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[Bookplate for E. May Craig]

Description

Bookplate features a tall ship sailing on rough seas. Design contained within border, with bookplate owner name at base.

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Title
[Bookplate for E. May Craig]
Date Created
[unknown]
Description
Bookplate features a tall ship sailing on rough seas. Design contained within border, with bookplate owner name at base.
Extent
1 bookplate : lithography ; 6.2 x 9.7 cm
Subject
Oceanography; Ships
Geographic Location
United States
Person Or Corporation
Craig, E. May
Genre
Prints
Type
Still Image
File Format
image/jpeg
Notes
Owner likely from Montreal due to pencil notation, but printing of bookplate was in the United States. Print traits' also suggest a lithographic reproduction of a relief print.
References:
1) Burke, Bernard. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. H. Pirie-Gordon, ed. 15th Ed. London: Shaw Publishing Co. Ltd. and Burke Publishing Co. Ltd., 1937.
2) Fincham, H.W. The Artists and Engravers of British and American Bookplates. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, 1897. Heraldric Dictionary. University of Notre Dame, Dept. of Special Collections. Accessed 18 Nov. 2008 from http://www.rarebooks.nd.edu/digital/heraldry/
Identifier
BP MUR USA P C73546; BP_MUR_USA_P_C73546
Collection
RBSC Bookplates
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Leslie Binder. BP MUR USA P C73546
Date Available
2009
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca
DOI
10.14288/1.0215472
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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca