Spencer Van B. Nichols Bookplate Collection, ca. 1700-1947

 

RLIN ID No.

NYGG01-A71

 

Main Entry

Nichols, Spencer Van B., collector

 

Title

Spencer van B. Nichols Bookplate Collection, ca. 1700-1947.

 

Physical Description

3 boxes (2 linear ft.) ; ca. 1000 items

 

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in alphabetical sequence by letter, including categories such as armorial, duplicates, foreign, France and French (bookplate designer).

 

Historical/Biographical Note

Spencer van B. Nichols was a Grolier Club member from 1919 until his death in 1947. He also collected English novelist Anthony Trollope.

 

Scope and Contents Note

Ca. 1000 bookplates; correspondence 1921-1923 (one folder); proofs (one envelope). American bookplates are particularly well represented. Designers include but are not limited to: E. D. French, W. F. Hopson, L. S. Ipsen, A. N. Macdonald and J. W. Spencely.

 

General Note

Title devised by cataloger.

 

Names

French, Edwin Davis, 1851-1906, bookplate designer.

Hopson, William Fowler, 1849-1935, bookplate designer.

Ipsen, Ludvig Sandöe, bookplate designer.

McDonald, Arthur Nelson, 1866-1940, bookplate designer.

Spencely, J. W. (Joseph Winfred), 1865-1908, bookplate designer.

 

Subjects

Bookplates, American.

Bookplates, British.

Bookplates, Canadian.

Bookplates, French.

Bookplates, German.

Bookplates. Collections.

 

Genres

Bookplates.

 

Occupation (as reflected in collection)

Bookplate designers.

 

Added Entries

Grolier Club.

 

Location

Grolier Cub, 47 East 60th Street, New York, N.Y. 10022-1098.