BIBLIOGRAPHY.
AMERICAN, ENGLISH, AND FRENCH.
THE AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY.
By Eben Newell Hewins.
Book-plate collecting in the United States is of such recent growth that the literature on the subject is naturally limited, consisting of only a few scattered magazine and newspaper articles.
The following list is believed to be nearly, if not quite, complete.
The compiler desires his thanks to all who have assisted him in his work; and especially would he thank Mr. H. W. Fincham and Mr. James Roberts Brown, for kind permission to use their exhaustive English Bibliography, which is here reprinted from the journal of the Ex Libris Society; and also Mr. Walter Hamilton, for permission to use his Bibliography, prepared for his “Hand-Book of French Book-Plates.”
Additions to this list are desired, and correspondents having knowledge of articles not noted here will confer a favor by communicating with either the author or compiler.
1. The Heraldic Journal. Vol. I., American book-plate engravers; Thomas Johnson, p. 6; Nat. Hurd, p. 19; John Cole, Jun., pp. 95-108. Vol. II., American book-plate engravers; Thomas Turner, p. 94. Vol. III., The Harris collection of book-plates, pp. 21-24; Thomas Child’s book-plate, p. 190. Vol. IV., The Spooner book-plate, p. 45; the William King Atkinson book-plate, p. 119; Heraldic Painters and Engravers, p. 192.
J. K. Wiggin, Boston, 8vo, 1865-1868.
2. Whitmore (William H.). Elements of Heraldry.