Bookplates of the Kings: Christine Price's Catalogue of Royal Bookplates

by Paul Rich and Christine Price

Possibly the formal study of book plates can be dated to the work of Lord de Tabley in the 1880s. He attempted a schema of British plates, starting with the pre-Reformation period and identifying Jacobean, Queen Anne and Georgian styles. Plates as a reflection of the times have continued to multiply and, with the advent of the ebook, a growing number of plates are appended to electronic books. Royal bookplates, as this volume illustrates, are an important...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0944285821
• ISBN13: 9780944285824
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Westphalia Press
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"