West Indian bookplates : being a first list of plates relating to those islands
A 1914 London reference list by Vere Langford Oliver cataloguing bookplates relating to the West Indies, compiled for collectors and bibliophiles studying private libraries. The three plates are engraved heraldic armorial designs: a shield with a cross and scrollwork, a shield with a lion crest and sprigged foliage, and a shield with quartered arms and a name banner. A designer might take the symmetrical cartouche framing, rococo scrollwork and mantling, and the crest-over-shield layout as ornamental models.
