The Mitchell collection of bookplates, ca. 1800-1992
The Mitchell collection of bookplates, ca. 1800-1992
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1800-1992
Call Numbers
PXA 1217
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
Approximately 7,150 prints (34 boxes)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
Individually mounted bookplates (including duplicates) arranged alphabetically to folder level by the person or organisation who commissioned the bookplate.
Access and use
Finding aids
Australian personal bookplates by Andrew G. Peake. Dulwich, S. Aust. : Tudor Australia Press, 2000 makes references to bookplate collections held in the Mitchell Library. Peake's work includes an ‘Index of Artists’ with references to individual bookplate owners -
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
This aggregated collection of over 7,000 bookplates includes over 4,000 bookplates assembled by David Scott Mitchell. Mitchell’s collection comprises mostly of English and Australian owners. Since Mitchell’s death the collection has been added to by various donations.
BOX 01
Folder 1: A to Agnew, C.
Folder 2: Agnew, Garnet to Amory,...
Alternative Titles
Full title
The Mitchell collection of bookplates, ca. 1800-1992
Notes
General note
David Scott Mitchell's bookplate, with his family's coat of arms and the mottoes of the Mitchell family and of the Scott family was designed in 1900 by W.H. (William Henry) Emmett.
References:
Magnificent obsession : the story of the Mitchell Library, Sydney / author, Brian Fletcher. Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2007.
`W H Emmett -...
Published information
Overview of the Mitchell Bookplate Collection described in: Treasures of the State Library of New South Wales : the Australiana collections / Anne Robertson. Sydney : Collins Australia in association with the State Library of New South Wales, 1988. pp. 158-164.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 1217
Record Identifier
YzOg8KO9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YzOg8KO9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
867187
How to access this item
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