFrenchex libris, this guide is an almost indispensable book of reference to every collector of book-plates.

L’Amateur d’Autographes, April, 1872.

This contains an article by M. Maurice Tourneux, on the collection of book-plates in the possession of M. Aglaüx Bouvenne, a well-known artist and designer of book-plates.

Armorial du Bibliophile.Avec illustrations dans le texte. Par Joannis Guigard.

Paris, Bachelin-Deflorenne, 2 vols., royal 8vo, 1870-1873.

Contains many illustrations of super libris, which are frequently useful in assisting to discover the owners of anonymous French armorial book-plates. (See also “Nouvel Armorial du Bibliophile.”)

Bibliophile Français.Gazette illustrée des amateurs de livres, d’estampes, et de hautes curiosités.

Paris, 7 vols., royal 8vo, 1868-1873.

This work incorporates the “Armorial du Bibliophile” of Joannis Guigard.

Les Bibliophiles, les Collectionneurs, et les Bibliothèques des trois évêchés, 1552-1790. Par Arthur Benoit (illustrated).

Paris, royal 8vo, 1884.

The Book-plate Collector’s Miscellany.Edited by Mr. W. H. K. Wright, Borough Librarian, Plymouth. Quarto, illustrated, 1890-1891.

Plymouth, W. H. Luke.

The Bookworm.May, 1892. A Hunt for Book-plates in Paris. By Walter Hamilton.

London, Elliot Stock.

Bulletin du Bouquiniste.Paris, No. 416, April 15, 1875.

Letter from the Comte de Longpérier-Grimoard on a Super Libris of Crozat, December 1 and 15, 1876. A letter from the Comte de Longpérier-Grimoard, “Une Marque inconnue.”

La Curiosité Universelle.

A small weekly newspaper published at 1 Rue Rameau, Paris. This has contained several articles and letters on the topic of French ex libris, and advocates the formation of an Ex Libris Society in Paris. No. 228, June 1, 1891, À propos d’Ex Libris; No. 262, January 25, 1892, illustrated; No. 268, March 7, 1892, Article on ex libris; No. 269, March 14, 1892, illustrated.

Dictionnaire des devisesdes hommes de lettres, imprimeurs, libraires, bibliophiles, etc. Par Van de Haeghen, 1876-1879.

Étude sur les Ex Libris.Par le Comte de Longpérier-Grimoard.

Senlis, 8vo, 8 pp., 1875.

A paper read before the Comité Archéologique de Senlis, December 11, 1874.

Les Ex Libris Français, depuis leur origine jusqu’à nos jours. Par A. Poulet-Malassis. Nouvelle édition, revue, très augmentée, et ornée de vingt-quatre planches.

Paris, P. Rouquette, royal 8vo, 1875.

Les Ex Libris, et les Marques de Possession du Livre. Par Henri Bouchot, du Cabinet des Estampes. Paris, Edouard Rouveyre. With numerous illustrations, 104 pp., 8vo, 1891.

Only 750 printed.

Les Ex Libris dans les trois Évêchés, Toul, Metz, Verdun, 1552-1790. Par Arthur Benoit.

Paris, 8vo, 1883.

Les Ex Libris Oratoriens.Par le P. Ingold. Paris, Libraire Charles Poussielgue, Rue Cassette, 15, 1892.

Crown 8vo, 16 pp. With thirteen illustrations.

Les Ex Libris de Schoepflin.Par Arthur Benoit.

Paris, 8vo, 1883.

Reprinted, with illustrations, from “Le Bulletin de la Société pour la conservation des Monuments historiques d’Alsace.” Second series.

Les Femmes Bibliophiles de la France.Avec 43 Planches d’Armoiries. Par E. Quentin-Bauchart.

Paris, 8vo, 1886.

The Journal of the Ex Libris Society.A. and C. Black, Soho Square, London. Quarto, illustrated, 1891-1892. (In progress.)

A monthly journal containing numerous articles on French book-plates.

Le Livre Moderne, Revue du Monde Littéraire.

Paris, Maison Quantin, 1891.

