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- Drawing for Lithographed Music Sheet Cover, "The Log House, A Song Presented to the Western Minstrel," 1826 -
- March 14, 1826
- Collections - Artifact
Drawing for Lithographed Music Sheet Cover, "The Log House, A Song Presented to the Western Minstrel," 1826
- Bookplate of James B. Pond, circa 1873 - 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.
- circa 1873
- Collections - Artifact
Bookplate of James B. Pond, circa 1873
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.