Bookplate 320.1962
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Three bookplates, 1898 Designed by Ernest Gimson Black ink on cream laid paper Image 6.5 x 6.5 cm The bookplate is among very few two-dimensional designs by Gimson for printing on paper. Gimson produced two initial designs for his brother, Sydney Ansell Gimson. He found it a difficult commission, writing to his brother on 9 March 1898: ‘I have done what I can with the book plates and send you the results. They are neither if them satisfactory . . . I don’t understand designing for reduction. And it would require a more microscopic eye than mine to draw it real size.’ The book plates were used on books in Sydney Gimson’s library. Presented by Mrs C. Bramley in 1962 320 1962  |