Shapiro (S. R.) English bookplate collection, approximately late 1600s-late 1800s, bulk 1700-1799

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Summary

Title:
S. R. Shapiro English bookplate collection
Dates:
approximately late 1600s-late 1800s, bulk 1700-1799
Abstract:
English bookplates collected by New York city bookseller, Solomon R. Shapiro.
Extent:
5.5 Linear Feet (4 cartons, 2 document boxes, 1 index card box)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], S. R. Shapiro English bookplate collection, Printers Mss 32. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains almost 1500 English bookplates, housed within 21 quarto albums and three folio binders. Includes bookplates of Horace Walpole, Charles James Fox, Anthony Trollope, William Wilberforce, and Isaac Butt.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Solomon Reuben Shapiro, 1970.
Physical facet:
24 volumes and 1 card index
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Special Collections staff. Finding aid updated by Rebecca Vasquez, April 2025.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-01 14:45:05 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.

All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@library.ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], S. R. Shapiro English bookplate collection, Printers Mss 32. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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