gra0115.xml Finding aid for William Augustus Brewer bookplate collectioncirca 1700–2000 University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
Date encoded (2010 May 5) Finding aid encoded 2010 May 5 English William Augustus Brewer bookplate collectioncirca 1700–2000 Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
 Brewer, William Augustus, collector. William Augustus Brewer bookplate collectioncirca 1700–2000 GRA 115 circa 13000 items The William Augustus Brewer bookplate collection comprises 12,680 printed bookplates dating mainly from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Many of the bookplates were from the libraries of famous individuals or produced by significant artists. The subjects of the illustrations are diverse, including depictions of nature, history, literature, and heraldic symbols. Materials primarily in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Gift of Augusta LaMotte Brewer.

 Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

 Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library, http://www.lib.udel.edu/cgi-bin/askspec.cgi

 Citation

GRA 115, William Augustus Brewer bookplate collection, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

 Materials Available in Alternative Format

Digital copies of many of the bookplates are available through the University of Delaware Library's Digital Collections website

 Processing

Processed by staff, 1957. Processed by Laura Cochrane and Theresa Hessey, November 2001. Encoded by Jaime Margalotti, May 2010.

 Biographical Note

Reverend William Augustus Brewer was an avid bookplate collector. His wife, Augusta LaMotte Brewer, bequeathed his collection to the University of Delaware Library after her husband’s death.

 Scope and Content Note

The William Augustus Brewer bookplate collection comprises 12,680 printed bookplates dating mainly from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Many of the bookplates were from the libraries of famous individuals or produced by significant artists. The subjects of the illustrations are diverse, including depictions of nature, history, literature, and heraldic symbols.

The collection includes bookplates from the libraries of John Carter Brown, Lewis Carroll, Queen Charlotte, Samuel L. Clemens, Calvin Coolidge, Charles Dickens, Walt Disney, George III, Edward Gibbon, Alexander Hamilton, Harry Houdini, Samuel Pepys, Howard Pyle, Paul Revere, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Theodore Roosevelt, Alfred Stieglitz, William Wordsworth, and William Butler Yeats, as well as many others.

The designers of the bookplates include Thomas Bewick, Edward Burne-Jones, Kate Greenaway, William Hogarth, Howard Pyle, Rudolf Ruzicka, and James A. M. Whistler. Subjects illustrated in the bookplates are varied, including acrostics, birds, death’s heads, medicine, music, rebuses, and science and portraits of historical and literary figures.

In addition to the Brewer bookplates, the collection also includes reference books and journals about bookplates; photographic portraits of William Augustus Brewer and his wife, Augusta LaMotte Brewer; an address book listing individuals who donated material to the collection; metal and wood printing blocks; and bookplates added to the collection after it came to the University of Delaware Library.

Note: There is no pl. 117 in this collection.

 Arrangement

The collection has been left with the same organization (alphabetical by the name of the owner) and in the same housings used by Rev. Brewer. In 1957, the University of Delaware Library produced an index to the collection, which is included in this finding aid. The index is organized alphabetically by artists, owners, and subjects. Photographs of the Rev. and Mrs. Brewer are also included in the collection, under the numbers 12225 and 12226.

The finding aid also includes materials that were added to the collection after it arrived at the University of Delaware Library. These items include additional bookplates, reference books, and journals. A list of the added bookplates is included in the finding aid, as is a bibliography of the books and journals.

I. Augusta LaMotte Brewer’s address book II. Bookplates added to the Brewer bookplate collection III. Reference collection III.1. Journals III.2. Monographs IV. Index to the Brewer bookplate collection

