Bookplates : a collection of bookplates used by libraries and institutions, [1904-ca. 1920].

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Bookplates : a collection of bookplates used by libraries and institutions, [1904-ca. 1920].

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Mounted bookplates in a portfolio, probably collected by Willard Austen. Most are bookplates from Ivy League university libraries, such as Cornell, Harvard, and Columbia, with many bookplates for individual collections in those libraries; there are also a small number of bookplates from the libraries of individual collectors. Also included are several letters to Cornell University librarian Willard Austen, and one to George W. Harris, concerning the bookplate collection.

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