[Bookplates.]
The National Library of Scotland has several collections of bookplates. The largest collection in the Library is that donated by J. Henderson Smith (shelfmark J.H.S.). It consists mainly of Scottish and English plates from their beginnings to the early nineteenth century. There are also some American and some miscellaneous categories.
The John A. Lamb collection (shelfmark Bkpl.5-22a) consists of mid-nineteenth to the beginning of the twentieth century foreign plates and a collection of labels of Scottish circulating libraries.
The Stitt collection (shelfmark Bkpl.2-4) is a miscellaneous collection with no particular specialisation.
The Culley collection is included with a miscellaneous collection (shelfmark K.R.1.d). This collection is of Scottish and English plates with some American; it has a section devoted to plates of well-known figures, mainly in literature and the arts.
There is a further small collection shelfmarked Bkpl.26.
There is an alphabetical index of bookplates available. Please contact Rare Book Collections staff.
Each of the named collections below has its own collection record(s).
The National Library of Scotland has several collections of bookplates. The largest collection in the Library is that donated by J. Henderson Smith (shelfmark J.H.S.). It consists mainly of Scottish and English plates from their beginnings to the early nineteenth century. There are also some American and some miscellaneous categories.
The John A. Lamb collection (shelfmark Bkpl.5-22a) consists of mid-nineteenth to the beginning of the twentieth century foreign plates and a collection of labels of Scottish circulating libraries.
The Stitt collection (shelfmark Bkpl.2-4) is a miscellaneous collection with no particular specialisation.
The Culley collection is included with a miscellaneous collection (shelfmark K.R.1.d). This collection is of Scottish and English plates with some American; it has a section devoted to plates of well-known figures, mainly in literature and the arts.
There is a further small collection shelfmarked Bkpl.26.
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