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Of course my favorite gifts to give are children's books and we have quite a library of our own so I'm always keeping an eye out for cool bo...
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Bookplates, or ex-librīs (Latin: "from the books of"), are decorative labels or stamps of ownership placed on the inside covers of books. Early forms, dating to the medieval period of Europe, typically consist of heraldic insignia often associated with monastic orders, universities or noble families. At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century,…
For the past few weeks I have been working on sorting through some of my family papers. We have a lot, which is why it has taken me a few weeks just to get through a few boxes. This week though I stumbled across a treasure: an extra bookplate from my great grandfather’s library! Now…
The one shown above is one of my favorites. http://www.miraclefactory.net/mpt/view.php?type=mc&id=85 The link shown above contains an excel...
I spent probably an hour paging through Martin Hopkinson’s Ex Libris: The Art of Bookplates at the Strand last week, then went back and bought it. If there’s such a thing as bookplate porn, this gorgeous book is the ultimate. —Sadie Stein I’ve been reading Robert Gottlieb’s Lives and Letters, a wonderful collection of essays on …
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Ex libris Fritz Waerndorfer (1903). I could happily post things by the indefatigable Koloman Moser (1868–1918) all the time but he’s not exactly an unknown figure even if his work does get ov…
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Bookplate 13 Wood Engraving 100 x 74 mm Bookplate 14 Wood Engraving 100 x 75 mm "An English Landscape" Bookplate 15 ...
This is a selection of the 80 bookplates that I have engraved in wood and printed in Victorian handpresses. I have also included details fro...
Punning bookplates have always fascinated me. If you have any in your collection please send me a scan(s). They will be posted to this b...
Bookplate 42 Wood Engraving 100 x 75 mm A large plate reflecting the owner's interests. Bookplate 43 Wood Engraving 10...
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I love bookplates and will be featuring a lot of them in upcoming posts. I am kicking off this series with work from Edward Penkov, a contemporary Bulgarian artist. His illustration tends toward the darkly humorous and surreal. Some of it even reminds me a bit of H. R. Giger. A World of ART for…
