Custom bookplate stamp for all the books in your personal library. 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. The ones without quotes have ex libris from the library of printed on them. Ex libris, calligraphy print, art drawings beautiful, stamp. Custom stamp ex libris personalised bookplate roses stamp. Dec 17, 2010 do you ruin your books with ex libris marks.
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Custom bookplate stamp personalized bookplate ex libris etsy. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Up to that time, the more luxurious habit of blind or goldstamping the books. Makes an excellent useful gift for the avid reader and every student. A strange choice of words perhaps, but that is my gut feeling.
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Ex libris personalized bookplate stamps ex libris, often called as bookplate, is a personalized stamp to indicate a books owner. A bookplate or book plate, 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. Buy custom library stamp, from the library of stamp, book stamp, ex libris stamp, bookplate stamp, gifts for book lovers, teacher gift z5. In the dutch labor movement the bookplate was unknown before 1900. Antioch bookplates ex libris for home, schools and libraries. Founded in 1972, the bookplate society is the direct descendant of the worlds first such organisation, the ex libris society, 18911908, and its creation and successor, the bookplate exchange club. See our bespoke bookplates page for details and more examples. Shop ex libris bookplate stamp customized created by tiethatbinds. Ex libris latin for from the books stamps, or bookplate stamps, are used to indicate ownership of a book. 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. A signed bookplate does add some value to the book but not as much as an actual signed page does. Sizing stamp measures 2 wide by under 1 high 50 mm x 20 mm.
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Product description this drawing of a warm but tidy bookshelf was part of a set of designs acquired by antioch bookplate company from the etchcraft company. Somehow, knowing precisely when a bookplate was engraved is very orderly and comforting. Why not commission a bespoke bookplate an extraspecial ex libris design incorporating both a name and specific things about the recipients life. This rockwell kent ex libris reproduction features a girl sitting on a stack of books, reading, with your custom text. As bookplate collecting gathered momentum in the late nineteenth century, the ex libris society was formed in london in 1891, and this interest was transplanted to australia by a small number of passionate collectors of bookplates largely in armorial form.
A bookplate junkie on the basics of collecting ex libris. Longfellow, hilaire belloc, cicero, and jorge luis borges are printed on some of the designs. Ex libris book stamp, flowering tree spring rubber stamp, custom. Ex libris art dedicated to the collection of ex libris and. Boston book designer, illustrator and teacher amy maria sacker 18721965 was one of several bookplate artists to be celebrated by the troutsdale press and bookseller charles e.
You can also find a lot of addresses on the participants lists of the congresses. Dated bookplates ex libris with a treatise on their origin and development by walter hamilton. By the late 19th century, bookplates had developed into a highly imaginative form of. Goodspeed also from boston in a series of short volumes dedicated to the work of ex libris designers of the day. The illustration may be made by wood carving, engraving, lithography or another technique. Ex libris, from the books offrom the library of an exlibris or bookplate is a small illustration on a label or stamp. Custom ex libris initials monogram letter stamp packed unique etsy. Many bookplate designs will use the phrase ex libris as a text header or a design element.
Ex libris stickers featuring millions of original designs created by independent artists. An introductory handbook to the bookplates of japan, tokyo, nippon ex libris association, 1982, p. Bookplates are also historically know as ex libris, which is latin for from the library of or from the books of. Iii the birth of the bookplate collector and bookplate societies ex libris, though, evolved as society did. Shop ex libris bookplate vintage scroll library custom selfinking stamp created by bookparadise. Personalized book and monogram embosser ex libris chrome desktop embosser for books. Stamps free delivery possible on eligible purchases. The words ex libris on a bookplate translate roughly from the latin as from the books of or from the library of. Focus on bookplate artist amy sacker ex libris art.
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Designs available for music libraries, little free libraries, personal libraries, ex libris designs and more. Ex libris bookplate vintage scroll library custom selfinking. Personalize a library book stamp with name, phone, personal information. 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. Ex libris book stamp, flowering tree spring rubber stamp, custom bookplate tree of life, personalised library stamper, little boat wooden stamp, unique. Custom bookplate stamp ex libris stamp from the library. Bookplate specs this design is 4 inches high and 3 inches wide. Apr 26, 2011 a bookplate, or ex libris, is a small print for pasting inside the cover of a book, to express ownership. Contact the artist of your choice and ask him to make an ex libris on your name. Bookplate ink antioch bookplates ex libris for home. Decorate your laptops, water bottles, notebooks and windows. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. This custom bookplate stamp features a minimalist style and classic font. Perfect for those landmark birthdays, as a retirement gift, or to mark other milestones.