No. 19 (July, 1891) contains an article by M. Octave Uzanne, entitled, “Remarques sur quelques Ex Libris contemporains,” with fac-similes of 36 interesting examples. No. 24 (December, 1891) contains an article in continuation of the above, entitled, “Quelques Nouveaux Ex Libris,” also by M. Octave Uzanne, with many illustrations.

Des Marques et devisesmises a leur livres par un grand nombre d’Amateurs.

Paris, De Rieffenberg, 1874.

Notice sur quelques Graveurs Nancedins, du XVIII siècle. Par M. Beaupré.

Nancy, Lucien Wiener, 8vo, 1862.

This work contains descriptions of a number of book-plates engraved by Dominique Collin.

Nouvelles Etudes sur l’Université de Pont-à-Mousson.Par M. Favier (illustrated).

Nancy, 1880.

Nouvel Armorial du Bibliophile, Guide de l’Amateur des Livres Armoriés. Contenant la Reproduction de 2500 Armoiries et riches Reliures armoiriées. Par Joannis Guigard.

Paris, Emile Roudeau, 2 vols., 8vo. 1890.

Petite Revue d’Ex Libris Alsaciens.Par Auguste Stoeber. Avec un fac-simile d’un ancien Ex Libris (C. Wolfhardt).

Millhouse, Veuve Bader, 12mo, 1881.

The author of this charming little pamphlet died a few years ago.

Le Serpent Embleme des Chirurgiens, et des Médecins Par Arthur Benoit.

6 pp. n.d.

An extract from “La Revue Nouvelle d’Alsace-Lorraine,” which treats of serpents shown on book-plates.

THE end of our pleasant task is reached; and it only remains to thank the gentle reader who has kindly followed us, and to re-assert as a parting word, that this work does not aspire to cover every point which collectors may wish to have decided. Its modest purpose will be served if any reader is led to take an interest in the subject, if collectors find it useful as an assistant in intelligent collecting, or an instigation to further and more careful research.

Undoubtedly, there lie in old garrets, book-cases, and forgotten cupboards, dust-covered books, in which some fortunate searcher will one day discover plates as yet unknown. It is hoped that any such will publish their success for the benefit of the steadily increasing number who find something interesting in these memorials of the past, and who take pleasure in their preservation and pride in their possession.

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Adams, John,15,85.John Quincy,85,86.Hannah,18.Akin, James,117.Albany Society Library,84.Aldrich, Thomas Bailey,101,343.Allan, John,7.Allardice, S.,117.Allegorical book-plates,57.Allen, Charles Dexter, his collection,383.Mrs. Frances Louise,375.Frances Louise and Charles Dexter,365.John,46.American Academy Arts and Sciences,126,163.American Antiquarian Society,78.American collections,377.American collectors,377,385.American members Ex Libris Society of London,384.Anderson, Alexander,79-117,120.Andrew, John,388.Andrews, Henry,57,59.Annin and Smith,122.Anthony, Henry B.,341.Apprentices’ Library,121.Apthorp,79.Armorial book-plates,35.Arnold Arboretum,72,73.Asay, E. G.,363.Assheton, William,9.Atkinson, Theodore,106.Atlee,8.Avery Architectural Library,72.Avery, Samuel Putnam,370.Avril, Paul,371.Baer, Frank House,341.Baillie, W. E.,350.Baldwin, Simeon,18.Bancker, Abraham,143.Bancroft, George,31;his motto,32.Barker, Mrs. E. H. L.,373;her collection,382.Barrett, Lawrence,102.Bates, Albert C.,349,350.Bates, Arlo,101.Baxter, James Phinney,347,348.Bayliss, Mary,376.Belcher, Jonathan,9.William,171.Benjamin, Marcus,368,369.Betton, Thomas Forrest,18.Bibliography, American,389.English,396.French,418.Bierstadt, E. H., his collection,382,90.Blackley, Absalom,172,173.Blackwell, Henry,33,360;his collection,383.Blanc, William,9.Bloomfield,154.Book-plates:metals used,2.used first in Southern colonies,3.literary,6.addresses on,7,8.profession on,9,10.essentials,16.dated,18.phrases on,18.armorial,35.purpose of,35.first,35.styles named,37.Early English, described,37.Jacobean, described,41.Chippendale, described,47.Ribbon and Wreath, described,54.Pictorial,57.Allegorical,57.Portrait,78.of special interest,79.reasons for grades of value,79,82,85.destruction of early,80,81.signed,82.dated,82.of presidents of U.S.,85.of royal officers,86.of loyalists,88.of titled Americans,88.of early authors,89.of early physicians,89.of early statesmen,89.of early clergymen,89.of early printers,89.of Revolutionary soldiers,90.of signers of the Declaration,90.heraldry on early,113.Booth, Edwin,102.Boston Public Library,77.Bowen, Abel,67,122.Boyd, John,123.Brainerd, Miss Helen E.,382.Brewster, Miss Jessie,373.British soldiers take books from Columbia College,86.Brooks, Henry M.,351.Brothers in Unity,67,77.Brown,7.Browne, Peter A.,118.Bryant, Hubbard Winslow,353.Buck, John H.,341.Burnet, John,84.Burrows, Charles W.,341.Cabell,9.Callender, Joseph,56,123.Campbell, John,19.Canadian plates.:

