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...
- 1895) was an English poet, numismatist, botanist and an authority on bookplates. He was eldest son of George Fleming Leicester (afterwards Warren),[1]...
- collectors of the time, donated approximately 50,000 bookplates. The collection contains bookplates that belonged to such famous and infamous figures as...
- including several bookplate drawings and engravings, copper bookplates, photographs, and his engraving tools. Collections of bookplates designed, etched...
- 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...
- pieces of continental porcelain, 1,500 netsuke, 850 inro, over 30,000 bookplates and miscellaneous items of jewellery and plate, among them the Oxus Treasure...
- Tabard. Bookplates Bookplate No. 1328 with rules Bookplate No. 4187 with rules Bookplate of Rules (1908) Bookplate No. 2891 Bookplate No. 1395 Bookplate: drawn...
- designing ephemera, such as bookplates. Bookplates by Rogers that have survived in library and museum collections show that his bookplate designs were text-based...
- been making bookplates for about eight or ten years." "Walter M. Aikman was a noted artist and bookplate designer, who created a bookplate for Elizabeth...
- business materials. Of these ephemeral productions, "bookplates have survived the best". Bewick's bookplates were illustrations made from engravings, containing...