- Scope and Contents
-
This is a collection of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century bookplates, mostly European and armorial in style. The bookplates are all mounted on cards measuring 6 x 4.5 inches. Many of the mounts are inscribed with a number in the upper left on recto. A few of the bookplates have additional inscriptions or annotations.
- Language of Materials
-
In English and German.
- Conditions Governing Access
-
The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
-
Copyright has not been transferred to Yale University.
- Immediate Source of Acquisition
-
The collection was purchased from Simmons & Waters, secondhand book and print dealers in England, in 1959.
- Arrangement
-
Organized into three series: I. Bookplates – Individuals. II. Bookplates – Institutions. III. Ephemera.
Bookplates are arranged alphabetically within each series.
- Dates
- circa 1704-1898
- Extent
- 1.25 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Language of Materials
- English
- Script
- Latin
- Language of Materials
- German
- Script
- Latin