Carmichael, Hon. William,39,181.Castle, Harry Allen,342.Chambers, John,136.Chandler, Gardiner,146.John, Jr.,53,108.Chase, Samuel,79.Childs, Cephas G.,127.George W., his motto,32;his plate,98.Chippendale plates described,47.Chippendale plates by Hurd,105.by Dawkins,131.Clap, John,18.Clark, Clarence H.,371.Clergymen’s plates,89.Cleveland, Stephen,79,80.Clinton, De Witt, illus.,55.Coffin, Mrs. Julia Dexter,374.Cole, J. N. Candee, his motto,24.Colesworthy, D. C., his severe motto,21.Collectors of book-plates, defence of,11.College book-plates,57,67.Columbia College Library,81.Congressional Library,67.Connecticut Historical Society,75.Connecticut plates:

Cooper, Myles,49.Corning, John Herbert,354.Count Rumford,158.Courtenay, William Ashmead,122,356.Cowan, Thomas C., his motto,126.Craven,86.Curtis, T. W.,18.Curry, George (D. D.), his motto,33.Cushman, Charlotte,373.Dated plates,82.Dawkins, Henry,6,53,127.Dearborn, Nathaniel,132.Deats, H. E.,150,365;his collection,381.De Blois, Lewis,79,109.Defence of book-plate collecting,11.De Forest, George B.,371.Delaware plates:

Denham, Edward,356.Dering, Thomas,79,84,106.Dickinson, David,18.Dinwiddie, Robert,53.Dix, Edward Spencer, his motto,33.Dix, Rev. Morgan,346.Dodge, Pickering, his collection,383.Doolittle, Amos,132.Drayton,9.Dubbs, Joseph Henry,342,345.Du Bois, Henri Pene, his theory about book-plates,358.Dudley, Joseph,38.Duer, William,195,322.Duhme, Mrs. Ophelia Fowler,375,382.Dumaresque,53.Dummer, Jer.,39.Durand, John,47.Early authors’ plates,89.Earliest dated plates (American),82.Earliest plate by an American engraver, which is both dated and signed,84.Early English style described,37.Edwards, George Wharton,351.Eggleston, Edward,102.Elam, Samuel,8,13.Elliston, Comptroller,8,86.Ellwanger, George H.,340,363.Engravers, celebrated,14.Eno, Dr. H. C.,372;his collection,382.Ernst, Harold Clarence, his motto,32.Eustace, Colonel,8,199.Evarts, Jeremiah,386.Ewing,200,201.Ex Libris Societies.France,388.Germany,387.London,387.Fairman, Gideon,134.Farmington, Library of,7,62,63,65.Field, Eugene,35,101.First book-plate in America, I.Fitz, Miss Louise,382.Flint, Mrs. Alonzo,373.Fogg, Dr. J. S. H.,342.Forbes, Eli,135.Francis, Samuel W., his motto,26.Franklin, John,79,156.Fraunces, Andrew G.,205.French, Edwin Davis,376.Furnass, John Mason,134.Gallaudet, Edward,136.Elisha,136.Mrs. E. M.,382.Garden, Francis,159.Gardiner, John,9.Garrett, Edmund H.,138,376.Georgia plates:

