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[Bookplate for Wilfrid Boucher]

Description

In black ink on red round paper with serrated edges, starburst.

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Title
[Bookplate for Wilfrid Boucher]
Date Created
[not after 1885]
Description
In black ink on red round paper with serrated edges, starburst.
Extent
1 bookplate : relief printing ; 5.4 cm in diameter
Geographic Location
Montréal (Québec)
Person Or Corporation
Boucher, Wilfrid
Genre
Prints
Type
Still Image
File Format
image/jpeg
Notes
Wilifrid E. Boucher was born in Montreal in 1885 and studied civil engineering at the Polytechnical School (l'Ecole polytechnique), where graduated 'Maxima cum laude.' After graduating he travelled through the United States and set up a highly successful practice in Montreal in 1908. From 1908 to 1911 he was also a professor at the Polytechnical School The bookplate is also found in: McGill University Libraries, Rare Books and Special Collections Division, Philippe Masson Ex Libris Collection.
References:
1) Engineering Institute of Canada (1919). Annual General Meeting and Professional Meeting. Journal of the Engineering Institute of Canada, 11, 1, 632. Retrieved from http://archive.org/stream/transactionsofen02engi/transactionsofen02engi_djvu.txt
2) McGill University Libraries, Rare Books and Special Collections Division. W. E. Boucher, Montreal. Bookplate Number: 328.
3) Philippe Masson Ex Libris Collection. Retrieved from http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/bookplates/
4) Prince, Lorenzo, et al., eds. Montreal: old, new, entertaining, convincing, fascinating. Montreal: International Press Syndicate, 1915. p. 420. Accessed May 13, 2014 at https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7032370M/Montreal.
Identifier
BP MUR CAN P B683; BP_MUR_CAN_P_B683
Collection
RBSC Bookplates
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Morley Binder. BP MUR CAN P B683
Date Available
2014
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca
DOI
10.14288/1.0215808
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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca