[Collection of Scottish bookplates, mostly 18th century.]
Orr, John,active 1861,former owner.StEdNL
Ex libris mounted in an album.
The majority of ex libris are 18th century.
On front pastedown there are green leather ex libris: 'Adam Sumears Hawick 1798' and a heraldic design of a castle with the motto 'Mens Conscia Recti'.
The majority are bookplates but there are also book labels and inscriptions.
Bookplate styles: Chippendale, Early Armorial, Jacobean Armorial, Pictorial.
A paper slip index to the Henderson Smith collection arranged alphabetically by surname is available on request.
Pictorial bookplate, of John Orr, Edinburgh, dated 1861, on pastedown.
Bookplates