Gibbs, John Walters,9.Gilpin, Henry D.,127.Godwin, Abraham,137.Goelet, John,208,209.Goodwin, George,6,132.Graeme, Elizabeth,97.Greenleaf, Daniel,25.Greene, Benjamin,84.Grolier Club,73,frontis.Haber, Louis J.,343,349.Hale, Robert, of Beverly,8,107.Hapgood, Melvin H.,344.Hark, J. Max,342.Harison, Richard,150,214,215.Harris, S.,137.Harrison, Charles P.,138.Hart, Gerald E.,350.Hartman, J. Hiestand,368.Harvard College,67,112.Hasty Pudding Society,67,68.Hayden, Martin,362.Hays, Barrack,218,219.Heraldry on early plates,113.on American plates,346.Hewins, Eben Newell, his collection,380.Hicks, Whitehead,130.Hill, Samuel,78,138.Hitchcock, E. A.,368.Holland, J. G.,99.Hollingsworth, A. L.,29,355.Holloway, Edward Stratton,362.Holmes, Oliver Wendell,32,98.Holt, Thomas,18.Holyoke, Edward Augustus,79,105.Hone, Philip,16.Hooper,59.Hopson, W. F.,104,370,376.Houx, J. W., his motto,24.Howland,361.Hoyt, F. W.,366.Huntington, Rev. Wm. R.,356.Hurd, Jacob,158.Hurd, Nathaniel,6,38,44,46,52,67,79,104.Hutton, Laurence,101,102.Ingersoll, Jared,8.Jacobean plates described,41.Jacobean plates by Hurd,109.Jackson, Jonathan,111.Jackson, W.,55.Jarvis, Samuel Farmar,226,227.Jauncey, William,226,229.Jayne, D. W., his motto,21.Jeffries, Dr. John,89.Jilson, Charles F.,357.Jocelyn, S. S.,138.Johnson, Rossiter,103.Johnson, Thomas,6,138.Johnston, Thomas (engraver),139Johnston, Thomas (plate),56,230,231.Jones, Emanuel,18.Jones, Gabriel,36.Kearney, Francis,139.Keith, Sir William,86.Kempe, John Tabor,86.Kentucky plates:

King, Clifford Julius,352.Kinloch, Francis,79.Kip,59.Kissam, Benjamin,129,51.Kunze, Johan Christopher,18.Labels,16,18,19.Ladies’ plates:Adams, Hannah,18.Allen, Frances L.,375.Barker, Mrs. E. H. L.,373.Bayliss, Mary,376.Brainerd, Helen E.,382.Brewster, Jessie,373.Coffin, Julia S.,374.Cushman, Charlotte,373.Duhme, Ophelia F.,375.Flint, Mrs. Alonzo,373.Graeme, Elizabeth,97.Iselin, Helen,225.Miller, Margaret M.,375.Shelton, Ada Stewart,375.Lady collectors,382.Lambert, John, his motto,24.Lawrence, Richard Hoe,362,368.Lefferts, Marshall C.,352,353.Leighton, George E.,353.Lemperly, Paul,357,359,421.Lenthall, John,79,153.Lenox,8.Lewis,7.Lewis, W.,18.Libbie, Fred J.,368;his collection,381.Library book-plates,57.Library of Congress,67.Lichtenstein, Richard C., his plate,346;illus.160;his coll.,381;his opinion of the George Washington plate,91.Linonian Library,67,69,70.Livingston, Edward,237,238.Livius,88.Lodge, Abraham,240.Longfellow, Henry W., his motto,30.Lord, William,5.Loyalists who had book-plates,88.Lowell, John,115.Ludwell,8.Macbeth, George Alexander,79,352.Maine Historical Society,75.Maine plates:

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