Bookplate for the Philip Sidney Patton Library for Sick Children, Ryerson Public Library, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1903-1904
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Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
Artifact
Bookplate
Date Made
1903-1904
Creators
Unknown
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Grand Rapids
Public libraries (Institutions)
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
RC.1.24
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Engraving (Printing process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.75 in (bookplate)
Width: 2.75 in (bookplate)
Height: 8 in (mount)
Width: 6 in (mount)
Inscriptions
on front: THE PHILIP SIDNEY PATTON LIBRARY FOR SICK CHILDREN / RYERSON PUBLIC LIBRARY / GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN
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