Grolier Club Bookplates: Past & Present - Couverture rigide

Ames, Alexander Lawrence; Lasner, Mark Samuels

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1605831042 ISBN 13 : 9781605831046

Editeur : Grolier Club of New York, 2023

Synopsis

A lavishly illustrated volume showcasing some of the most important bookplates produced in America from the collection of the Grolier Club.

A miniature work of art, a bookplate may be viewed as a metaphorical portrait of a collector or library, using the designer's personal graphic style. It also tells a story about the relationship between the artist and the patron. Illustrious collectors ranging from Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Elkins Widener, J.P. Morgan and Paul Mellon come to life through bookplates by such celebrated figures as Dorothy Sturgis Harding, Eric Gill, Walter Crane, Rudolph Koch, and Rockwell Kent. Grolier Club Bookplates, Past & Present is a veritable who's-who of both book collectors and the graphic artists who created their personalized ex-libris over the past 130 years, down to the present day. This carefully researched and amply annotated book not only provides a feast for a bibliophile's eyes but also explores the meaning behind bookplates and their legacy as cultural indicators in book history.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Alexander Lawrence Ames is director of outreach and engagement at the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia.

Mark Samuels Lasner is a senior research fellow at the University of Delaware Library, Museums, and Press.

William E. Butler is a John Edward Fowler Distinguished Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law.

Molly E. Dotson is a graphic arts librarian at Princeton University Library and a former curator of the Yale Bookplate Collection.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Grolier Club of New York
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1605831042
• ISBN 13: 9781605831046
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible