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William Augustus Brewer bookplate collection

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Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]181 South College Avenue, Newark, DE 19717-5267

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the University of Delaware Library Special Collections. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
GRA 0115
Repository:
University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Extent:
  • 16 linear foot (17 boxes)
  • 7 oversize box
Language:
English, Latin, and French
Preferred Citation:
GRA 0115, William Augustus Brewer bookplate collection, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Date:
circa 1700-2000 (inclusive)
Creator:
Brewer, William Augustus, 1863-1931
Form:
Bookplates, Armorial bookplates, Photographs, Printing blocks (printing surfaces), Printing plates, Address books, and Specimens
Abstract:
The William Augustus Brewer bookplate collection comprises 12,870 printed bookplates dating primarily from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, many of which were from the libraries of famous individuals or produced by significant artists. The collection also contains additional material relating to Brewer's collection, including Mrs. Augusta LaMotte Brewer's address book and printing plates and blocks, as well as reference material relating to bookplates.

American educator Reverend William Augustus Brewer (1863-1931) was an avid bookplate collector. His wife Augusta LaMotte Brewer bequeathed his collection to the University of Delaware Library after her husband's death. Brewer was an alumnus of the University of California, Berkeley. He also served as the first and only mayor of the town of Hillsborough, California. The Brewer family was among the early settlers of San Mateo County, California. Brewer served as the rector of the St. Matthew's Military School (now Saint Matthew's Episcopal Day School) in Burlingame, California, having succeeded his father, philanthropist and educator Rev. Alfred Lee Brewer (1831-1899), who founded the school (then called St. Matthew's Hall) and served as its headmaster from 1866 to 1891. William Augustus Brewer married Ellen Wheaton (d. 1927) in 1895; they had two sons, Wheaton Brewer (1897-1959) and William Augustus Brewer, Jr. (1900-1957). Rev. Brewer married Augusta LaMotte of Wilmington, Delaware, in 1929. Augusta LaMotte's brother was Ferdinand LaMotte, Jr., who served as a vice president of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company, retiring in 1944. Augusta and Ferdinand LaMotte were the great-grandchildren of Daniel LaMotte, whose daughter Margaretta married Alfred Victor du Pont. Augusta LaMotte was also a cousin of Victor du Pont III. "History." St. Matthew's Episcopal Day School. http://www.stmatthewsday.org/podium/default.aspx?t=130291 (accessed June 18, 2013).Alexander, Philip W. and Charles P. Hamm. History of San Mateo County. Burlingame, California: Press of Burlingame Publishing Co., 1916. http://books.google.com/books?id=sRY1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false (accessed June 18, 2013).Sargent, Porter E. A Handbook of the Best Private Schools. Sargent's handbook series. Boston: P. Sargent, 1915. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZuZJ1CI1fdAC&dq=porter%20sargent%20handbook%20of%20private%20schools%201915&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=porter%20sargent%20handbook%20of%20private%20schools%201915&f=false (accessed June 18, 2013)."City Woman's Rare Book Plates Acclaimed," The Sunday Morning Star (Wilmington, Delaware), March 3, 1940."Miss La Motte Bride of Rev. W. A. Brewer," New York Times, May 20, 1929.

The William Augustus Brewer bookplate collection comprises 12,870 printed bookplates dating primarily from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, many of which were from the libraries of famous individuals or produced by significant artists. The collection also contains additional material relating to Brewer's collection, including Mrs. Augusta LaMotte Brewer's address book and printing plates and blocks, as well as reference material relating to bookplates.

Series I. contains 12,680 printed bookplates collected by the Rev. William Augustus Brewer, which comprises the bulk of the collection and represents the original gift to the University of Delaware Library. The bookplates date primarily from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries and represent a variety of illustration styles, subjects, and symbols. The collection includes bookplates from the libraries of artists and literary figures, royalty, political and historical figures, book collectors, and many others. Notable figures include English author Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson), American author Samuel Clemens (pseudonym Mark Twain), American photographer Alfred Stieglitz, American artist Walt Disney, Irish author William Butler Yeats, and English author Charles Dickens; Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Theodore Roosevelt; as well as King George III of England and Revolutionary War patriot Paul Revere.

Many notable designers are also represented in the collection. The designers of the bookplates include Thomas Bewick, Edward Burne-Jones, Kate Greenaway, William Hogarth, Howard Pyle, Rudolf Ruzicka, and James A. M. Whistler. Subjects illustrated in the bookplates are varied, including acrostics, birds, death's heads, medicine, music, rebuses, and science and portraits of historical and literary figures.

In 1957, the University of Delaware Library produced an index to the collection. The index, organized alphabetically by artist, notable owners, geographic region, and subjects depicted in the bookplates, can be accessed online in the University of Delaware's institutional repository, UDSpace.

Photographs of the Rev. and Mrs. Augusta Brewer are also included in the collection, under plate numbers 12225 and 12226.

Series II-V. contain material added to the collection after the acquisition of the original collection of Rev. Brewer's bookplates, including Augusta LaMotte Brewer's address book listing individuals who donated material to the collection; an additional 190 mounted and unmounted bookplates; printing plates and woodblocks; and reference materials pertaining to the collection and study of bookplates. The monographs and journals were removed for cataloging with imprints in Special Collections. An appendix of those removed items appears in Series V.

Digital copies of many of the bookplates are available through the University of Delaware Library's Digital Collections website.

Note: There is no pl. 117 in this collection.

The original arrangement (alphabetical by name of the owner) and housing used by Rev. Brewer for his bookplates has been maintained for Series I., which comprises the initial gift. Brewer mounted each bookplate to cardstock and provided additional information about each item, including original owner, designer, and his acquisition of the plate.

In 1957, the University of Delaware Library produced an index to the collection, which is included in this finding aid. The index is organized alphabetically by artist, owner, and subject. Photographs of the Rev. and Mrs. Brewer are also included in the collection, under the numbers 12225 and 12226.

The finding aid also includes materials that were added to the collection after it arrived at the University of Delaware Library. These items include additional bookplates, reference books, and journals. A list of the added bookplates is included in the finding aid, as is a bibliography of the books and journals.

  1. Boxes 1-14: Shelved in ANNEX MSS record center cartons
  2. Boxes 15-21: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (17 inches)
  3. Box 22: Shelved in SPEC MSS manuscript boxes (15 inches)
  4. Box 23: Shelved in SPEC MSS manuscript boxes (1 inch)
  5. Box 24: Shelved in SPEC MSS manuscript boxes (upright manuscript boxes)

Digital copies of many of the bookplates are available through the University of Delaware Library's Digital Collections website at ARTstor Commons. A PDF of the 1957 index to Series I. can be found at this link.

Gift of Augusta LaMotte Brewer, after 1931.

Processed by staff, 1957. Processed by Laura Cochrane and Theresa Hessey, November 2001. Encoded by Jaime Margalotti, May 2010. Updated by Maureen Cech, June 2013.

Subject
Occupation

Publisher
University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Finding Aid Date
2010 May 5
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library, https://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?askspec

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Series I. contains 12,680 printed bookplates collected by the Rev. William Augustus Brewer, which comprises the bulk of the collection. and represents the initial gift to the University of Delaware Library. The bookplates date primarily from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries and represent a variety of illustration styles, subjects, and symbols. The collection includes bookplates from the libraries of artists and literary figures, royalty, political and historical figures, book collectors, and many others. Many notable designers are also represented in the collection. The designers of the bookplates include Thomas Bewick, Edward Burne-Jones, Kate Greenaway, William Hogarth, Howard Pyle, Rudolf Ruzicka, and James A. M. Whistler. Subjects illustrated in the bookplates are varied, including acrostics, birds, death's heads, medicine, music, rebuses, and science and portraits of historical and literary figures.

Brewer mounted each bookplate to cardstock and provided additional information about each item, including original owner, designer, and his acquisition of the plate. These mounted bookplates are housed in portfolios, and the plate ranges listed represent the plate numbers housed in each box. There is also an index to Series I. available in PDF.

Plates 1-934.
Box 1
Plates 935-1731.
Box 2
Plates 1732-2531.
Box 3
Plates 2532-3437.
Box 4
Plates 3438-4338.
Box 5
Plates 4339-5178.
Box 6
Plates 5179-5975.
Box 7
Plates 5976-6843.
Box 8
Plates 6844-7773.
Box 9
Plates 7774-8648.
Box 10
Plates 8649-9574.
Box 11
Plates 9575-10582.
Box 12
Plates 10583-11613.
Box 13
Index, 1957.
Scope and Contents

An index to the initial gift of Brewer's 12,680 bookplates was created by University of Delaware Library staff in 1957. The index is organized alphabetically by artist, owner, and subject.

Physical Description

2 volumes

Plates 12225-12289.
Box 15
Plates 12290-12354.
Box 16
Plates 12355-12419.
Box 17
Plates 12420-12484.
Box 18
Plates 12485-12549.
Box 19
Plates 12550-12614.
Box 20
Plates 12615-12680.
Box 21

Address book.
Box 23 Folder F1

Pl.1 Groves, J.Stuart.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.2 Jones, Olive and Ralph.
Folder F2 Box 22
Pl.3 Newark Library and Literary Association.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.4 Eastman, Albert Sherman.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.5 Ward, Christopher.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.6 Ortiz, Manuel A. Luis E. deNavarra, artist.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.7 Delaware College Library, Newark, DE.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.8 S.Sebastiao, Torre de.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.9 Raynor, James A.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.10 Dick, William.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.11 Geneseo Normal Library.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.12 Browsing Room.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.13 Town Library, Newark, DE.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.14 Delaware.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.15 Browsing Room, Women's College of Delaware.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.16 Muhlenberg College, E.B. Bird, artist.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.17 Emma Worrell Library, presented to New Castle Hall Women's College, University of Delaware, January, 1927.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.18 Red, green, and black stripes, yellow Chinese or Japanese lettering.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.19 Columbia University Library.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.20 Ortiz, M.A., Luis E. deNavarra, artist.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.21 Newell, M. Moyca.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.22 Wake Forest College, In Memory of Hubert Evans, L. M. Patten, artist.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.23 The Library of the University of Delaware.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.24 Lefevre, Albert, Corcoran Professor of Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1905-1928.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.25 Bailey, Arthur L.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.26 Northwestern University, Dental School Library.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.27 The Library of the University of Delaware, Gift of J.P. Wright.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.28 Murdoch, Alexander, A. Avinoff, artist.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.29 Wilson, Helen.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.30 Hawkins, Mary Lawson.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.31 Bayard, Thomas Francis.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.32 von Bernstorff, William Hugo.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.33 Library of the Delta Phi Literary Society of Delaware College.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.34 Bonawit, G. Owen.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.35 Sellers, William F.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.36 Pottstown Library and Literary Association.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.37 Hayden.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.38 University of Delaware, Memorial to Albert N. Raub, President of Delaware College, 1888-1896.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.39 Paris, 1815.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.40 One of the books of, no name.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.41 Hullihen, William.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.42 Eastman Memorial Foundation, Laurel, MS.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.43 Hackett, Edmond Byrne, C. Harris, artist.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.44 Oberlin College Library, History of Printing Collection, In Memory of Azariah S. Root.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.45 Loomis, C.H.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.46 Brewer, Augusta LaMotte.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.47 Brewer, William Augustus.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.48 Brewer, William A.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.49 Rextrew, Amy.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.50 Bush, Charles Whiteley.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.51 University Club Library, donated by A. Barton Hepburn.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.52 University of Delaware, gift of the Student Council of Delaware College.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.53 Law, Henry I.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.54 Johnson, Everett C.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.55 Ex Libris, no name.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.56 Ex Libris, no name.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.57 Ex Libris, no name.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.58 One of the books of, no name.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.59 Ex Libris, no name.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.60 Ex Libris, no name.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.61 Taylor, Lillian Pitcairn.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.62 Douglas, Jamais Arriere.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.63 The Isabel Mercein Tunstall Library of Poetry, Duncan Smith, artist.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.64 Casey, Kellogg Kennon Venable.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.65 Robinson, Lydia Gillingham.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.66 Kirkpatrick, W.T.K., artist.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.67 Wilson, Harry G.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.68 Cox.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.69 Lawrence, W.T.K., artist.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.70 Hamilton, Alexander, van I.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.71 Birmingham Public Library.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.72 Calumet City Public Library.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.73 McNair, James B., James Cady Ewell, artist.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.74 American Classical League.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.75 Library of the University of Virginia, From the Library Bequeathed by Governor Holliday.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.76 Library of the University of Virginia, Donation of Arthur Curtiss James.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.77 Library of the University of Virginia, Gift of, no name.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.78 Library of the University of Virginia, From the Library of Thomas Randolph Price.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.79 Library of the University of Virginia, From the Hertz Books Presented by Thomas Randolph Price and the New York Alumni.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.80 Library of the University of Virginia, Gift of Dr. Wilbur P. Morgan of Baltimore.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.81 Library of the University of Virginia, From the Library of George Frederick Holmes which was purchased by a group of alumni and presented to the University of Virginia in his honour.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.82 Library of the University of Virginia, Barksdale Library of Chemistry, endowed by Mrs. Hamilton MacFarland Barksdale and by the University of Virginia Alumni of Delaware and Friends in Memory of Hamilton MacFarland Barksdale, C.E. Class 1883.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.83 Library of the University of Virginia, Gift of William Franklin Willoughby to the Library of the Bureau of Public Administration.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.84 Colby, J.A.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.85 Day, Cyrus.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.86 Coolidge, Calvin, engraved on wood by Timothy Cole.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.87 Knight.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.88 University of Virginia, Byrd Library, Virginia History and Literature Founded in Memory of Alfred H. Byrd, M.A. (1887).
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.89 Columbia University Library.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.90 Pelz, Paul R.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.91 Library of the University of Wisconsin.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.92 McNair, James B.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.93 Library of Delaware Alpha Chapter Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, David Benson, artist.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.94 Columbia University Bookplate Collection, W.J., artist.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.95 Davidson, Flora Neil.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.96 Library of Newark College.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.97 Ex Libris, Chinese or Japanese writing.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.98 Ex Libris, Chinese or Japanese writing.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.99 Bonawit, G. Owen.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.100 Neuscheler, Elmer William.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.101 Sielaff, Verna A.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.102 Ward, Christopher, A.K., artist.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.103 Carita, Harry Boden.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.104 Tiffany Louis C.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.105 Knox, Louise Wakeman.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.106 University of Delaware Memorial Library, Delaware Coll.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.107 Library of the University of Delaware, In memory of Dorothy Lawson Hawkins, Assistant Librarian 1920-1923, Librarian 1923-1927.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.108 The Emalea Pusey Warner Library, Sussex Hall, The Women's College of the University of Delaware, Presented by, no name.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.109 Property of the Newark Library Association.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.110 A.K., K.C., artist.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.111 Barbour, William and Katharine, R.H.B., artist.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.112 Library Delaware Agricultural Experiment Station, Newark, DE.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.113 Delaware College, Agricultural Experiment Station Library.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.114 Kirkbride Memorial Library, University of Delaware.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.115 Brewster, Walter and Kate.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.116 Evans, Mary Raub.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.118 Library of the Delta Phi Literary Society of Delaware College.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.119 Library of Newark College.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.120 Library of Newark College.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.121 Hawkins, Miriam, A.K., artist.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.122 Brinton, Professor George E., in Memoriam.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.123 University of Delaware, the A. Duer Irving Collection.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.124 Kirkbride Memorial Library, University of Delaware.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.125 Presented by the Japan Society, New York City.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.126 University of Delaware Library, Matthew Newkirk Memorial Collection.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.127 University of Delaware Library, Willard Saulsbury Papers, Manuscript Collection.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.128 University of Delaware Library, From the Estate of Hugh M. Morris, 1878-1966.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.129 University of Delaware Library, George Gray Papers, Manuscript Collection.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.130 University of Delaware Library, Christopher Ward Papers, Manuscript Collection.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.131 University of Delaware Library.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.132 University of Delaware Library, gift of Carl J. Rees, Professor of Mathematics 1920-1963, Dean, School of Graduate Studies 1950-1962, Provost of the University 1956-1962.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.133 From the Books of the Delaware Society, G. Nerney, artist.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.134 University of Delaware Library, Hallam Book Collection.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.135 University of Delaware Library, Presented in Memory of Dr. Kurt Wohl 1896-1962 by his Colleagues, Students and Friends.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.136 Ward, Christopher, A.K., artist.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.137 University of Delaware, James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation, Welding Library.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.138 University of Delaware, James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation, Welding Library.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.139 Presented to the University of Delaware Library by J.Paul Winthrop, D.D.S.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.140 University of Delaware Memorial Library, Given in Memory of Francis Hagar Squire by his friends.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.141 University of Delaware Memorial Library, Esther Schwartz Decorative Arts Collection.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.142 Northern Arizona University Library, Flagstaff, AZ.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.143 University of Delaware Library, Archives Collection.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.144 University of Delaware Library, Manuscript Collection.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.145 Library of the University of Delaware, in Memory of Dorothy Lawson Hawkins, Assistant Librarian 1920-1923, Librarian 1923-1927.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pl.146 Kirchner, Walther.
Box 22 Folder F2
Pennsylvania State Library.
Box 23 Folder F3
The Magnus Wahlstrom Library, University of Bridgeport.
Box 23 Folder F3
Christopher Ward, 1868-1943.
Box 23 Folder F3
Stephen P. Hofmayer, engraved by Arthur N. Macdonald, 1931.
Box 23 Folder F3
Scope and Contents

Gift of Stephen P. Hofmeyer, March 12, 1991

New York Society Library (from John Heudsey).
Box 23 Folder F4
Goddard, Paul B., M.D.
Box 23 Folder F4
Boyle, James.
Box 23 Folder F4
Von Schwartzenfels, Anton Gerlach.
Box 23 Folder F5
No name.
Box 23 Folder F5
Egidi, Ioh. Frantz.
Box 23 Folder F5
V. Eyben, Friederich.
Box 23 Folder F5
Frantz, Carl Philipp.
Box 23 Folder F5
Veit, Ioh Christoph.
Box 23 Folder F5
Thompson, John.
Box 23 Folder F5
No name.
Box 23 Folder F5
Bart, John S. Clair.
Box 23 Folder F5
Bridges, Duke of Chandos.
Box 23 Folder F5
Brudenel, Bruce, Earl of Ailesbury.
Box 23 Folder F5
Legge, Earl of Dartmouth.
Box 23 Folder F5
Noel, Earl of Gainsborough.
Box 23 Folder F5
Pierpont, Duke of Kingston.
Box 23 Folder F5
Pelham, Duke of Newcastle.
Box 23 Folder F5
Bennet, Earl of Tankerville.
Box 23 Folder F5
Bentick, Duke of Portland.
Box 23 Folder F5
Bertie, Duke of Ancaster.
Box 23 Folder F5
Finch, Earl of Winchelsea.
Box 23 Folder F5
Hamilton, Duke of Brandon.
Box 23 Folder F5
Herbert, Earl of Powis.
Box 23 Folder F5
Scope and Contents

Gift of Keith Wingrove, December 2,1982.

Wingrove, Keith, Derek Riley England, artist.
Box 23 Folder F6
Wingrove, Keith, Lionel Lindsay, engraver.
Box 23 Folder F6
Wingrove, Keith, Norman Lindsay, artist.
Box 23 Folder F6
Wingrove, Keith.
Box 23 Folder F6
University of Delaware Library, Gift of ….
Folder F7
University of Delaware Library, Archives Collection Memory of Dr. Kurt Wohl 1896-1962, by his Colleagues, Students, and Friends.
Box 23 Folder F7
Presented to the University of Delaware Library by J. Paul Winthrop, D.D.S.
Box 23 Folder F7
Presented to the University of Delaware Library by J. Paul Winthrop, D.D.S.
Box 23 Folder F7
University of Delaware, James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation, Welding Library.
Box 23 Folder F7
University of Delaware Library, in Memory of Dr. G. Lloyd Wilson and in honor of his Outstanding Contributions to Transportation Education, Gift of Traffic Club of Wilmington, DE.
Box 23 Folder F7
University of Delaware Library, A. Duer Irving Collection.
Folder F8
University of Delaware Library, Gift, no name.
Box 23 Folder F7
University of Delaware Memorial Library, Given in memory of Francis Hagar Squire by his friends.
Box 23 Folder F7
University of Delaware Library, Gift of University of Delaware Alumni Association.
Folder F8
University of Delaware Library, Gift of the University of Delaware Library Associates.
Box 23 Folder F7
University of Delaware Library, Archives Collection.
Box 23 Folder F7

Scope and Contents

This series comprises printing plates and blocks and framed examples of William August Brewers's bookplates that correspond with the plates. Also included are plates featuring greetings and announcements.

Physical Description

10 items

[Gift to the University of California] printing plate, undated.
Box 24 Folder F8
Scope and Contents

Printing plate announcing the gift of the William Augustus Brewer bookplate collection to the University of California. Rev. Brewer was an alumnus of the University of California, Berkeley (Class of 1885).

Framed printing plate, circa 1903.
Box 24 Folder F9
Scope and Contents

Framed printing plate of one of Brewer's own bookplates bearing the Latin phrase "Pro deo et patria." Features a church and a house, circa 1903. Designed by Edwin Davis French, 1903. See plate 1580.

Framed printed bookplate, undated.
Box 24 Folder F10
Scope and Contents

Framed printed bookplate of Brewer's "Pro deo et patria." See plate 1580.

Copper printing plate, circa 1907.
Box 24 Folder F11
Scope and Contents

Copper printing plate of one of Brewer's own bookplates, a smaller version of F9, featuring the same church, circa 1907. Designed by William Edgar Fisher, 1907. See plate 1557.

Printing blocks, possibly 1916.
Box 24 Folder F12
Scope and Contents

Printing blocks of one of Brewer's own bookplates featuring a landscape scene.

Physical Description

2 items

Printing block, Augusta LaMotte Brewer bookplate, circa 1915.
Box 24 Folder F13
Scope and Contents

Printing block for Augusta LaMotte Brewer's bookplate designed by Margaret Ely Webb, circa 1915. See plate 1559.

Printing plate, Christmas greeting, undated.
Box 24 Folder F14
Scope and Contents

Copper printing plate for Christmas greetings from Mrs. Brewer.

Printing block, Browsing Room, Women's College of Delaware, [1900].
Box 24 Folder F15
Scope and Contents

See plate 3351.

Printing plate, The Reading Club of St. Matthew's School, circa 1908.
Box 24 Folder F16
Scope and Contents

Printing plate for the Reading Club of St. Matthew's School, Burlingame, California. See plate 12585.

Scope and Contents

Books and journals on bookplates and their collection have been removed for cataloging and shelved with imprints in Special Collections. The reference material includes journals and monographs. Also included in this series is correspondence from bookplate scholar and collector Clare R. Talbot, as well as research material on Portugeuse bookplates.

Clare R. Talbot correspondence and material on Portuguese bookplates, 1948, 1977-1978, undated.
Box 23 Folder F17
Scope and Contents

Clare Talbot was a bookplate collector and scholar and owned and operated a bookshop in California. She authored

Historic California in Bookplates (1936, reprinted in 1983). The reference material included is in Portuguese.
The Bookplate Booklet, 1907-1911.
The Bookplate Quarterly, 1908 April and 1917 December.
The Miscellany, 1915 June, October, and December.
Yearbook of the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers. Sewanne, Tenn.: American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers., 1923-1970.
Barnett, P. Neville. Woodcut Bookplates. Sidney, New South Wales, 1934.
Barnett, P. Neville. Woodcut Bookplates Souvenir. Sidney, New South Wales, 1934.
California Bookplates. Vol. 1. Berkeley, CA: Sheldon Cheney, 1906.
Carver, Clifford N. Bookplates of Well Known Americans. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1911.
Craig, Edward Gordon. Nothing or the Bookplate. 2nd ed. London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1931.
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