One hundred book plates engraved on wood . UNIVERSITY OF CAUFORNIA LIBRARY. INTRODUCTION THE great interest now taken in Book Plates has pro-duced a taste for good work in the way of designingand engraving, and has caused a revulsion against the poor,stilted, and meaningless heraldry which has done duty for themarks of ownership affixed by collectors in modern times toeven the priceless gems of the bibliophile. There has been a tendency on the part of moderncollectors to look with scorn on the obtrusiveness of theelaborate and personal Book Plate, and this to a certain extentmay be pardoned, a
One hundred book plates engraved on wood . UNIVERSITY OF CAUFORNIA LIBRARY. INTRODUCTION THE great interest now taken in Book Plates has pro-duced a taste for good work in the way of designingand engraving, and has caused a revulsion against the poor,stilted, and meaningless heraldry which has done duty for themarks of ownership affixed by collectors in modern times toeven the priceless gems of the bibliophile. There has been a tendency on the part of moderncollectors to look with scorn on the obtrusiveness of theelaborate and personal Book Plate, and this to a certain extentmay be pardoned, as it shows that their great love andappreciation for the inside or contents of the book is so ii. INTRODUCTION jealously guarded that anything which would detract from themain feature is looked upon with feelings of alarm. Althoughthis is quite reasonable, it should be borne in mind thatthe same argument applies to the taste for elaborate anddistinctly appropriate bindings which is so prevalent at thepresent day. We find also that the early book collectors—who are notonehundredbookpl00moririch
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