Ex Libris Adelle Webber Gray

Ex Libris Adelle Webber Gray

Bookplates | Gray, Adelle Webber | French, Edwin Davis, 1851–1906 | Bookplates, American--New York (State)

Nameplates | Engraving (prints) | Books

States: "Ex Libris Adelle Webber Gray"; depicts a lighted oil lamp and several books. Personal bookplate for Adelle Webber Gray. A modest book collector from Elmira, New York. In her will she left five hundred dollars to her local library, which was spent on children's books. Edwin Davis French, an engraver who specialized in bookplates, created this for Gray in 1897. The work is listed in: Lemperly, Paul. Book-plates and Other Engravings by Edwin Davis French. 1911. New York: Rowfant Club.

French, Edwin Davis, 1851–1906

French, Edwin Davis, 1851–1906

1897

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