CIRCULAR TO ALL FISAE CONTACTS
This email is directed to anyone who has a copy of the
above-mentioned book, but who does not read German.
Or you may know of a library holding this book, and in need
of the English translation described below.
We are including German-speakers in the circulation list,
because you may know of friends who would like to receive the English
translation (which is of the introduction, not the full catalogue).
If you are already a member of The Bookplate Society, this email
is just for information, unless you are able to help publicise this journal.
We ask anyone who publishes an exlibris newsletter or
journal to please include mention of the availability of this translation.
It is an
impossible task to get in contact with all the people and libraries who
purchased this book, but maybe you can help a little.
O'Dell, Dr Ilse: Deutsche und Osterreichische Exlibris
1500-1599 im Department of Prints and Drawings im Britischen Museum, published
2003 by British Museum Press.
This book was published only in German, which we believe was
a mistake by the publisher. To make this German text accessible to readers of
English, the Autumn 2013 issue of The Bookplate Journal reprints in
English the extensive introduction, plus some improved illustrations.
Of the 72 pages in this well-produced journal, 38 pages are
devoted to the English translation of Dr O’Dell’s important introductory
explanation and historical overview, accompanied by 43 illustrations of which
16 are full page, a number of which are in colour. These illustrations have
been chosen to match references in the text. Original 16th century German
exlibris from the remarkable Franks and Rosenheim collections in the British
Museum have been re-photographed and, where possible, are shown at actual
dimensions (except where the originals are larger than the journal's 185x245mm
page size). In the 2003 book, images were unfortunately manipulated in size to
fit four to a page.
A second major article in this Autumn 2013 issue of The
Bookplate Journal is Brian North Lee’s well-informed piece on “Sir Augustus
Wollaston Franks as a Bookplate Collector”. This originally appeared as Chapter
17 (pages 308-316) in Caygill & Cherry’s A.W. Franks – Nineteenth-Century
Collecting and the British Museum, BM Press, 1997 (now out of print). To this essay
are now added further notes dealing with some aspects that Lee was unable to
research.
This journal sells to non-members of The Bookplate Society
for £14/$22.50 plus postage (less 35% on quantity for the book trade, but again
postage extra). Additional copies are being printed so that libraries and other
owners of the O’Dell book can access the English text. Available end-October
2013.
You will find a larger image of the cover plus the contents
page at
However, it is more expensive to order through Amazon, so
please send your order or enquiry to publications@bookplatesociety.org.
It is not too late to join The Bookplate Society for 2013. The
Society has an international membership, and is a not-for-profit association of
collectors, bibliophiles, artists, and others dedicated to promoting bookplate
study. The focus, of course, tends to be on British exlibris, but we try to
include . You will receive the Spring 2013 journal, the Autumn 2013 journal
described above, and the book British Royal Bookplates. Amazing value for
the non-UK subscription price of £39 (£40.25 by PayPal). Go to
www.bookplatesociety.org for
further details. You can join online at
www.bookplatesociety.org/membership3.htm and
you can pay by PayPal at
www.bookplatesociety.org/membership2.htm .
With thanks,
Anthony Pincott
Hon Treasurer and Membership Secretary
The Bookplate Society
32 Belitha Villas
London N1 1PD
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7607 5105
Email: members@bookplatesociety.org
Website: www.bookplatesociety.org
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