The Mitchell collection of bookplates, ca. 1800-1992

PXA 1217

fonds

ca. 1800-1992

Graphic Materials, Prints

867187

Approximately 7,150 prints (34 boxes)

This aggregated collection of over 7,000 bookplates includes over 4,000 bookplates assembled by David Scott Mitchell. Mitchell’s collection comprises mostly of English and Australian owners. Since Mitchell’s death the collection has been added to by various donations.

BOX 01
Folder 1: A to Agnew, C.
Folder 2: Agnew, Garnet to Amory, Thomas C.
Folder 3: Amptill to Arenberg
Folder 4: Argus, Jean-Lysbet to The Australian Club
Folder 5: Australian Club Library to Aznar, Mateo Culell

BOX 02
Folder 1: B to Baird, John Foster
Folder 2: Baird, William of Auchmedden to Barkas, Albert A.
Folder 3: Barker, A.M. to Barnett, M.C.I.
Folder 4: Barnett, Neville to Barnett, Philip Neville
Folder 5: Barnett, Richard to Battery Point State School

BOX 03
Folder 1: Baucis, Joan to Bell, Thomas
Folder 2: Bellerive Institute Library to Beran, Jard
Folder 3: Beranek, Jan to Bethesda Working Mens' Society
Folder 4: Betocchi to Bisbal, Victori
Folder 5: Biscoe, Joseph Seymour to Bluett, W.J.G.

BOX 04
Folder 1: Blundell to Boreham
Folder 2: Borris to Boulard
Folder 3: Boulger to Bransby
Folder 4: Branteghem to British Museum
Folder 5: Brittance to Brownrigg

BOX 05
Folder 1: [Bruce ?] to Burda, Vlada
Folder 2: Burdekin, Sydney to Butterworth, William John
Folder 3: Butts, Robert to Byron
Folder 4: C to Campbell, Henry Cadogan
Folder 5: Campbell, J. to Caren, John

BOX 06
Folder 1: Carleton, Henry to Cato, William
Folder 2: Cator, Joseph to Chevallier, J. Barrington
Folder 3: Chicago Historical Society to Clark, Samuel
Folder 4: Clark, William to Cockerell, Sir Charles
Folder 5: Cocks, Alfred Heneage to Coleman, Rae
Folder 6: Coleman, William to Collier, C.F.

BOX 07
Folder 1: Collingridge, George to Columbia, District of, Public Library
Folder 2: Columbia University Bookplate Collection to Combe, Boyce
Folder 3: Comerford, James to Cooper, Sir Daniel
Folder 4: Cooper, Grey to Cottin, Alexander
Folder 5: Cotton to Cradock, Thomas
Folder 6: Craigie, Charles to Cresswell, William
Folder 7: Crewe, Nathanael to Crowder, Richard Budden
Folder 8: Crowle, William A. to Cutting, Robert

BOX 08
Folder 1: D., A.S. to Daniell, John Henry
Folder 2: Daniell, Muriel to David, Sir T.W. Edgeworth
Folder 3: Davidson, Sir Alfred Charles to Davison, Alexander
Folder 4: Davoren, John Joseph to De Groot, Captain Francis Edward
Folder 5: De Horsey, William to Devos, Joseph
Folder 6: Devoy, Michael to Dix, Edward Spencer
Folder 7: Dixon, B. Homer to Donin, Dr Richard Kurt
Folder 8: Donne, Edward to Downie, John
Folder 9: Downing, William to Drummond, John
Folder 10: Drummond, Henry to Duncan, Viscount

BOX 09
Folder 1: Duncan, W.A. to Dymock’s
Folder 2: E., D. to Eckener, Toni
Folder 3: Eckford, Ada to Elder, Alexander
Folder 4: Eldershaw, W. to Elliott, Robert D.
Folder 5: Ellis, Alison to Enid
Folder 6: Enoch Pratt Free Library, The to Erskine, James
Folder 7: Erskine, William to Eys, Wilhelmi van

BOX 10
Folder 1: F., C.A. to Farmer, J.
Folder 2: Farnham, George Francis to Feetham, John Oliver
Folder 3: Feige to Fincham, H.W.
Folder 4: Findlay, John to Fitton, William Henry
Folder 5: Fitzadam, John Thompson to Fleming, Mr.
Folder 6: Fleming, Charles to Forbes, John Murray
Folder 7: Forbes, Sir William to Foster, C. Blackwell
Folder 8: Foster, Fred & Jack to Fremantle, Margaret Griselda
Folder 9: Fremantle Grammar School to Fynmore, Thomas George

BOX 11
Folder 1: G., E. to Galli, F.
Folder 2: Gallop, Herbert R. to Garnsey, George L.
Folder 3: Garra, E. to Gerber, Rolf
Folder 4: Gerhart, Hilda to Gilman, Ellis James
Folder 5: Gilmore, Joseph Henry to Godart, G.E.
Folder 6: Goddard, Cornelius to Goode, William
Folder 7: Goodenough, J.G. to Gough, Frederick
Folder 8: Goulburn, Edward to Granger, Genevieve
Folder 9: Granowski, B.G. to Greening, Arthur
Folder 10: Greenwell, G.C. to Grove, Joseph

BOX 12
Folder 1: Grove, William to Gympus
Folder 2: H. to Hagley, Sydney V.
Folder 3: Haig, Thomas Wolseley to Hamilton, James
Folder 4: Hamilton, Lin to Hanson, Richard
Folder 5: Hanson, Richard Davies to Harley, John Pritt
Folder 6: Harman, Jerh. to Harrison, George Berkeley
Folder 7: Harrison, John to Hartley, Leonard L.
Folder 8: Hartley, Winchcombe Henry to Haselberger, Robert
Folder 9: Haskell, Adeline M. to Hawthorn, James Kenyon
Folder 10: Hawthorne, Stuart to Hearn, William Edward

BOX 13
Folder 1: Heath, J.B. to Helcelet, Mojmir
Folder 2: Helceleta, O. to Henty, B.E.G.
Folder 3: Henville, Charles Brune to Hewett, V.S.
Folder 4: Hewett, William to Hilder, Phyllis
Folder 5: Hilderbee to Hinton, Howard
Folder 6: Hirsch, Hanns to Hobart Town Sunday School Library
Folder 7: Hobbs, Geoffrey C. to Hoeven, Naegele van der
Folder 8: Hofer, Ing. Michael to Holloway, W.C. Elphinstone
Folder 9: Holme, Charles to Hony, Wm.
Folder 10: Hood, A. Jarvie to Hopson, W.F.

BOX 14
Folder 1: Horch, Dr. H to Howard, C.V
Folder 2: Howard, Charles to Hulton, Arthur E.
Folder 3: Humber, Richard to Huntley, L. Stenhouse
Folder 4: Huntting, Elizabeth to Hyland, H.C.
Folder 5: I., W. to Ingraham, George Landon
Folder 6: Ingram, Anne Bower to Ivana
Folder 7: [J., R. ?] to Jandovi, V. & H.
Folder 8: Janssens, J. to Jeffery, Walter
Folder 9: Jeffreys to Jersey, Lord
Folder 10: Jervis, John to John Rylands Library

BOX 15
Folder 1: John Hopkins University Library to Johnson, Joel
Folder 2: Johnson, Richard to Jones, Francis
Folder 3: Jones, Herbert George to Justilius, H.
Folder 4: K., A. to Karl Weinhold Library
Folder 5: Kater, Edward to Kemmis, Rev. Thomas
Folder 6: Kemp, Charles to Kershaw, Thomas
Folder 7: Kesler, Ruth to Kinch, Arturi E.
Folder 8: Kinchela, John to Kirkes
Folder 9: Kirkland, John to Knight, J.
Folder 10: Knight, Joseph to Koch, Bruno F.

