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[Bookseller's Ticket for J. T. Brousseau]

Printed in black in on blue paper, this bookplate has an ornate border surrounding the text.

Québec (Québec)

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J.T. Brousseau is likely the original name of Léger Brousseau (baptized Joseph), a well-known bookseller, publisher and printer in nineteenth-century Québec, one of whose shops has also been documented as being located at No. 9 Rue Buade. For related tickets in the Murray collection, please see BST MUR CAN I B7688 and BBT MUR CAN I B7684. Related versions of this ticket are also available in the Philippe Masson Ex Libris Collection at McGill University.
References:
1) Driver, Elizabeth. 'Recueil de Recettes et le Médecin à la Maison.' Culinary Landmarks: A Bibliography of Canadian Cookbooks, 1825-1949. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 2008. 102.
2) Lavoie, Elzéar. 'Brousseau, Léger.' Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. University of Toronto/Université Laval, n.d. <http://www.biographi.ca/EN/009004-119.01-e.php?id_nbr=5395>
3) The Philippe Masson Ex Libris Collection at McGill University, from http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/bookplates/

RBSC Bookplates

2013

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