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- Bookplate of Frederick Hamilton Temple Blackwood, Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, 1826-1902 - 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.
- 1863-1902
- Collections - Artifact
Bookplate of Frederick Hamilton Temple Blackwood, Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, 1826-1902
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.
- Ben Cooper Inc., "Snow White" Halloween Costume, circa 1960 -
- circa 1960
- Collections - Artifact
Ben Cooper Inc., "Snow White" Halloween Costume, circa 1960