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Choose your bookplate from the hundreds of beautiful designs donated by artists and illustrators. A bookplate, or ex libris, is a small print for pasting inside the cover of a. 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. Click any bookplate to see a larger version and download it. So in 2012 we celebrated the societys 40th anniversary. This website offers you a lot of information about the art of the ex libris and the chance to acquire some at a reasonable price. Antioch bookplates ex libris for home, schools and libraries. Bookplates for sale in uk 48 secondhand bookplates. They fit averys standard templates 6perpage shipping label template 5164, 5264, 5524, 8164, 8254. Wood engraving is a particularly suitable medium for these small, compact designs. The phrase ex libris which some like to include means from among the books of so the label says this book belongs to me. Printed on high quality, acidfree, selfadhesive paper. Corrections and index to ex libris the art of bookplates by martin hopkinson, british museum press, 2011.
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