Bookplate Junkie

A bookplate, also known as ex-librīs, is usually a small print or decorative label pasted into a book, often on the inside front cover, to indicate its owner. Bookplates typically bear a name or motto or any motif that relates to the owner of the book, or is requested by him from the artist or designer. The name of the owner usually follows an inscription.

Since the 1950s, there has been a renewed interest in the collection of bookplates and in many ways a reorientation of this interest. There are still substantial numbers of collectors for whom the study of bookplates spanning 500 years is a fascinating source of historical, artistic and socio-cultural interest.

Confessions of a Bookplate Junkie-blog is all about the bookplate collect & exchange.