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Answer from Madeleine[guru]
a site where bookplates from the collection of Yuri Sergeevich Borodaev, a famous Moscow hereditary collector, are presented. His father, Sergei Fedorovich Borodaev, a famous bibliographer and member of the Russian Society of Friends of Books, began collecting book signs. Now the collection numbers about 20 thousand copies. Book signs from this collection were repeatedly exhibited at various exhibitions.
The French king Charles V, who remained in history as an outstanding bibliophile, in 1367 personally compiled an inventory of his manuscripts and wrote on each book with his own hand: “This book is mine. Charles.” This was the first library ownership record, or bookplate, that has come down to us.
Germany is considered the birthplace of the bookplate in its current form, that is, in the form of a printed book label. Surprisingly, it appeared somewhat earlier than printing - in the 15th century. In the next century, German book signs reached high artistic perfection, as outstanding artists worked on their creation - Durer, Holbein the Younger, Lucas Cranach the Elder and others. The original inscription "Ex bibliotheca" created the tradition of calling this sign a library sign. It lasted until the beginning of the twentieth century, and then was supplanted by the expression “book mark” and, finally, was finally strengthened in the form of the Latin expression “Ex libris”. It was Russified and began to be written in Russian - bookplate. The bookplate can be hand-drawn, stenciled, stamped, embossed on the cover or spine of the book (super bookplate), or glued on. The bookplate can be associated with the author or the content of the books for which it is intended, with the owner or with the nature of his occupation.
Bookplates appeared in Russia at the beginning of the 18th century, along with other European innovations introduced by Peter I. Naturally, the first owners of bookplates were members of the imperial family, top officials of the state, and representatives of the nobility. The noble owner of the book decorated it with an image of his coat of arms, usually accompanied by a proud Latin motto. But an even more spectacular way to identify the owner was the super ex libris: the same coat of arms, but embossed in gold on the top cover of the book binding. His associates of Peter I had book signs - J. Bruce, D. Golitsyn, A. Lefort, R. Areskin. However, “prototypes” of bookplates can also be found on ancient handwritten Russian books. For example, at the end of the 15th century, the abbot of the Solovetsky Monastery, Dosifei, personally drew likenesses of book signs on the volumes of the monastery library.
The first Russian printed bookplate is considered to be the bookplate of Count Konstantin Platter, prefect of Livonia, and later chancellor of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which was then part of Russian Empire. This sign was printed in 1702. Platter's bookplate was an image of his family coat of arms and military trophies, above which there was a drawing: two busts and a globe. The bookplate is decorated with the Latin saying: "Ex bibliotheca Constantini Ludovici Plater surpemai notarii M.D.L. Praef. Liv."
The heyday of the Russian artistic bookplate occurred in the first half of the 20th century, when artists - members of the World of Art society A. Benois, E. Lanseray, K. Somov, G. Narbut, M. Dobuzhinsky, I. Bilibin, took part in the creation of the book sign. E. Mitrokhin, S. Chekhonin and others. In the 20-30s, leading graphic masters V. Favorsky, A. Kravchenko, N. Kupreyanov, N. Piskarev, P. Shillingovsky, N. Brimmer and others joined the creation of bookplates. For years, famous artists E. Golyakhovsky, G. Kravtsov, V. Frolov, A. Kalashnikov, N. Kalita, G. Ratner, M. Verkholantsev, V. Kartovich and many others worked on the bookplate.
In the next, 19th century in Russia, the personal library gradually ceased to belong exclusively to the privileged classes.

Answer from Mystery[guru]
Bookplate (from Latin ex libris “from books”) is a book sign pasted by library owners onto a book, mainly on the inside of the binding.

Answer from Alexander Pilgrim[expert]
A bookplate is a book sign indicating that a book belongs to an owner. Originated in Germany in the 16th century. ; in Russia - at the beginning of the 18th century.

Answer from Olga Osipova[guru]
Bookplate (from Latin ex libris “from books”) is a book sign pasted by library owners onto a book, mainly on the inside of the binding.
Typically, the bookplate contains the owner’s first and last name and a drawing that succinctly and figuratively speaks of the owner’s profession, interests, or the composition of the owner’s library. Germany is considered the birthplace of the bookplate, where it appeared shortly after the invention of printing. In Russia, the bookplate appeared under Peter I.
The simplest bookplate is a paper label with the name of the owner of the book (sometimes combined with a motto or emblem). Artistic bookplates are works of printed graphics. They are created various techniques engravings - engraved on copper, wood or linoleum, made using zincography or lithography. Among the authors of artistic bookplates one can name such outstanding artists as Albrecht Durer, V. A. Favorsky, and many others.
Among artistic bookplates there are
armorial, which reproduce the owner’s coat of arms and are characteristic mainly of the 16th-18th centuries;
monogram with ornamentally designed initials of the owner;
plot ones, which became the most popular in the 20th century and represent images of landscapes, architectural motifs, various emblems, figuratively reflecting the tastes, interests and passions, and profession of the library owner.
Bookplate of the Bavarian State Library (Royal Library). 19th century
Bookplate of the library of Stefan Batory University in Vilna
Bookplate of Arkady Strugatsky from the 1980s
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Answer from Princess Beautiful[guru]
Ex libris is Latin for "from the books." The bookplate is inextricably linked with the book; the history of its origin is closely connected with the appearance of the medieval handwritten book. In scriptoria - workshops for copying books, located in monasteries in the early Middle Ages, owner's inscriptions were made on books, which began with the words "from books" or "from the library" (ex bibliotheca) and followed by the name and surname of the owner of the book, the name of the library or monastery.
Book signs are divided into four types according to their content:
1. Armorial bookplate, the earliest 16-17 centuries. Its creation is subject to the canons of heraldic art.
2. Monogram bookplate (from the Polish “monogram” - knot) represented the initial letters of the owner’s name and surname. They were distinguished by their elegance and could be considered along with book decorations - elements of book decoration.
3. The plot bookplate conveyed certain events in the life of the owner. It could also consist of elegant decorative elements.
4. The type ex-libris was a typesetting label with text in a frame, printed by typesetting.

