Antiquarian Bookplates: 55 Bookplates to Personalize Your Library

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And if these don't take your fancy, use the buttons to explore the site - the right bookplate for you is here, somewhere. There are still substantial numbers of collectors for whom the study of bookplates spanning 500 years is a fascinating source of historical, artistic and socio-cultural interest. Book Plates are to go inside books but of course can also be used as labels and in other creative ways. If you would like to change your preferences you may do so by following the instructions here visit our Privacy Policy to understand more about our we use your data.

Straight or concentric lines and all appearances of flat surface are avoided; the helmet and its symmetrical mantling tends to disappear, and is replaced by the plain crest on a fillet. Holland comes next with the plate of Anna van der Aa, in 1597; then Italy with one attributed to the year 1622. The earliest known marks of ownership of books or documents date from the reign of Amenophis III in Egypt (1391−1353 BCE).

However the value attached to book plates, otherwise than as an object of purely personal interest, is comparatively modern. In 1901–1903, the British Museum published the catalog of the 35,000 bookplates collected by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks (1826–97). Societies of collectors were founded, first in England in 1891, then in Germany and France, and later in the United States, most of them issuing a journal or archives: The Journal of the Ex-libris Society (London), the Archives de la Société française de collectionneurs d'ex-libris (Paris), both of these monthlies; the Ex-libris Zeitschrift (Berlin), a quarterly. The main characteristics of the style which prevailed during the Queen Anne and early Georgian periods are: ornamental frames suggestive of carved oak; a frequent use of fish-scales; trellis or diapered patterns, for the decoration of plain surfaces; and, in the armorial display, a marked reduction in the importance of the mantling.

We know that what you really enjoy about this site is the bookplates - so we've had a grand spring clean to make it easier for you to make the most of them. uk and in line with current government recommendations, products will no longer be sent with plastic sleeves. We already mentioned the King’s College Cambridge Archive Centre above, which houses a large collection of bookplates that span centuries. We have also many portrait-plates, of which, perhaps, the most notable are those of Samuel Pepys himself and of John Gibbs, the architect; allegories, such as were engraved by Hogarth, Bartolozzi, John Pine and George Vertue; landscape-plates by wood-engravers of the Bewick school, etc. Whether you are just starting or looking for expert advice, chances are, you'll find something of interest on blogis librorum.Cards and tags can be hand written and prints, stationery, bookbinding kits and handmade books can be gift wrapped on request. They have however been joined by a now dominant group of new collectors whose interest is more than anything the constitution—at quite reasonable cost—of a miniature, personalized art-print collection.

The quality is great, which means it is a wonderful one time investment and taken care of properly will never have to be replaced. Among early 20th-century English artists who have more specially paid attention to the devising of bookplates, may be mentioned C. At the turn of the 20th century, however, bookplate design diversified and flourished beyond traditional armorials. You may recognise some of his drawings decorating this site - and he made us some brilliant bookplates, too! More than 50 "national" societies of ex-libris collectors exist, grouped into an International Federation of Ex-libris Societies (FISAE) which organizes worldwide congresses every two years.In many plates, indeed, the shield of arms takes quite a subsidiary position by the side of the predominantly architectural urn.