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They are also sometimes known as ex libris, meaning from the library of. The bookplates of 31 famous men theres an antique bookstore in montpelier, vt that i always visit whenever we make a trip out to the green mountain state. The ex libris collection consists of nineteenth and twentiethcentury bookplates from private and institutional libraries. Ever wish there were a better way to lay claim to the books in your library than just scribbling your name on the inside cover. Whatever your own specialization, this website is a place to share our love of ex libris through images and historical articles. A bookplate, or ex libris, is a small print for pasting inside the cover of a book, to express ownership. Ex libris book embosser emboss the title page and a predetermined inside page to personalize and safeguard your books with an embosser that says ex libris on the top and your name on the bottom. Info select options a108 cat and owner by fireplace bookplate design.
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So to say ex libris carrot top is to say from the library of carrot top. Oriental, scratchboard, personalized books, ex libris, baseball cards, illustration. Apr 26, 2011 a bookplate, or ex libris, is a small print for pasting inside the cover of a book, to express ownership. Bookplates, also known by the term exlibris, evolved over centuries from simple inscriptions to printed woodcuts to an artistic medium that has attracted worldclass artists and illustrators.
I didnt realize how popular these bookplates must have been, but i stumbled on a massive gallery of adultoriented bookplates and thats just a tiny percentage of the whole, youd have to think. Ex libris art dedicated to the collection of ex libris. Letterpress cat ex libris bookplates acid free made in the usa. Author signed bookplates for sale selfadhesive bookplates. Samuel pepys and rudyard kipling have used them, but a personal bookplate has been available to anyone owning a library and wishing to place in.
Bookplates can be personalized with the text and font of your choice. Nonpersonalized bookplates in packets of 20 and larger quantities. Many artists, some famous such as william hogarth, aubrey beardsley and john piper, have designed bookplates, and many significant people e. Make your prized books unique with honeytree personalised ex libris bookplate labels. Antique book plates known more generally as book plates, ex libris are prints, drawings or watercolors designed by artists to be inserted into the front of books to display ownership. Place each book label on the inside cover of all the books your child loans out or carries to school with hisher name and a way to contact you. Ive always liked the idea of the ex libris, and whenever i. Represented in the collection are prominent american bookplate artists such as william fowler hopson and joseph winfred.
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