Edwin Davis French (1851 - 1906) was a highly esteemed bookplate engraver, producing at least 330 beginning in 1893. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting bookplate also known as ex-librīs ] "from the books of"] is usually a small print or decorative label pasted into a book often on the inside Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Born in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, his artistic career had begun in 1869 with silver engraving for the Whiting Manufacturing Company. North Attleborough, commonly written North Attleboro, is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Silver (ˈsɪlvɚ is a Chemical element with the symbol " Ag " (argentum from the Ancient Greek: ἀργήντος - argēntos gen Later, he became a founding member and trustee of the American Fine Arts Society. Two men who influenced French's work were Albrecht Dürer and Charles W. Albrecht Dürer (ˈalbʀɛçt ˈdyʀɐ ( May 21, 1471 &ndash April 6, 1528) was a German painter, Printmaker Sherborn. Many of his patrons belonged to the Grolier Club. The Grolier Club is a society of bibliophiles, founded in New York City in January 1884 the oldest such club in North America
He was interested in constructed languages and was active in the Volapük movement [1], and also learned Esperanto. A constructed or artificial language known colloquially or informally as a conlang is a Language whose Phonology, Grammar Volapük (volaˈpyk or ˈvɒləpʊk in English is a Constructed language, created in 1879-1880 by Johann Martin Schleyer, a Roman Catholic priest is by far the most widely spoken constructed International auxiliary language in the world
French had suffered from poor health most of his life, having left Brown University in his sophomore year because of it, and eventually succumbed to tuberculosis. Brown University is a highly esteemed private University located in Providence, Rhode Island and is a member of the Ivy League. Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u' b' erculosis Bacillus --> is a common
External links
- University of Rochester Library Bulletin Vol. II #2, February 1947, by Mary E. Oemisch
- Journal of Library History, vol. 20 #2, Spring 1985, pp. 196-9, by Robert Nikirk
Publication
- Brainerd, Ira H. (1908). Edwin Davis French, A Memorial: His Life, His Art. New York: The De Vinne Press.
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