The home library . FiG. 20. torian of costume and Eougecroix Pursuivant of Arms(Fig. 20), and the book-plate of the library of Eton Col-lege (Fig. 21). Planche carried out the idea of a seal of 110 THE HOME LIBRARY. wax, eyen to the representation of the silken cord whichsustains and pierces it. The Eton College book-plate isa fair type of the book-plate most in fayor in England ; itis rectangular in shape, heraldic in design, and fully let- ^gjREglE^SCHOIE. Fig. 21. tered in Latin. Eyen when the French choose to treat anheraldic subject, they are wont to lighten it and make itmore graceful. H
The home library . FiG. 20. torian of costume and Eougecroix Pursuivant of Arms(Fig. 20), and the book-plate of the library of Eton Col-lege (Fig. 21). Planche carried out the idea of a seal of 110 THE HOME LIBRARY. wax, eyen to the representation of the silken cord whichsustains and pierces it. The Eton College book-plate isa fair type of the book-plate most in fayor in England ; itis rectangular in shape, heraldic in design, and fully let- ^gjREglE^SCHOIE. Fig. 21. tered in Latin. Eyen when the French choose to treat anheraldic subject, they are wont to lighten it and make itmore graceful. Here (Fig. 22) is one drawn by Boucherfor a French collector of the last century. The owners ON THE LENDING AND MARKING OF BOOKS, HI
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