BOX 16
Folder 1: Koch, Frederick to Krahl, Ernest
Folder 2: Krahl, Mathilde to Kyle, Samuel
Folder 3: L to Lancaster, John
Folder 4: Lancaster, Thomas to Lane, Fred C.V., Jr.
Folder 5: Lane, Rosamond P.A. to Langenscheidt, Carl G.F.
Folder 6: Langenscheidt, Frida to Latchford, Minnie
Folder 7: Latham, E.M. to Lavinia, Sister
Folder 8: Lawlor, P. Anthony to Layard, Edward
Folder 9: Lazarevskogo, I.V. to Lechmere, William
Folder 10: Lee to Leenderk, Richard

BOX 17
Folder 1: Lefroy, Henry to Leitrim, Earl
Folder 2: Leland Standford JR. University Library to Lennox, Lady Mary
Folder 3: Lenny, C. to Leuschner, Oskar
Folder 4: Levick, B.B. to Library of New South Wales
Folder 5: Lichfield to Lindsay, Norman
Folder 6: Lindsay, Peter to Little, W.A.
Folder 7: Littledale, Violet to Lomas, Peg
Folder 8: Lomellini, Camilla to Long, Robert
Folder 9: Long, Sydney to Lott, Thomas
Folder 10: Loudon, I.C. to Lucas, I.

BOX 18
Folder 1: Ludford, John to Lyttleton Borough School
Folder 2: M to M., J.H.S.
Folder 3: M., K.E. to McCal
Folder 4: McCann, William to MacDonald, William Bell
Folder 5: McDonnell, Aeneas J. to McGilchrist, Donald
Folder 6: McGill University Library to McGrath, F.W.
Folder 7: McGrath, Raymond to MacKellar, Enid
Folder 8: MacKellar, Malcolm to McLeod, Genevieve
Folder 9: McLeod, George to Madras College
Folder 10: Magheramorne to Malleson, A.B.

BOX 19
Folder 1: Malleson, Alfred B. to Manning, John E.
Folder 2: Manning, W.M. to Marik, J.
Folder 3: Marika, Jaroslava to Marks, Percy J.
Folder 4: Marlborough, Spencer to Martin, James
Folder 5: Martin, James to Mathew, F.W.
Folder 6: Mathews, Charles to Mawbey, Joseph
Folder 7: Mawson, Douglas to Meade, Thomas
Folder 8: Meason, Gilbert to Melvill, Robert
Folder 9: Melville to Merrilees, Leila F.
Folder 10: Merrill, Mary E. Rath to Michel, Hugo

BOX 20
Folder 1: Michel, Karl to Miller, John S.
Folder 2: Miller, Patrick to Mills, Tom
Folder 3: Milman, Henry Hart to Mitchell, David Scott
Folder 4: Mitchell, H.S. to Mitchell Library
Folder 5: Mitford, George Manners to Monkhouse
Folder 6: Monsalvatje, Francisco to Monsalvatje, Joseph
Folder 7: Monsalvatje, Matilde to Mood, Christopher John
Folder 8: Moodie, Afleck to Moreing, Henry
Folder 9: Moreton, William to Morrisby, Camden
Folder 10: Morrison, George to Moss, Elsie S.

BOX 21
Folder 1: Moss, Mary E. to Mullins, Brendan Lane
Folder 2: Mullins, George Lane to Mundy, Edward
Folder 3: Munkhouse to Murray, David
Folder 4: Murray, Francis E. to Myddelton, John
Folder 5: N to National Library of Ireland
Folder 6: National Mutual Life Association of Australasia to Neurath, Georg Karl
Folder 7: Nevill, Captain to New York Society Library
Folder 8: New York State Library to Newcastle Grammar School
Folder 9: Newcastle School of Arts to Newcomb, Jane W.
Folder 10: Newcome, T. to Nicholson, Alexander

BOX 22
Folder 1: Nicholson, Charles to Noel, Gerard T.
Folder 2: Noguier, John Anthony to Northumberland, C.F.
Folder 3: Northwick to Nuutinen, Maija-Liisa “Helena”
Folder 4: O to O’Grady, Margaret
Folder 5: O’Halloran to Ord, J.P.
Folder 6: Ord, John to Orr, Basil R.
Folder 7: Orr, Robert to Oxley, John
Folder 8: P., A.J. to Pain, David
Folder 9: Pakenham, Henrici to Parkinson, M.H.
Folder 10: Parkyns, Thomas Boultbee to Payne, Charles Bradney

