Bookplate design for Mrs G. Linnaeus Banks, with book motifs – Historic Print
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This rare historic image captures Bookplate design for Mrs G. Linnaeus Banks, with book motifs in remarkable detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Bookplate design for Mrs G. Linnaeus Banks, with book motifs
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Book motifs are the first thing to notice here: this design is built for a reader's own library rather than a public one. It was made for Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks, whose name the record gives, and it belongs to the long tradition of the bookplate, a small printed label pasted inside a book's front cover to mark who owned it. Bookplates of this kind were especially popular in the nineteenth century, when private collecting grew among middle-class readers, and owners often chose emblems such as open books, scrolls, and lamps of learning to express their tastes. Looking closely at the arrangement of those motifs shows how a single label could say a good deal about its owner.
| Original scan | 4,475 × 7,296 px · prints to 15 × 24 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif15516_OneoffourbookplatedesignsforEn |
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