Chapter C: E. Pyke-Nott

Frank Lynn Jenkins
Isabella R. Hunter
Laurence Koe
Mr. Claye

JOSEPH W. SIMPSON

Mr. Simpson, of Edinburgh, is a young Scotchman of infinite ambition and generous talent. He is not only a clever designer of book-plates, but he has a magazine to exploit his schemes and theories of art. This is reputed to be a quarterly, but it is erratic, like its sponsor, and issues "once in a while." Mr. Simpson's designs are full of feeling and rich in treatment. About twenty-five of these have seen the light and are prized by the lovers of modernity.

Robert Bateman, 1897
Kris Allsopp, 1897
Kris Allsopp, 1897
J. A. Whish, 1898
James Dick, 1898
F. N. and A. W. Hepworth, 1898
Cissie Allsopp, 1898
J. W. Simpson
Charles Holme
Julio Guardia
K. E., Graf zu Leiningen-Westerburg, 1898
Maud H. Scott, 1898
A. Gaston Masson
Geo. May Elwood
T. F. M. Williamson, 1899
(Gordon) Craig
Mabel Waterson
Fiffi Kuhn
Maisie Phillips
Samuel Linsley
Pauline Stone
T. N. Foulis
Joseph W. Simpson
W. M. Stone

HANS THOMA

Hans Thoma is a painter of national reputation in Germany who has thought it not beneath his dignity to do book-plate designs. This by way of recreation or to strengthen his line for more pretentious efforts. His designs are along classic and dignified lines. His own personal plate is a weird one; on it is a nude youth bearing the torch of knowledge and riding a gruesome dragon.

Dr. S. Herxheimer, 1898
Hans Thoma
Adolph von Gross, 1896
Dr. Henry Thode
August Rasor
Martin Elersheim
S. Herrheimer
Sofie Küchler
Hermann Levi
Dr. Otto Fiser
Luisa Countess Erdödy
R. Spier
J. A. Beringer
Karl and Maria Grunelius

THOMAS TRYON

Mr. Tryon's work has been described at length in another part of this book and a large part of his designs reproduced.

William Frederick Havemeyer (engraved by E. D. French), 1892
James Seymour Tryon, 1892
Arnold William Brunner, 1893
Frank Jean Pool, 1893
"Sovereign," Crown design (engraved by E. D. French), 1896
"Sovereign," Eagle design (engraved by E. D. French), 1896
Annah M. Fellowes, 1896
George Elder Marcus, 1897
Loyall Farragut, 1898
Mary Tryon Stone, 1900 } same
Janet Tryon Stone, 1900 } design in
Rachel Norton Tryon Stone, 1900 } different
Mary Tryon Stone (2d), 1900 } sizes
J. C. M. (Miss J. M. Cox), 1901
Library of the Boys' Club, 1902
Willis Steell, 1902

BERNHARD WENIG

Bernhard Wenig is a comparatively newcomer in the field of book-plate design, but he has already established for himself an enviable reputation in Germany, and his work is meeting with a growing appreciation by collectors in this country. Mr. Wenig's general manner is that of the old engraved wood block, bold and more or less crude of line, but full of virility. Most of his work is reproduced in black on white, but in a few instances he has used a color or two with good effect. His choice of subjects is varied, but the studious bookman of the middle ages seems to be uppermost in his heart and mind. Mr. Wenig has made one plate for a child, a small boy, that is among the best half-dozen of designs for children.

Baroness May v. Feilitzsch
Bernhard Wenig, 1897
Anton Wenig, 1897
Joh. Nep. Eser, 1899
E. W. J. Gärtner, 1900
Richard Schulz, 1900
Mathilde Schulz
Heinrich Stümcke
Karl Emich, Graf zu Leiningen-Westerburg, 1901
Günter Otto Schulz
Gertrud Schulz
Dr. Adolph Brenk
Carl Selzer
Lorenz Wenig
Countess Sofie du Moulin
Max H. Meyer
Dr. Fr. Weinitz
H. von Sicherer
Hugo Schmid
Julie Speyer
Louis King
Claire von Frerichs
Franz Menter
L. Frankenstein
Dr. Hans Lichtenfelt
Heinrich and Hedwig Brelauer
Fr. Schade
F. Schaffener
G. Drobner
H. R. C. Hirzee
Wolfgang Quincke
Alfred Misterck
Ludwig Stivner
Max Landmann
Hans Jaeger
Dr. Louis Merck
Richard Jaeger
Rosalie Eeginbrodt
Georg Ortner
Melaine Dorny
Anna Furstin
Ludwig Klug
Doris von Heyl
Frieherr Max Heyl
Carl R. Peiner
David von Flansemann
Paulus Museum, Worms
(Mrs.) Hedwig Smidt
Wilhelm Karl Herams
(Mrs.) Julie Wassermann
Dr. C. Schonborn
Maria von Ernst
Wolfgang Quincke
Walther Frieherr von Seckendorff
Wilhelm von Schon

Transcriber's Note

Minor punctuation errors have been repaired.

Printer errors and inconsistencies have been amended as follows:

Page 28--Bernard amended to Bernhard--By Bernhard Wenig

Page 36--Gerhaeuser amended to Gerhäuser--The design for Emil
Gerhäuser is inoffensive ...

Page 43--portaits amended to portraits--The portraits and view
are interwoven ...

The final chapter, the check-list of works, contained a number of errors and inconsistencies in the names. Where there were other mentions of the name in the book, the transcriber has made amendments for consistency, as follows:

Page 45--Bernard amended to Bernhard--Bernhard Wenig

Page 49--Pierce amended to Pearce--Julian Pearce Smith

Page 51--F. amended to E.--E. Gerhäuser

Page 51--Lulu amended to Lula--12 Lula Thomas Wear

Page 58--Jomes amended to James (second instance)--James Hoy

Page 61--Havermeyer amended to Havemeyer--William Frederick
Havemeyer (engraved by E. D. French), 1892

Page 61--Fellows amended to Fellowes--Annah M. Fellowes, 1896

The following are likely to be errors, but as they appear only once in this book, they are preserved as printed. This list may not be exhaustive.

Page 58--Dr. Edmundi Atkinson should probably be Dr. Edmund
Atkinson

Page 62--Rosalie Eeginbrodt should probably be Rosalie
Eigenbrodt

Page 62--Melaine Dorny should probably be Melanie Dorny

Page 62--Frieherr Max Heyl should probably be Freiherr Max Heyl

Page 62--Carl R. Peiner should probably be Carl R. Reiner

Page 62--Dr. C. Schonborn should probably be Dr. C. Schönborn

Page 62--Walther Frieherr von Seckendorff should probably be
Walther Freiherr von Seckendorff

Page 62--Wilhelm von Schon should probably be Wilhelm von Schön

The frontispiece illustration has been moved to follow the title page. Other illustrations have been moved where necessary so that they are not in the middle of a paragraph.