BOX 23
Folder 1: Payne, D.J. to Pearson, Noel
Folder 2: Pease, Joseph W. to Pepall, George T.
Folder 3: Pepys, Sam to Pescott, E.E.
Folder 4: Peter, Thurstan C. to Philip
Folder 5: Philipps, William to Pickell, R.
Folder 6: Pickering, Edward Rowland to Pisa, Jan
Folder 7: Pitchou to Polaka, P.F.X.
Folder 8: Pole-Carew, Reginald to Pope, Charles
Folder 9: Port Arthur Subscription Library and Reading Room to Powell, J.
Folder 10: Powell, John to Presbyterian Church of New South Wales

BOX 24
Folder 1: Preissig, Vojt to Prideaux, George
Folder 2: Priestley, Henry to Propsting & Cockhead’s Select Circulating Library
Folder 3: [Pruen ?] to Puckle, Robert [includes Public Library of New South Wales]
Folder 4: Pulman, Tyrwhitt to Pyrke, Jos.
Folder 5: Q., C. to Quirindi School of Arts
Folder 6: R., A. to Raleigh, Joseph
Folder 7: Rammerscales to Ravenel, Daniel
Folder 8: Ravenscroft, E.J. to Reed, Francis
Folder 9: Reekie, Johannes to Rerberg, J.
Folder 10: Reuter, Baron to Rice, C.

BOX 25
Folder 1: Rich, C.R. to Ridout
Folder 2: Ridsdale, Robert to Riviére College
Folder 3: Rixson to Robertson, C.
Folder 4: Robertson, Constance to Robinson, Chr.
Folder 5: Robinson, Enid M. to Rodd, Francis
Folder 6: Rodgers, Herbert J. to Rolt, John Henry
Folder 7: Romilly, Joseph to Rotary Club of Sydney
Folder 8: Rothe, George to Royal Military College
Folder 9: Royal Naval School to Rudlové, Marušky
Folder 10: Rugg, Harold Goddard to Rys, Bruno

BOX 26
Folder 1: S. to S., J.H.E.
Folder 2: S., J.R. to St. Gregory’s College
Folder 3: St. Heaps, Kenneth to St. Stephen’s Club
Folder 4: St. Vincent’s Ladies College to Sanguszko, Carla
Folder 5: Sanner, Else to Schichtmeyer, Ilse
Folder 6: Schlink, H.H. to Score, H. Berkeley
Folder 7: Scot to Scott, Robert & Helenns
Folder 8: Scott, Rose to Selwyn, Arthur F.
Folder 9: Selwyn, Charles Jasper to Shaw, Gayfield
Folder 10: Shawe, Richard to Shiell, Henry

BOX 27
Folder 1: Shillinglaw, John to Shutte, Richard J.
Folder 2: Shuttleworth, Robert James to Simon, H.L.
Folder 3: Simpson, G.B. to Slessor, Noela
Folder 4: Sloan, J.M. to Smith, E. Temple
Folder 5: Smith, Edward Orlebar to Smith, S.A.
Folder 6: Smith, Samuel George to Sneyd, Edward
Folder 7: Snodgrass, Thomas to Southby, Thomas Hayward
Folder 8: Southcote, Philip to Stakle, Mary
Folder 9: Standish, Henry to Steel, Hugh Peden
Folder 10: Steel, John to Stephens, Edward

BOX 28
Folder 1: Stephens, Gulielmi Johannis to Stewart, John Leslie
Folder 2: Stewart, Robert Buchanan to Stockton Institute of Literature and Science
Folder 3: Stodart to Stone, Malcolm Newton
Folder 4: Stone, Pauline to Stratton, George Frederick
Folder 5: Strauss, M. to Stuyvaert, V.
Folder 6: Style, Charles to Swan Sonnenschein
Folder 7: Swedenborg, Emanuel to Sydney Grammar School
Folder 8: Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts to Sydney Teachers' College
Folder 9: Sykes, Arthur W. to Sztupbar, Eugenii
Folder 10: T., H. to Tarrant, O.

BOX 29
Folder 1: Tasker, Joseph to Taylor, Thomas R.
Folder 2: Teahon, Maud to Thackeray, Francis St. John
Folder 3: Thake, Eric to Thompson, Edward
Folder 4: Thompson, George Nesbitt to Thornton, Samuel
Folder 5: Thornton, William to Tomalin, Dora
Folder 6: Thomkinson, Michaelis to Tourle, Thomas
Folder 7: Tournandre, Mme de to Toyonaka, K.
Folder 8: Toxteth Park Library to Trelawny, Edward
Folder 9: Trench, Letitia Le Poer to Tucker, Charles
Folder 10: Tuckett, William Henry to Turnbull, Alexander H.

