The Art of the Bookplate

This jewel of a volume, beautiful to look at and the perfect gift for booklovers, traces the origins, development, and exquisite designs of the personalized bookplate. Magnificent images display bookplates drawn by Durer, Holbein, Hogarth, Kate Greenaway, and Aubrey Beardsley. The foreword is by best-selling author George Plimpton.

• Author
• James P. Keenan, George Plimpton

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 160

• Publisher
• Barnes Noble

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780760746967

• Genres
• art, history, reference

• Release date
• 2003