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Perry, Preston A.

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Title
Perry, Preston A.
Designer
Seymour, Ralph Fletcher, 1876-1966  
Style
Book plate  
Bookplate Type
Mixed  
Bookplate Function
Ownership  
Institutional or Personal
Personal  
Dimensions
81 x 110 mm
Orientation
Portrait
Bookplate Text
  • A PERRY
  • PRESTON
  • EX LIBRIS
  • Books are a part of mans prerogative. In formal ink they thoughts and voices hold. That we to them our solitude may give and make time present travelled that of old.
Description
  • Printed in black and red. Floral motif
  • at top, Aldus printer's device
  • open_file book
  • at bottom, closed books (one labeled on spine: "Cicero | Aldus 1501", one with decorated edges)
  • hourglass, manuscript page [illegible].
Note
[1] Perry book collection was sold at auction in New York, by Anderson, 21 April 1908. A notice in the New York Times on 12 April 1908 refers to the fine Ralph Adams, Roycroft, and Prideaux bindings and Kelmscott Press material in the collection. Ads highlight incunabula, including a Biblia Latina (1447 [sic]) on vellum. [2] Name of designer from John Starr Stewart's label.
Rights
No Copyright - United States
File Name
exlibris0165.jp2
Collection Title
John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
Collection
John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
TitlePerry, Preston A.
DesignerSeymour, Ralph Fletcher, 1876-1966  
StyleBook plate  
Bookplate TypeMixed  
Bookplate FunctionOwnership  
Institutional or PersonalPersonal  
Dimensions81 x 110 mm
OrientationPortrait
Bookplate Text
  • A PERRY
  • PRESTON
  • EX LIBRIS
  • Books are a part of mans prerogative. In formal ink they thoughts and voices hold. That we to them our solitude may give and make time present travelled that of old.
Description
  • Printed in black and red. Floral motif
  • at top, Aldus printer's device
  • open_file book
  • at bottom, closed books (one labeled on spine: "Cicero | Aldus 1501", one with decorated edges)
  • hourglass, manuscript page [illegible].
Note[1] Perry book collection was sold at auction in New York, by Anderson, 21 April 1908. A notice in the New York Times on 12 April 1908 refers to the fine Ralph Adams, Roycroft, and Prideaux bindings and Kelmscott Press material in the collection. Ads highlight incunabula, including a Biblia Latina (1447 [sic]) on vellum. [2] Name of designer from John Starr Stewart's label.
RightsNo Copyright - United States
File Nameexlibris0165.jp2
Collection TitleJohn Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
CollectionJohn Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection

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