BOX 30
Folder 1: Turnbull, Alexander Robert to Tyas, J. Walter
Folder 2: Tyers, James to Tytler
Folder 3: U., W.W. to Universitatis Vindobonensis
Folder 4: University of California to University of New South Wales Law Library
Folder 5: University of Pennsylvania Library to University of Sydney
Folder 6: University of Sydney. Dept. of Physics to University of Sydney. Library
Folder 7: University of Sydney. School of Architecture to Utterson, Edward Vernon
Folder 8: V., M. to Verdon, Edward
Folder 9: Verdon, Geo. Fred to Villányiné, Emilia
Folder 10: Villiers, Thomas to Vyplel, Jaroslav

BOX 31
Folder 1: W. to Waldes, Jindřich
Folder 2: Waldy, Richard to Waller, Arthur
Folder 3: Waller, Maud to Walters, Edgar C. & Ruby M.
Folder 4: Walters, Mollie Gerald to Ware, J. Hibbert
Folder 5: Waring, B. to Watson, W.G.
Folder 6: Watson, William Daniell to Webb, Mrs Spencer
Folder 7: Webb, Thomas to Welter, Hubert
Folder 8: Wemyss, William to West Wallsend School of Arts
Folder 9: Westcott’s Circulating Library to Wetherell, C.
Folder 10: Wetherell, Daniel B. to White, Alfred

BOX 32
Folder 1: White, Charles to Whitmore, Frank H.
Folder 2: Whitnell, G. to Wildridge
Folder 3: Wilkenson, George D. to Willis
Folder 4: Willmott, Robert Aris to Wilson, S.J. Lea
Folder 5: Wilson, Thos. to Winkel, Gustavi G.
Folder 6: Winstanley, Edward N. to Wood, Eleanor Childs
Folder 7: Wood, Ethel Mary L. to Woods, M.
Folder 8: Woodward, H. to Wrey, Bourchier
Folder 9: Wrigg, Henry to Wyon, Thos.
Folder 10: Y to Ynys

BOX 33
Folder 1: Yorke, Henry Francis Redhead to Ysebrant de Lendonck, A.
Folder 2: Zabel, Frances to Zuvnicek, Premysl
ANONYMOUS (FILED ALPHABETICALLY BY INSCRIPTION)
Folder 3: A Cruce Salus to Cavtim et Pavlatim
Folder 4: Celer Atque Fidelis to Exitus Acta Probat
Folder 5: Facta non Verba to Justitia
Folder 6: Justitia Omnibus Fiet to Never Check
Folder 7: Nihil Sine Labore to Quem Te Deus Esse Jussit
Folder 8: Quo Fata Trahunt to Tenax et Fidelis
Folder 9: Toujours le Meme to Vivit Post Funera Virtus

BOX 34
Folder 1: Assorted booksellers labels (2 leaves); Assorted anonymous book labels (6 leaves); Assorted non-Roman alphabet labels (9 leaves)
ANONYMOUS (NO INSCRIPTION)
Folders 2-5

Individually mounted bookplates (including duplicates) arranged alphabetically to folder level by the person or organisation who commissioned the bookplate.

Australian personal bookplates by Andrew G. Peake. Dulwich, S. Aust. : Tudor Australia Press, 2000 makes references to bookplate collections held in the Mitchell Library. Peake's work includes an ‘Index of Artists’ with references to individual bookplate owners -

Overview of the Mitchell Bookplate Collection described in: Treasures of the State Library of New South Wales : the Australiana collections / Anne Robertson. Sydney : Collins Australia in association with the State Library of New South Wales, 1988. pp. 158-164.

David Scott Mitchell's bookplate, with his family's coat of arms and the mottoes of the Mitchell family and of the Scott family was designed in 1900 by W.H. (William Henry) Emmett.
References:
Magnificent obsession : the story of the Mitchell Library, Sydney / author, Brian Fletcher. Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2007.
`W H Emmett - Marxian economist and Mitchell bookplate engraver' / by Jurgen Wegner. The New Australian Bookplate Society. Newsletter No. 30, September 2013