A hundred years ago, people who collected #books would hire artists to design personalized bookplates (stickers).
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A hundred years ago, people who collected #books would hire artists to design personalized bookplates (stickers). Most just say "Ex Libris [name]" in a fancy font, but some are more creative:
🧵1) "Terrible love brings rot and sadness to everything."
2) "Should you fail to return this book / the Argus Eye at you will look"
3) "This is a book the Muse gave you to read, little bear"
4) "Read not books alone, but men; and be careful to read thyself"
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A hundred years ago, people who collected #books would hire artists to design personalized bookplates (stickers). Most just say "Ex Libris [name]" in a fancy font, but some are more creative:
🧵1) "Terrible love brings rot and sadness to everything."
2) "Should you fail to return this book / the Argus Eye at you will look"
3) "This is a book the Muse gave you to read, little bear"
4) "Read not books alone, but men; and be careful to read thyself"
two bonus plates, also from the 1920s
"The Book-Worm"
"Virtue/Strength grows under weight"
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