Every Bookplate a Mystery

Clifton Miller Library’s Rare Book Room contains many books donated by other charitable libraries, former professors, alumni, and students. The bookplates tell the story of their former owners. However, many of the bookplates themselves are a mystery.

This bookplate contains a coat of arms and a lengthy title: The Right Honorable Sir Gore Ouseley Baronet Grand Cordon of the Persian Order of the Lion & Sun & Grand Cross of the Imperial Russian Order of Saint Alexander Newski. Read more about the Baronet here: https://tinyurl.com/WCBaronet