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Digitization Grants 2017 : The Grolier Club

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  • The Grolier Club
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    Collection: Maria Gerard Messenger Women’s Bookplate Collection 

    Description: Collection of more than 2,000 women’s bookplates and book labels assembled by Maria Gerard Messenger (1849-1937) of Great Neck, Long Island. The collection represents women book owners from the sixteenth century to the 1930s, and includes women from North America, England, France, Germany, the Low Countries, and Spain, among other locations. It includes both well-known collectors and those with little or no documentation in the historical record.

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