An extensive article by Anthony Pincott entitled Identifying English bookplates. At 33 pages it takes up a significant portion of the 80 page publication and will be the sole article I write about today. It talks about the different ways to find out information on the previous owner of a book through their bookplate. Many a time I've come across a bookplate whose owner was not easily identifiable and despite my best efforts I was required to move on. I found it interesting to

I recently received my copy of The Bookplate Journal and wanted to write a post about it as this particular issue seems to be a good starting point for people who want to know more about bookplates. The editorial does a nice job summing it up with the opening words of: "This issue of the Journal seeks to answer the questions of why and how bookplates are collected and studied." The first article: Why collect bookplates? by Bryan Welch, was of particular appeal to me as my per