Selected Search Terms Topical Terms Bookplates. Art in bookplates. Form/Genre Terms Bookplates. Armorial Bookplates. Photographs. Printing Blocks. Occupation Collectors. Series I. Augusta LaMotte Brewer’s address book F1 Address book Series II. Bookplates added to the Brewer bookplate collection Numbered bookplates F2 Pl.1 Groves, J.Stuart F2 Pl.2 Jones, Olive and Ralph F2 Pl.3 Newark Library and Literary Association F2 Pl.4 Eastman, Albert Sherman F2 Pl.5 Ward, Christopher F2 Pl.6 Ortiz, Manuel A. Luis E. deNavarra, artist. F2 Pl.7 Delaware College Library, Newark, DE F2 Pl.8 S.Sebastiao, Torre de F2 Pl.9 Raynor, James A. F2 Pl.10 Dick, William F2 Pl.11 Geneseo Normal Library F2 Pl.12 Browsing Room F2 Pl.13 Town Library, Newark, DE F2 Pl.14 Delaware F2 Pl.15 Browsing Room, Women’s College of Delaware F2 Pl.16 Muhlenberg College, E.B. Bird, artist. F2 Pl.17 Emma Worrell Library, presented to New Castle Hall Women’s College, University of Delaware, January, 1927. F2 Pl.18 Red, green, and black stripes, yellow Chinese or Japanese lettering. F2 Pl.19 Columbia University Library F2 Pl.20 Ortiz, M.A., Luis E. deNavarra, artist. F2 Pl.21 Newell, M. Moyca F2 Pl.22 Wake Forest College, In Memory of Hubert Evans, L. M. Patten, artist. F2 Pl.23 The Library of the University of Delaware F2 Pl.24 Lefevre, Albert, Corcoran Professor of Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1905–1928. F2 Pl.25 Bailey, Arthur L. F2 Pl.26 Northwestern University, Dental School Library F2 Pl.27 The Library of the University of Delaware, Gift of J.P. Wright F2 Pl.28 Murdoch, Alexander, A. Avinoff, artist. F2 Pl.29 Wilson, Helen F2 Pl.30 Hawkins, Mary Lawson F2 Pl.31 Bayard, Thomas Francis F2 Pl.32 von Bernstorff, William Hugo F2 Pl.33 Library of the Delta Phi Literary Society of Delaware College F2 Pl.34 Bonawit, G. Owen F2 Pl.35 Sellers, William F. F2 Pl.36 Pottstown Library and Literary Association F2 Pl.37 Hayden F2 Pl.38 University of Delaware, Memorial to Albert N. Raub, President of Delaware College, 1888–1896 F2 Pl.39 Paris, 1815 F2 Pl.40 One of the books of, no name. F2 Pl.41 Hullihen, William F2 Pl.42 Eastman Memorial Foundation, Laurel, MS F2 Pl.43 Hackett, Edmond Byrne, C. Harris, artist. F2 Pl.44 Oberlin College Library, History of Printing Collection, In Memory of Azariah S. Root. F2 Pl.45 Loomis, C.H. F2 Pl.46 Brewer, Augusta LaMotte F2 Pl.47 Brewer, William Augustus F2 Pl.48 Brewer, William A. F2 Pl.49 Rextrew, Amy F2 Pl.50 Bush, Charles Whiteley F2 Pl.51 University Club Library, donated by A. Barton Hepburn F2 Pl.52 University of Delaware, gift of the Student Council of Delaware College F2 Pl.53 Law, Henry I. F2 Pl.54 Johnson, Everett C. F2 Pl.55 Ex Libris, no name F2 Pl.56 Ex Libris, no name F2 Pl.57 Ex Libris, no name F2 Pl.58 One of the books of, no name. F2 Pl.59 Ex Libris, no name F2 Pl.60 Ex Libris, no name F2 Pl.61 Taylor, Lillian Pitcairn F2 Pl.62 Douglas, Jamais Arriere F2 Pl.63 The Isabel Mercein Tunstall Library of Poetry, Duncan Smith, artist. F2 Pl.64 Casey, Kellogg Kennon Venable F2 Pl.65 Robinson, Lydia Gillingham F2 Pl.66 Kirkpatrick, W.T.K., artist. F2 Pl.67 Wilson, Harry G. F2 Pl.68 Cox F2 Pl.69 Lawrence, W.T.K., artist. F2 Pl.70 Hamilton, Alexander, van I. F2 Pl.71 Birmingham Public Library F2 Pl.72 Calumet City Public Library F2 Pl.73 McNair, James B., James Cady Ewell, artist. F2 Pl.74 American Classical League F2 Pl.75 Library of the University of Virginia, From the Library Bequeathed by Governor Holliday F2 Pl.76 Library of the University of Virginia, Donation of Arthur Curtiss James F2 Pl.77 Library of the University of Virginia, Gift of, no name F2 Pl.78 Library of the University of Virginia, From the Library of Thomas Randolph Price F2 Pl.79 Library of the University of Virginia, From the Hertz Books Presented by Thomas Randolph Price and the New York Alumni F2 Pl.80 Library of the University of Virginia, Gift of Dr. Wilbur P. Morgan of Baltimore F2 Pl.81 Library of the University of Virginia, From the Library of George Frederick Holmes which was purchased by a group of alumni and presented to the University of Virginia in his honour. F2 Pl.82 Library of the University of Virginia, Barksdale Library of Chemistry, endowed by Mrs. Hamilton MacFarland Barksdale and by the University of Virginia Alumni of Delaware and Friends in Memory of Hamilton MacFarland Barksdale, C.E. Class 1883. F2 Pl.83 Library of the University of Virginia, Gift of William Franklin Willoughby to the Library of the Bureau of Public Administration. F2 Pl.84 Colby, J.A. F2 Pl.85 Day, Cyrus F2 Pl.86 Coolidge, Calvin, engraved on wood by Timothy Cole. F2 Pl.87 Knight F2 Pl.88 University of Virginia, Byrd Library, Virginia History and Literature Founded in Memory of Alfred H. Byrd, M.A. (1887) F2 Pl.89 Columbia University Library F2 Pl.90 Pelz, Paul R. F2 Pl.91 Library of the University of Wisconsin F2 Pl.92 McNair, James B. F2 Pl.93 Library of Delaware Alpha Chapter Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, David Benson, artist. F2 Pl.94 Columbia University Bookplate Collection, W.J., artist. F2 Pl.95 Davidson, Flora Neil F2 Pl.96 Library of Newark College F2 Pl.97 Ex Libris, Chinese or Japanese writing F2 Pl.98 Ex Libris, Chinese or Japanese writing F2 Pl.99 Bonawit, G. Owen F2 Pl.100 Neuscheler, Elmer William F2 Pl.101 Sielaff, Verna A. F2 Pl.102 Ward, Christopher, A.K., artist. F2 Pl.103 Carita, Harry Boden F2 Pl.104 Tiffany Louis C. F2 Pl.105 Knox, Louise Wakeman F2 Pl.106 University of Delaware Memorial Library, Delaware Coll. F2 Pl.107 Library of the University of Delaware, In memory of Dorothy Lawson Hawkins, Assistant Librarian 1920–1923, Librarian 1923–1927. F2 Pl.108 The Emalea Pusey Warner Library, Sussex Hall, The Women’s College of the University of Delaware, Presented by, no name. F2 Pl.109 Property of the Newark Library Association F2 Pl.110 A.K., K.C., artist. F2 Pl.111 Barbour, William and Katharine, R.H.B., artist. F2 Pl.112 Library Delaware Agricultural Experiment Station, Newark, DE F2 Pl.113 Delaware College, Agricultural Experiment Station Library F2 Pl.114 Kirkbride Memorial Library, University of Delaware F2 Pl.115 Brewster, Walter and Kate F2 Pl.116 Evans, Mary Raub F2 Pl.118 Library of the Delta Phi Literary Society of Delaware College F2 Pl.119 Library of Newark College F2 Pl.120 Library of Newark College F2 Pl.121 Hawkins, Miriam, A.K., artist. F2 Pl.122 Brinton, Professor George E., in Memoriam F2 Pl.123 University of Delaware, the A. Duer Irving Collection F2 Pl.124 Kirkbride Memorial Library, University of Delaware. F2 Pl.125 Presented by the Japan Society, New York City F2 Pl.126 University of Delaware Library, Matthew Newkirk Memorial Collection F2 Pl.127 University of Delaware Library, Willard Saulsbury Papers, Manuscript Collection F2 Pl.128 University of Delaware Library, From the Estate of Hugh M. Morris, 1878–1966. F2 Pl.129 University of Delaware Library, George Gray Papers, Manuscript Collection F2 Pl.130 University of Delaware Library, Christopher Ward Papers, Manuscript Collection F2 Pl.131 University of Delaware Library F2 Pl.132 University of Delaware Library, gift of Carl J. Rees, Professor of Mathematics 1920–1963, Dean, School of Graduate Studies 1950–1962, Provost of the University 1956–1962. F2 Pl.133 From the Books of the Delaware Society, G. Nerney, artist. F2 Pl.134 University of Delaware Library, Hallam Book Collection F2 Pl.135 University of Delaware Library, Presented in Memory of Dr. Kurt Wohl 1896–1962 by his Colleagues, Students and Friends. F2 Pl.136 Ward, Christopher, A.K., artist. F2 Pl.137 University of Delaware, James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation, Welding Library. F2 Pl.138 University of Delaware, James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation, Welding Library. F2 Pl.139 Presented to the University of Delaware Library by J.Paul Winthrop, D.D.S. F2 Pl.140 University of Delaware Memorial Library, Given in Memory of Francis Hagar Squire by his friends. F2 Pl.141 University of Delaware Memorial Library, Esther Schwartz Decorative Arts Collection F2 Pl.142 Northern Arizona University Library, Flagstaff, AZ F2 Pl.143 University of Delaware Library, Archives Collection F2 Pl.144 University of Delaware Library, Manuscript Collection F2 Pl.145 Library of the University of Delaware, in Memory of Dorothy Lawson Hawkins, Assistant Librarian 1920–1923, Librarian 1923–1927. F2 Pl.146 Kirchner, Walther Unnumbered bookplates F3 Pennsylvania State Library F3 The Magnus Wahlstrom Library, University of Bridgeport F3 Christopher Ward, 1868–1943 F3 Stephen P. Hofmayer, engraved by Arthur N. Macdonald, 1931

Gift of Stephen P. Hofmeyer, March 12, 1991

 Heraldic plates F4 Von Schwartzenfels, Anton Gerlach F4 No name F4 Egidi, Ioh. Frantz F4 V. Eyben, Friederich F4 Frantz, Carl Philipp F4 Veit, Ioh Christoph F5 Thompson, John F5 No name F5 Bart, John S. Clair F5 Bridges, Duke of Chandos F5 Brudenel, Bruce, Earl of Ailesbury F5 Legge, Earl of Dartmouth F5 Noel, Earl of Gainsborough F5 Pierpont, Duke of Kingston F5 Pelham, Duke of Newcastle F5 Bennet, Earl of Tankerville F5 Bentick, Duke of Portland F5 Bertie, Duke of Ancaster F5 Finch, Earl of Winchelsea F5 Hamilton, Duke of Brandon F5 Herbert, Earl of Powis Eighteenth and nineteenth century bookplates F6 New York Society Library (from of John Heudsey) F6 Goddard, Paul B., M.D. F6 Boyle, James Keith E. Wingrove bookplates

Gift of Keith Wingrove, December 2,1982.

 F7 Wingrove, Keith, Derek Riley England, artist F7 Wingrove, Keith, Lionel Lindsay, engraver F7 Wingrove, Keith, Norman Lindsay, artist F7 Wingrove, Keith University of Delaware bookplates F8 University of Delaware Library, Gift of … F8 University of Delaware Library, Archives Collection Memory of Dr. Kurt Wohl 1896–1962, by his Colleagues, Students, and Friends. F8 Presented to the University of Delaware Library by J. Paul Winthrop, D.D.S. F8 Presented to the University of Delaware Library by J. Paul Winthrop, D.D.S. F8 University of Delaware, James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation, Welding Library F8 University of Delaware Library, in Memory of Dr. G. Lloyd Wilson and in honor of his Outstanding Contributions to Transportation Education, Gift of Traffic Club of Wilmington, DE F8 University of Delaware Library, A. Duer Irving Collection F8 University of Delaware Library, Gift, no name F8 University of Delaware Memorial Library, Given in memory of Francis Hagar Squire by his friends F8 University of Delaware Library, Gift of University of Delaware Alumni Association F8 University of Delaware Library, Gift of the University of Delaware Library Associates F8 University of Delaware Library, Archives Collection Series III. Reference collection Subseries III.1. Journals The Bookplate Booklet 1907–1911 The Bookplate Quarterly 1908 April and 1917 December The Miscellany 1915 June, October, and December Yearbook of the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers. Sewanne, Tenn.: American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers. 1923–1970 Subseries III.2. Monographs Barnett, P. Neville. Woodcut Bookplates. Sidney, New South Wales 1934 Barnett, P. Neville. Woodcut Bookplates Souvenir. Sidney, New South Wales 1934 California Bookplates. Vol. 1. Berkeley, CA: Sheldon Cheney 1906 Carver, Clifford N. Bookplates of Well Known Americans. Princeton: Princeton University Press 1911 Craig, Edward Gordon. Nothing or the Bookplate. 2nd ed. London: J.M. Dent and Sons 1931 Craig, Gordon. Bookplates Designed and Cut on Wood by Gordon Craig. Hackbridge, Surrey: Sign of the Rose 1900 Edwin Davis French: A Memorial. New York 1908 French, Edwin David. A List of Bookplates Engraved on Copper. Cleveland: Marion Press 1899 Kent, Rockwell. Later Bookplates and Marks of Rockwell Kent. New York: Pynson Printers 1937 Law, Henry I. Delaware Bookplates. Washington: Bruin Press 1940 Metzdorf, Robert F. Index: Yearbooks of the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers, 1923–1949/50. Sewanee, Tenn.: American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers 1952 Osburn, Burl N. A Descriptive Checklist of the Woodcut Bookplates of J.J. Lankes. Millersville, Penn.: Serif Press 1937 Schimmelpfeng, Richard H. Index: Yearbooks of the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers. Volumes 24-36, 1951–1972. American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers 1974 Talbot, Clare Ryan. Historic California in Bookplates. Los Angeles: Graphic Press 1936 Series IV. Index to the Brewer bookplate collection Index

The index to the Brewer bookplate collection is available with the unpublished finding aids in the Special Collections Department. It is not currently available online.