Josef Svandrlik – Svata Dobrotiva, since 2013 owner of a bookplate design by Vhrsti

I thought for a long time about who to order the design of my bookplate from. At one time it was quite normal to mark books with such a slip of paper, which represented both the book and its owner. I contacted my fellow countryman, Vhrsti, after a complicated selection process, because he knows my homeland of “Podbrdsko” (the Brdy mountain foothills region) perfectly, and is able to give a true picture of the local atmosphere and of the book’s owner. Implementation of the proposal was successful at the first attempt, and then we only had to “fine-tune” the colours for print in the final phase. If any of you are wondering about who should design your bookplates, I can only recommend Vhrsti. My bookplate looks perfect in my modern books, as well as in 250 year old ones.