Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Checklist of the bookplates of Eric Thake
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Hawthorn Press
Place
Date
1942
Physical Description
[10] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Edition/State/Version
Limited edition
Subject Category
Provenance Details
Ex Libris of P. Neville Barnett fixed to the inside front endpaper.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Bookplate designers--Australian; Thake, Eric; Rare books--20th century]
Limited edition of 150 copies.
Associated Notes
Subject Notes
John Gartner was a fine printer and publisher, an author, a noted philatelist, and also collector of Australian banknotes and coins. He was born on 16 July 1914 and was largely self-educated, leaving school at fourteen for work following the death of his father. Gartner developed a strong interest in the history of typography and printing and was apprenticed at the Advocate where his father had been a linotype operator. Aged 17, Gartner bought a hand press and some fonts of type, and in 1937 acquired a platen press from which he set and printed his private press books, published under the imprint of The Hawthorn Press.
Gartner had a strong collection of Australian bookplates. He also looked at the work of artists overseas and commissioned personal plates. He subsequently built an international collection with preference for artists who printed from wood.--Museums Victoria website, retrieved September 2020.
Collection Type
Pamphlet Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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