Reasonably priced, starting at quantities of 50 for custom bookplates. Make sure you never lose a book again with our customized bookplates. Ex libris book plate pb14 stamped image size 1h x 238w. This way everyone knows its your book from your personal library.
Many bookplate designs will use the phrase ex libris as a text header or a design. A bookplate, or ex libris, is a small print for pasting inside the cover of a book, to express ownership. Bookplates, also known as exlibris, have since the 15th century been placed in books to declare ownership. Our stunning black raven custom bookplates make perfect literary gifts for writers. Bookplate stickers featuring millions of original designs created by independent artists. Bookplates are also historically know as ex libris, which is latin for from the library of or from the books of. Vaclav polivka czech bookplate for antonin kodese, c. Hundreds of color and style combinations available. Nonpersonalized bookplates in packets of 20 and larger quantities. Often they show the family coat of arms or some particular area of interest to the owner. Anything written by brian north lee is carefully and lovingly researched. Find unique ex libris bookplates to make your book your own with zazzle. Literary gifts a personalized yet affordable bookplate featuring a wood engraving by two of our favourite engravers, howard phipps and sue scullard.
Please enter your custom text carefully, this text will be used to create your custom stamp. The art of bookplates in pictures books the guardian. Locuciones latinas, books art, beautiful book covers, personalized books. One popular option is to have bookplates printed with custom artwork from your books.
These bookplates follow a religious theme and are ideal for a bible, hymnal, or other religious book. The bookplates of 31 famous men the art of manliness. My library is very personal and intimate, sharing many experiences within the books. Bookplate definition is a book owners identification label that is usually pasted to the inside front cover of a book. We offer pre inked stamps for nearly all of our designs along with other types of mounts. Bookplate ink antioch bookplates ex libris for home.
See more ideas about book plates, ex libris, book art. The custom came to america in the 1600s, and many of americas founding fathers used. 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. At its most basic, a bookplate is a slip of paper bearing the name of the books owner.
Unite your personal library with a set of quality, custom made bookplates. There is a bookplate for every book, in colour or black and white, large, medium or small and with different wording and themes. Bookplates from the libraries of the rich and famous. A marvellous book all about the bookplate, or exlibris, the small and often highly decorative label pasted into. There are nine different designs, featuring ex libris from the library of this book belongs to, many have wonderful book related quotes on them. Personalized bookplates most slightly foxed readers, we suspect, have some irritating gaps on their bookshelves left by favourite titles lent and never returned. Letterpress reading squirrel ex libris kids bookplates, made in the usa. These custom bookplate and nameplate stamps are the perfect addition to any book that you or your children own, or to add a personal touch to your notes.
Book plate labels personalized book labels colorful images. The traditional use of bookplates, begun in the 15th century, is to identify the owner of a book. Indicate book ownership in style with these ex libris stamps. So to say ex libris carrot top is to say from the library of carrot top. Choose your bookplate from the hundreds of beautiful designs donated by artists and illustrators. I searched ex libris and found hundreds of antique bookplate images. English bookplates, ancient and modern 1893 english bookplates, ancient and modern, by egerton castle. Bookplate ink has also printed designs with custom artwork for baby showers, weddings, corporate events and school birthday clubs. Choose a unique design for your imprinted pressuresensitive adhesive bookplates. Project a bookplate or bookplate, as it was commonly styled until the early 20th c. Custom book labels are just one of the many types of labels colorful images offers. Originally a mark of prestige and status in society, book plates. Ex libris, silhouette mint, world birds, latin phrases, custom rubber stamps, tinta china, cute owl, ink pads.
You can submit cameraready artwork with all graphics and text included, sized to the fit the bookplate, or you can submit a logo or. The custom came to america in the 1600s, and many of americas founding fathers used bookplates in their personal collections, including george. I will design and carve your bookplate following your wishes. Unfollow bookplates ex libris to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. For you cooking buffs out there, our canning labels may. You can put your contact information on our book plate labels, so books can be easily returned to your precious collection.
Many artists, some famous such as william hogarth, aubrey beardsley and john piper, have designed bookplates, and many significant people e. Design your own high quality bookplates and book labels. They will look fondly im sure on a book if it had an ex libris within it. A bookplate also known as exlibris is a printed or decorative label pasted into a book, often on. To make our own, lets get started by doing some design research.
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. Three volumes, with volume two covering the eighteenth century. Bookplate definition of bookplate by merriamwebster. You can include the book owners name as well, or you can leave it blank to be filled in later. I do not have any bookplates myself, but i would not hesitate to add them if i had some. Ex libris is a latin phrase that means from the books. Bookplates can be personalized with the text and font of your choice. Your text provided will be formatted to fit this style. Bookplate ink antioch bookplates ex libris for home, schools and. Finally, add your text in your favorite font with the horizontal type tool. By the late 19th century, bookplates had developed into a highly imaginative form of.
Ex libris, this book belongs to, and from the library of, are all phrases commonly printed on bookplates. Having a special emblem, logo or a simple name printed on the inside cover of a book helped the owner manage their collection easier. From the library of vintage books custom bookplate. Custom book, book marks, ex libris, printmaking, plates, design, style, licence plates, plate. Custom bookplate ex libris personal tomas hijo art. Decorate your laptops, water bottles, notebooks and windows. A personal bookplate is an elegant and practical way of solving the problem and gives the book itself a special interest, identity and provenance.
We print bookplates with custom artwork for a unique look. It has also been designed to help you track down items available online for your own collection, such as heraldic ex libris with personalized coats. 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. Exlibris bookplate collection special collections images. I didnt realize how popular these bookplates must have been, but i stumbled on a massive gallery of adultoriented bookplates and thats. Printed on high quality, acidfree, selfadhesive paper. An entire sheet of assorted printable bookplates, used to identify the owner of a book. 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 a printed or decorative label pasted into a book, often on the front endpaper, to indicate ownership. Dated bookplates ex libris with a treatise on their origin and development by walter hamilton. Now everyone has more creative time to design a superb ex libris for the tribute to george steiner 19292020. A bookplate junkie on the basics of collecting ex libris. Some authors have bookplates with the artwork from the jacket cover of the book at the top of the bookplate or as the background for the entire bookplate. Also known as ex libris, meaning from the library of, the bookplate has been gracing the inside front covers of books for centuries. Bookplates, also known as ex libris, are usually decorative, with artwork that is meaningful to the book owner.
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