Ex-libris plate

A bookplate is also known as an ex-libris plate, which means “from books” in latin. It’s small, usually with artistic graphics, stuckin the book at the beginning, reminding of the character of the owner, and is quite a collector’s item today. Bookplates are supposedly older than typography. The most important artists of history made them – in the Czech Republic this included, for example, Josef Manes, Alfons Mucha, Max Svabinsky, Frantisek Kupka, Vojtech Preissig, Mikolas Ales… Would you like to have your own personal bookplates? Send me an e-mail.