http://www.metafilter.com/tags/ExLibris Posts tagged with 'ExLibris' at MetaFilter. Mon, 02 Jun 2003 14:16:44 -0800 Mon, 02 Jun 2003 14:16:44 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/26141/Bookplates <a href="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/4369/Bookplate/journal.htm">Heraldic Bookplates</a> While everybody knows about book collecting, bookplate (<i>ex libris</i>) collecting has a somewhat lower profile. But those seemingly utilitarian bookplates can be a source of endless fascination, whether for the aesthetics or the owner association. For images, see <a href="http://etext.virginia.edu/eaf/sampler/bookplate.html">Early American Fiction</a> (U. of Virginia), <a href="http://www.hot.ee/ee19002000/Motor/index.htm">Estonian Bookplates</a>, the <a href="http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/murray/bookplates.html">Murray Collection</a> (U. of British Columbia), and the <a href="http://www.rarebooks.nd.edu/digital/bookplates/">Bookplate Directory</a> (Notre Dame). Joseph Manzano has proposed <a href="http://www.geocities.com/exwebis/Castafloran.htm#Abajo">ex Webis</a> (some female nudes, possibly NSFW). For more information, visit the <a href="http://www.bookplate.org/">American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers</a>, which among other things links to a site devoted to <a href="http://www.lvbeethoven.com/Portraits/GalleryExLibris.html">Beethoven bookplates</a> (warning: prepare to hear the Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major). Or go ahead and read some <a href="http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~landc/bookplateindex.htm">articles</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.26141 Mon, 02 Jun 2003 14:16:44 -0800 bookplate Bookplates books collecting ExLibris thomas j wise