- Library Home /
- Search Collections /
- Open Collections /
- Browse Collections /
- RBSC Bookplates /
- [Bookplate for Oeuvre des Bons Livres de Montreal]
Open Collections
RBSC Bookplates
[Bookplate for Oeuvre des Bons Livres de Montreal]
Description
Printed in black ink on blue paper, an intricate border evocative of a tabernacle and constructed of fountains, geometric repeating patterns, and a cross surrounds the text.
Item Metadata
| Title | [Bookplate for Oeuvre des Bons Livres de Montreal] |
| Date Created | [not before 1844] |
| Description |
Printed in black ink on blue paper, an intricate border evocative of a tabernacle and constructed of fountains, geometric repeating patterns, and a cross surrounds the text.
|
| Extent | 1 bookplate : relief printing ; 8.75 x 14 cm |
| Subject | Religion |
| Geographic Location |
Montréal (Québec) |
| Person Or Corporation |
Oeuvre des Bons Livres de Montreal |
| Genre | Prints |
| Type | Still Image |
| File Format | image/jpeg |
| Language | French |
| Notes |
The L’Oeuvre des Bons Livres de Montreal was one of the earliest collections of Francophone books in Montreal. Modeled after the original French L’Oeuvre des Bons Livres des Bordeaux, the lending library was started in 1844 by the priests of the French order of Saint Sulpice.
References: 1) “The Saint Sulpice Collection.” Bibliotheque et Archives Nationales du Quebec, Accessed September 25 2016, http://www.banq.qc.ca/collections/collections_patrimoniales/st-sulpice/index.html?language_id=1. |
| Identifier | BP MUR CAN I O987a; BP_MUR_CAN_I_O987a |
| Collection | RBSC Bookplates |
| Source | Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Morley Binder. BP MUR CAN I O987a |
| Date Available | 2016 |
| 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 | 10.14288/1.0320915 |
| Aggregated Source Repository | CONTENTdm |
Item Media
Item Citations and Data
License
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