tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post115747965369847856..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: Kudos to CPH AGAINWilliam Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1157494103244688862006-09-05T17:08:00.000-05:002006-09-05T17:08:00.000-05:00The idea of book plates, or "pressings" as they ar...The idea of book plates, or "pressings" as they are called in certain parts of the Protestant south, did not originate with family Bibles as was originally thought by Dr. Webber Manson in his famous doctoral dissertation from Columbia University entitled "Memoirs: A Generational Accoucting of Family Lineage in post-Civil War Pressings".<BR/><BR/>To the contrary, Eugene Markowitz has discovered many pressings in family Bibles in Europe dating back into the 14th century.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com