Definition of Bookplates. Meaning of Bookplates. Synonyms of Bookplates

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Definition of Bookplates

Bookplate
Bookplate Book"plate`, n. A label, placed upon or in a book, showing its ownership or its position in a library.

Meaning of Bookplates from wikipedia

- endpaper, to indicate ownership. Simple typographical bookplates are termed "book labels". Bookplates often bear a motif relating to the book's owner, such...
- 1908) and he designed the royal bookplates for the library at Windsor Castle. He also designed a large number of bookplates for private clients. Queen Victoria...
- 1895) was an English poet, numismatist, botanist and an authority on bookplates. He was eldest son of George Fleming Leicester (afterwards Warren),[1]...
- name, denoting "from the library of" the nominate; also a synonym for "bookplate". ex luna scientia from the moon, knowledge The motto of the Apollo 13...
- Webb's bookplates are held in the William Augustus Brewer Bookplate Collection at the University of Delaware. Bookplates by Margaret Ely Webb Bookplate for...
- the great master of engraved bookplates and engraved lettering, not just for this century, but for all time. Her bookplates rely on the flourishes and curlicues...
- collector of and authority on bookplates. Barnett is best known for his promotional role during the 1920s and 1930s when bookplates enjo**** a resurgence of...
- including several bookplate drawings and engravings, copper bookplates, photographs, and his engraving tools. Collections of bookplates designed, etched...
- business materials. Of these ephemeral productions, "bookplates have survived the best". Bewick's bookplates were illustrations made from engravings, containing...
- he produced 221 commissioned bookplates. Apart from Norman Lindsay, the only other Australian artist whose bookplates command anywhere the same interest...