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bookplate
Sign in to saveAlso known as ex libris, ex-libris, bookplates, book-plate, exlibris, b.l
label affixed to a book to indicate ownership
Research
15 papers- Addendum.History of psychology · 2023
- On the Protistan Bookplate of Charles Atwood Kofoid.Protist · 2021
- A dentist's bookplate.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 1971
- The New College Bookplate.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 1953
- The new College Bookplate.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 1953
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- label
- Image
- Contes et nouvelles de Bocace florentin - traduction libre, accommodée au gout de ce temps, & enrichie de figures en taille-douce gravées par Mr. Romain de Hooge MET i19511772-ef.jpg
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- Ex libris
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P13411
- Erich Honecker
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Encyclopedic overview
Bookplate for George Bancroft. Engraving of a cherub holding a tabula ansata with text Εἰς φάος in Ancient Greek, meaning "toward the light".
An ex libris (Latin for 'from the books'), also known as a bookplate (or book-plate, as it was commonly styled until the early 20th century), is a printed or decorative label pasted into a book, often on the front endpaper, to indicate ownership. Simple typographical bookplates are termed "book labels".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “bookplate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.