What's a Bookplate? | Bite Sized Book History

People have been writing their names in books since there have been books to write in! But what if you want to be a little fancier? Learn about the history of the bookplate, and what secrets they might hold!

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Further reading:
Japanese Ex Libris Stamps https://www.ndl.go.jp/zoshoin/e/index...
Newton Book Discovered https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fin...
Simon Beattie's Bookplate https://simonbeattie.co.uk/blog/archi...
Wikipedia on Blazoning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazon
More info on Blazoning https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/...

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