Lincolniana book plates and collections . e of interest to collectors of book-plates, depicting the several book-plates bearing port-raits of Lincoln or other designs appropriate for book-plates to be used in books relating to him* But it was found impossible to adequately des-cribe the book-plates without going into the detailsof the collections they were used to mark; & thesedetails were found to be of as much if not more int-erest than the book-plates themselves* And so it was decided to turn the project intoa little volume on Lincolniana; which has beendone, with the kind assistance of Mes
Lincolniana book plates and collections . e of interest to collectors of book-plates, depicting the several book-plates bearing port-raits of Lincoln or other designs appropriate for book-plates to be used in books relating to him* But it was found impossible to adequately des-cribe the book-plates without going into the detailsof the collections they were used to mark; & thesedetails were found to be of as much if not more int-erest than the book-plates themselves* And so it was decided to turn the project intoa little volume on Lincolniana; which has beendone, with the kind assistance of Messrs* QiarlesW* McLellan, Judd Stewart and J* B* Oakleaf, allveteran collectors of Lincolniana, who have eachcontributed a little paper on the subject* There has been no effort to cover the field of^Lincolniana book-plates/^ the few illustrations ap-pearing having been chosen simply with a view toappropriate decoration, which will account for theapparent, but thus not real neglect of many inter-esting Lincolniana book-plates* H* A* F*. Collectors and Collecting* Since what follows is written solely to obligea man with a hobby, I claim the privilege of sim-ply suggesting instead of detailing my ideas and^further, the privilege of starting at the end of thestory instead of at the beginning* The book-plate for my Lincoln library is thefinal outcome of gratifying an inherited desire forcollecting, given to me, I am sure, by my dear oldmother who was always saving papers or clippingsof interest* From her also I think that I inheritedthe desire to give pleasure to others (an inhentancethat has not been cultivated beyond a reasonablemeasure, however) and so I comply with a brotherhobbyists request for a few words to accompanymy Lincoln book-plate* In August J 888, desiring to present to my em-ployer, August R* Meyer of Kansas City, a bookthat would be unique and ^Mifferent,* I started toextra-illustrate Arnolds ^^Life of Lincoln, think-ing that I would give it to him Christmas, but, be
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