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EnglishThe page on display, the reverse side of an engraved portrait of the author, Andrew Marvell, offers a wonderfully clear and visible example of the watermark embedded into the paper. Watermarks were designs woven into the mould used by…

Cette affiche, de Matica Slovenska Abroad et disponible dans le Fonds Ján Okáľ (20-016), fait la promotion du 6ième calendrier oeucuménique de Matica Slovenska Abroad, publié en 1980, le centenaire de la naissance de Milán R. Štefánik. Elle comprend…

Cette affiche, de l'organisme Matica Slovenska Abroad du fonds Canadian Slovak League (CSL) (20-017), comprend un portrait du général Milán R. Štefánik en uniforme militaire, l'oeuvre du peintre A. Schwarz.

EnglishPrinted in Oxford in 1707, at the Sheldonian Theatre, which is seen in the printing device on the title page (not seen here). A travelogue of a journey through the Holy Land, the text is open to an architectural plan, which like engravings,…

EnglishPublished in Paris, this work does not have an ex-libris per se, but it does have a note written on the inner cover which might offer some insight into the person that owned it. The inscription reads “Il y a deux éditions postérieures l’une…

EnglishThis image offers an illustration of the “ex-dono” inscription. In this case, author Georges Michel, in an inscription dated December 31, 1878, has dedicated this item “A monsieur le Général Marquis d’Alezac, Premier aide-de-camp de M. le…

Ce document, du Fonds John A. Ivančo (20-020), comprend un régistre des statuts et procès-verbaux de l'organisme Milán R. Štefánik Literary Circle, Oshawa (Ontario), 1935-1942.

EnglishLeathers and parchments could be dyed so as to add colour to their external covers; they could also be painted. This third edition of the works of Olympia Morata, humanist, poet and linguist, of Italian origin, is an example of a parchment…

EnglishWilliam Morris (1834-1896), product of an upper-middle class upbringing of the 19th century, was actually a socialist with a great reverence for the skilled craftsman whose output was a product of labour done by hand, rather than that of…

English This bookplate of Fréderic Lachèvre (1855-1943), French bibliophile, literary critic, editor, and specialist in 17th century literature of the Libertines, is remarkable for the finesse of its engraving. The image of the skull resting on a…