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The E-Sylum: Volume 10, Number 6, February 11, 2007, Article 13 THE ART OF THE EX-LIBRIS We've had several discussions about bookplates in the past, and I recently came across a web site devoted to the art and collecting of bookplates. "The close relationship between the Ex Libris, Books and the Bibliophile has been an established tradition over the centuries since the invention of the movable type in the XVth century, by Guttenberg [1]. Without books and bibliophiles who love them, there wouldn't have been ex libris, at least till recently, as we will discuss later. "Indeed, ex libris - Latin expression meaning «from the books of…»-, or bookplates, as they are called in the English language, were born out of the need to identify the book's ownership being thus a sign or mark of ownership of books that compose one's library. "As a mark of possession, it begun to be a manuscript inscription with the owner's name or his owner's hand painted armorial. But after the invention of the printing press, ex libris became a small printed label, pasted into the volume's back cover binding, bearing its owner's name and a sign of personal identification, usually an armorial device artistically executed through wood cut or wood engraving process begun to be used." To view the web site, see: jvarnoso.com/exlibris Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum | |
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