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In black ink on white or cream paper, the bookplate features a decorative triple border surrounding black text. A decorative rule separates the name of the institution and the city. There is a black smudge in the lower third of the bookplate.
Item Metadata
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[Bookplate]
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| Date Created |
[between 1828 and 1853]
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| Description |
In black ink on white or cream paper, the bookplate features a decorative triple border surrounding black text. A decorative rule separates the name of the institution and the city. There is a black smudge in the lower third of the bookplate.
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| Extent |
1 bookplate : relief printing ; 9.4 x 7.9 cm
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| File Format |
image/jpeg
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| Notes |
La Bibliothèque des Avocats, or the Advocate's Library, was founded in 1828 as a bilingual library for lawyers, out of the desire for a library containing a 'variety of works on different parts of the law,' 'many collections of legislation compared,' and 'judicial decisions and legal journals.' It was incorporated on June 26, 1840, and in 1853 became La Bibliothèque du Barreau, or the Library of the Bar. Edward John Hemming inventoried and classified the documents of the library, finally publishing them in 1857 as a catalogue, together with those of the Library of the Bar of Lower Canada. The Library of the Bar is still in existence and may be accessed online at the website of the Barreau du Québec. An almost identical, English-language version of this bookplate is also available in the Philippe Masson Ex Libris Collection at McGill University. There are also additional bookplates of La Bibliothèque des Avocats in the Thomas Murray Collection (BP MUR CAN I L53738a ; BP MUR CAN I A386).
References: 1) Buchanan, Alexander. Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. 2000. http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3804&terms=de. 2) DeLisle, Auguste. Catalogue of the Library of the Bar of Montreal, including that of the Advocate's Library. Montreal: John Lovell & Son, 1883. Open Library. http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23345200M/Catalogue_of_the_Library_of_the_Bar_of_Montreal. 3) 'Hemming, Edward John.' Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. 2000. http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=6779. 4) House of Commons, 'No. 159. An Ordinance to Incorporate the Advocates Library of Montreal,' House of Commons Papers, Volume 15, Great Britain: Parliament, 134. Accessed online at http://books.google.ca/books?id=_F4SAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22advocates'+library%22+montreal&source=gbs_navlinks_s. 5) Lamonde, Yvan. Les Bibliothèques de Collectivités à Montréal (17e-19e siècle): sources et problèmes. Montréal: Bibliothèque Nationale du Québec, 1979, 45. 6) 'Sewell (Sewall), Stephen.' Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. 2000. http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3125 7) The Philippe Masson Ex Libris Collection at McGill University, from http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/bookplates/ |
| Identifier |
BP MUR CAN I L53738b; BP_MUR_CAN_I_L53738b
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| Collection | |
| Source |
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Morley Binder. BP MUR CAN I L53738b
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| Date Available |
2013
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| Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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| 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
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| DOI |
10.14288/1.0215720
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| Aggregated Source Repository |
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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