Project Gutenberg 2012-12-14 Public domain in the USA. 227 Hamilton, Walter 1844 1899 05037496 French Book-plates Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at the Digital & Multimedia Center, Michigan State University Libraries.) "French Book-plates" by Walter Hamilton is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book serves as a comprehensive examination of French ex-libris, or book-plates, detailing their history, design, and significance from their inception in the late 16th century up to Hamilton's contemporary time. This work is particularly relevant for collectors and enthusiasts of bibliophilia, as it not only catalogs notable examples but also discusses the societal trends surrounding the collection of book-plates throughout European history. The opening of the book provides background on the increasing popularity of book-plates as a hobby that transformed into a serious pursuit for many collectors. Hamilton references early contributors to the study of ex-libris and introduces the valuable resources he has compiled to educate readers about the development and significance of these artistic possessions. He emphasizes the importance of heraldries and personal inscriptions found in book-plates, delineating the context in which they were created and their cultural relevance, thus setting the stage for the detailed chapters that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41620/41620-h/images/cover.jpg en Bookplates, French Z Text Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference 579982 579987 2024-09-17T12:30:48.344065 2023-09-18T07:25:06.700574 text/html text/html 557586 2021-01-25T12:42:15 text/html; charset=utf-8 30916574 2021-01-25T12:42:16 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 31172526 2024-09-17T12:32:34.209000 application/epub+zip 31084991 2024-09-17T12:31:28.809815 application/epub+zip 269440 2024-09-17T12:30:50.885013 application/epub+zip 49900463 2024-09-17T12:32:55.745908 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 49754840 2024-09-17T12:31:50.252201 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 409508 2022-09-19T05:09:42.885719 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413830 2024-09-17T12:30:43.913049 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 413756 2012-12-14T15:12:36 text/plain; charset=utf-8 161697 2012-12-14T15:13:06 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 17733 2024-09-17T12:32:56.303868 application/rdf+xml 29763 2024-09-17T12:30:51.104066 image/jpeg 4663 2024-09-17T12:30:50.995014 image/jpeg 30901839 2024-09-17T12:30:49.580036 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog