Here is a link that may interest you:
http://www.missourireview.com/tmr-blog/2012/02/book-plate-maven/
I had a nice bit of free publicity on the Missouri Review Blog.One of the questions asked was about my philosophy in writing this blog . I was at a loss to give a coherent answer at the time but the question did trigger some afterthoughts.
In the coming weeks I plan to feature talented bookplate engravers about whom very little is known .The first will be Arnold A. Robert (AAR) He was active in the early twentieth century.
I hope to use the posting as a clearing house so that as information is found.it can be added .
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Scan of Belfast Free Library Sent by Richard Schimmelpfeng
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2/24/2012 Instead of restating all the information in a new posting I will use this page as my central clearinghouse for new information.. My reference books have virtually no information about this engraver..In searching Google books I came up with an obituary notice in The Jewelers Circular Vol.83 issue 2 page 81 "Boston Mass Dec10(1921) -Arnold A. Robert one of Boston's old time jewelers died at his home in Roslindale yesterday after a brief illness of heart disease .
He was born in Switzerland and for many years was engaged in the manufacture of gold watch cases."
http://books.google.com/books?id=xwIcAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA6-PA81&dq=arnold+a+robert+school+st+boston&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gr5HT8rPNurf0QHZnd2LDg&ved=0CEwQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=arnold%20a%20robert%20school%20st%20boston&f=false
This may be the man about whom so little is written in the bookplate literature. Bookplates were a sideline that he may have engraved for friends and customers.For the moment this is the best lead I have and I will try to follow-up on it.



2 comments:
Beautiful bookplates.
Beautty!!! Thanks! juegos de mario
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