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Greetings,
As I was checking our holdings of John Castagno's reference works on
artists' monograms prior to ordering his Old Masters signatures and
monograms : 1400-born 1800 (Scarecrow Press, 1996), I noticed that we did
not hold the following title:
Artists' monograms and indiscernible signatures : an international directory,
1800-1991 / by John Castagno. -- Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1991.
xviii, 538 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. -- (Cartwheel learning bookshelf)
But we do have:
American artists : signatures and monograms, 1800-1989 / by John Castagno. --
Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1989.
826 p.
Artists as illustrators : an international directory with signatures and
monograms, 1800 to the present / by John Castagno. -- Metuchen, N.J. :
Scarecrow Press, 1989.
625 p.
European artists : signatures and monograms, 1800-1990, : including selected
artists from other parts of the world / by John Castagno. -- Metuchen,N.J. ;
London : Scarecrow Press, 1990.
895 p.
My first thought was to order the 1991 volume, but then I noticed it was
"international" in scope, basically covered the same period as the 1989 and
1990 publications, and was considerably smaller than the 89 and 90 titles.
And I wondered if the 91 title was some sort of compendium of the preceding
works. If so, and I already have 89 and 90 titles, why bother ordering
it??
Since I obviously don't have the item in hand, would someone who holds
Artists' monograms and indiscernible signatures (1991) check the
preface/introduction and try to ascertain if it contains data not in the
earlier works? Is it a unique reference work?
Since this may be of interest to others, please respond to the list. Many
thanks.
Regards,
Peter Blank
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Peter P. Blank 102 Cummings Art Bldg.
Librarian Stanford, CA 94305-2018
Art & Architecture Library 415-725-1038
Stanford University fax 415-725-0140
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