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The history of the bookplate as a symbolical and decorative print used to mark ownership of books begins in Germany. Bookplates are often of art historical interest. Albrecht Dürer is known to have engraved at least six copper plates (some quite large) between 1503 and 1516, and to have supplied designs for several others.
Charles William Sherborn, RE (14 June 1831 – 10 February 1912) was an English engraver, who chiefly made bookplates. He has been hailed as having led the revival in copper-engraved bookplates, and came to be called the "Victorian little master".
Finding Aid for the Lewis Stark Bookplate Collection at the University of New Hampshire; Bookplates by Sidney Lawton Smith in the University of Delaware Library's William Augustus Brewer Bookplate Collection; Boston Athenæum: Bookplates Engraved by Sidney Lawton Smith, Boston, 1897–1925. Digital Collection.
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George William Eve, RE (1855-1914 [1]) was an English etcher, who designed bookplates and also several important British stamps. He was an authority on heraldry, a member of the Heralds' College, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers and a member of the Art Workers' Guild. When the Painter-Etchers and Engravers required ...
They are the traditional place to put bookplates, or an owner's inscription. There are many styles of endsheets or endpapers that are specifically designed for use with different bindings. For example, endsheets reinforced with cloth are used in sewn bindings. [3] The cloth holds the stitches and prevents the paper from perforating and tearing.