Inscriptions

Have you ever loved a book so much that you would pass it on to someone else? In this book there are two inscriptions, the first reads "Addie Howe from her friend A. M. Deay November 1877." The following inscription then follows with "Edward Winslow…

One of the best parts of inscription paratexts is how the give you so much concrete information about the former owner of the book. In this image the inscription reads "Lucinda Hunley, Book Norfolk, June the 21 1801" and from this we get a name,…

Here we have an unusual book that features an inscription: "A. R. Perkins from his mother on his 9th birthday from his mother" The inscription isn't unusual in itself, from it we learn the child's name and the age he was when he first received the…

This book features an inscription that reads "This book was bought from an Indian near Hudsons Bay Jan 20th 1886" and if that doesn't make you wonder about the previous owner of this book then nothing will! The handwriting is cramped but not…

This handwriting is a puzzle waiting to be solved. An intricate inscription, this handwriting features many flourishes and dots that add to the beauty, if also the illegibility. This style of handwriting likely means that the writer belonged to a…