See more ideas about ex libris, book plates, bookplate design. A bookplate, or ex libris, is a small print for pasting inside the cover of a book, to express ownership. Info select options a108 cat and owner by fireplace bookplate design. For the center choose open book, torch of learning, tree of knowledge or scales of justice. Bookplates, also known as ex libris, have since the 15th century been placed in books to declare ownership. Decorate your laptops, water bottles, notebooks and windows. Reasonably priced, starting at quantities of 50 for custom bookplates. Sometimes ex libris is more valuable than the book containing it ex libris, meaning from the library of, or from the books of is a latin expression concerning the artform of bookplates stamps or labels inside books that identify the owner. My printer setting has the option of fit to page if yours does too, select that option for the perfect print size, as this was made to fi t an 8. 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. Bookplate mania in america and england peaked from 1890 to about 1920. Bookplate definition of bookplate by the free dictionary.
Ex libris bookplates range from the simple to the decorative and elaborate. Check out more etsy bookplates, the best gifts for book lovers, and if you liked it you should have put a bookplate in it. My printer setting has the option of fit to page if. Anything written by brian north lee is carefully and lovingly researched. A bookplate or bookplate, as it was commonly styled until the early 20th century, also known as exlibris latin for from the books or library, is usually a small printed or decorative label pasted into a book, often on the front endpaper, to indicate ownership.
Unite your personal library with a set of quality, custom made bookplates. Info select options a107 ex libris bookplate with child in flight on bird. 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. Today im offering a fun free printable of some antique bookplatesive made them in a couple of different colors for you.
There is a bookplate for every book, in colour or black and white, large, medium or small and with different wording and themes. Choose your bookplate from the hundreds of beautiful designs donated by artists and illustrators. Library of ex libris book embossing press original designs blue desk pliers company or personal name blue metal handheld 4. Hartmut polenz, by artist andras raub, 20 see more.
Vintage looking stickers for the cat lovers out there. Many artists, some famous such as william hogarth, aubrey beardsley and john piper, have designed bookplates, and many significant people e. Bookplates have been designed by artists and engravers such as albrecht durer, thomas bewick, paul revere, kate greenaway. The plates feature finely detailed engraving and etching, and serve as outstanding examples of period book art and typography.
Find unique ex libris bookplates to make your book your own with zazzle. The bookplate, or ex libris, is a label affixed to the inside front cover of a book. The ex libris collection consists of nineteenth and twentiethcentury bookplates from private and institutional libraries. The concept of ex libris must go hand in hand with the concept of being able to own enough books to warrant having a book plate especially executed and printed for you.
Having a special emblem, logo or a simple name printed on the inside cover of a book helped the owner manage. See more ideas about book plates, ex libris, book art. In the old days, people would collect massive libraries of books and would lend them out to friends and family. Bookplates can be personalized with the text and font of your choice. Simple typographical bookplates are termed book labels. Printed on high quality, acidfree, selfadhesive paper. Ex libris art dedicated to the collection of ex libris. Apr 26, 2011 a bookplate, or ex libris, is a small print for pasting inside the cover of a book, to express ownership.
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. A106 bookplate with open book, candles and ex libris wording. Info select options a109 bookplate with home library and globe, ex libris wording. Represented in the collection are prominent american bookplate artists such as william fowler hopson and joseph winfred. Sep 22, 2009 today im offering a fun free printable of some antique bookplates ive made them in a couple of different colors for you. A personal bookplate is an elegant and practical way of solving the problem and gives the book itself a special interest, identity and provenance. Other ex libris collectors look at book ownership rather than the artist who created the bookplate for example, an ex libris from the personal books of charlie chaplin, sir arthur conan doyle or charles dickens. A bookplate also known as exlibris is a printed or decorative label pasted into a book, often on the front endpaper, to indicate ownership. Bookplate ink antioch bookplates ex libris for home, schools and. Also known as ex libris, meaning from the library of, the bookplate has been gracing the inside front covers of books for centuries. Letterpress cat ex libris bookplates acid free made in the usa. Make offer antioch bookplate company vintage ex libris two boxes of 50 sealed. 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. Exlibris bookplate collection special collections images.
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Bookplates from the libraries of the rich and famous. Nonpersonalized bookplates in packets of 20 and larger quantities. Samuel pepys and rudyard kipling have used them, but a personal bookplate has been available to anyone owning a. Previous to the development of printing, and the application of printing to the production of books, it would appear that the usual way of showing ownership would be to inscribe. Letterpress reading squirrel ex libris kids bookplates, made in the usa. Whatever your own specialization, this website is a place to share our love of ex libris through images and historical articles. Three volumes, with volume two covering the eighteenth century. Dated bookplates ex libris with a treatise on their origin and development by walter hamilton. Antioch bookplates ex libris for home, schools and libraries. May 19, 2015 latin for fromout of the books an ex libris or book plate was pasted into books to display who owned the book at hand. Dated book plates ex libris with a treatise on their origin and development by walter hamilton. Ex libris bookplate stickers self adhesive book plate label gift for bibliophiles set of 20. Hartmut polenz by artist andras raub 20 arlyn gronno depicts ex libris. A label bearing the owners name or other identification that is pasted usually on the inside cover of a book.
Ex libris definition of ex libris by merriamwebster. A bookplate junkie on the basics of collecting ex libris. Book plates or ex libris 21st century renaissance printmaker. I think the green ones would be pretty in garden books. Ex libris illustration art nouveau book illustration vintage book covers vintage books book cover design book design beautiful book covers plate design ex libris by gw eve for frances evelyn, 1902 from the archives kings college, cambridge. Ex libris art dedicated to the collection of ex libris and. The fabulous woodcut design bookplate above was found in a 1935 edition of the plays of anton chekhov. Escher, rockwell kent, leonard baskin, barry moser, and others. Latin for fromout of the books an ex libris or book plate was pasted into books to display who owned the book at hand. Ex libris stickers featuring millions of original designs created by independent artists. Bookplates, also known as exlibris, have since the 15th century been placed in books to declare ownership. Designs are ex libris with eyeglasses and this book belongs to with from line, print on labels or paper. See more ideas about ex libris, book art and painting edges.
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