Answer from Vasily Berezin[guru]
translated means “from books”... collectors put a personal stamp on books so that they don’t screw up their rarities))

Answer from Irina[guru]
The French king Charles V, who remained in history as an outstanding bibliophile, in 1367 placed the collection of his magnificent library in one of the towers of his castle in the Louvre, personally compiled an inventory of thousands of manuscripts (from the Latin Manus - hand, scribere - to write), i.e. e. handwritten books - there were no printing houses yet - and on each book he wrote with his own hand: “This book is mine. Charles". This is the first library owner's record, or bookplate, that has come down to us chronologically. The bookplate, therefore, can rightfully be qualified as a bookmark, or a sign of the owner of the library.
In Rus', the bookplate (handwritten, of course) appeared 510 years ago. This was the book sign of Dosifei, the third abbot of the Solovetsky Monastery.
The handwritten bookplate was placed on personal books in the libraries of clergy and the highest royal nobility. However, handwritten owner's inscriptions on books were also common in small personal libraries. I remember that on the books of my uncle, who grew up in a large family, it was written (somewhat naively, not quite competently, but still at the same time with an ownership claim and as proof that he could not only read, but also write): “This book belongs to who has it – Matvey Ivanovich Stolyarov.” This kind of inscription is often made today.
Germany is considered the birthplace of the bookplate in its current form, that is, in the form of a printed book label, or, in modern terms, a label. It appeared shortly after the invention of printing, i.e. in the 15th century.
Among the earliest French bookplates is the sign of Jean Barthou (XVI century), who left his mark on history by being an ardent opponent of Martin Luther, the founder of the Reformed, or Lutheran, movement in Christianity. For this topic, Barthu's bookplate is notable not so much for its image (the Apostle John with an eagle and a seven-headed apocalyptic dragon) as for its couplet-promise:
Anyone who returns a lost or stolen book
He will receive a glass of good wine.
This inscription began the tradition of directly addressing readers on the bookplate - in the form of an appeal, request, promise, or even threat.
From the end of the 17th to the beginning of the 18th centuries. On bookplates there are images of libraries or a castle, palace, monastery, church in which they were located.
The first Russian printed bookplate is considered to be the bookplate of Count Konstantin Platter, initially the prefect (Latin Praefectus means chief) of Livland, and later the chancellor (in Russia this was the highest civil rank) of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which was then part of the Russian Empire. This sign was printed in 1702. Consequently, 2002 is the year of a kind of anniversary of the Russian printed bookplate, which, starting from the 18th century, received the richest development in our country of the richest book culture.
Platter's bookplate was an image of his family coat of arms and military trophies, above which there was a drawing: two busts and a globe. The bookplate is decorated with the Latin saying: “Ex bibliotheca Constantini Ludovici Plater surpemai notarii M.D.L. Praef. Liv."
The original inscription “Ex bibliotheca” created a tradition for a long time of calling this sign a library sign. It lasted until the beginning of the twentieth century, and then was supplanted by the expression “book sign” and, finally, the Latin expression “Ex libris” was finally strengthened. It was completely Russified, that is, it began to be written in Russian - bookplate, inflected according to the rules of Russian grammar, etc.
The titles of two fundamental books by U. G. Ivaska are very indicative of this evolution. The first of them was published in 1902 and was called “On library signs, the so-called ex libris: on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of their use in Russia, 1702 - 1902.” As you can see, the signs here are called library signs, a reservation is made to the word “ex libris” - “so-called”, and their writing itself is presented in Latin, partly (after the apostrophe) in Russian. The next three-volume edition, published a few years later - from 190

Answer from *Butterfly*[active]
An artistically designed book sign - a label, a vignette with the name of the owner of the book or with something. symbolic design glued to the inside of the binding or cover of a book
Derived from the expressions: ex libris of such and such, i.e. from the number of books belonging to such and such

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Answer from Roxy[guru]
Bookplate is a book sign, a paper label pasted by library owners on books, mainly on the inside of the binding; usually it bears the name and surname of the owner and a drawing that succinctly and figuratively speaks of his profession, interests or the composition of the library” - this is the definition that can be found in any book dictionary, but is everything so simple, did it arise so quickly and suddenly bookplate, did it so quickly turn from a small picture into great art, who helped the bookplate become worthy of other types of engraving, who improved it, made new discoveries and achievements? After all, all this took more than one hundred years. To understand in more detail, you need to turn to history, and not only old, but also later, since the bookplate underwent particularly noticeable changes in late XIX-XX centuries. The name “ex libris” comes from the Latin words “ex libris”. This is part of the long-used Latin inscription on the book owner’s sign: “from books.” Ex-libris - a book sign - is a special composition that, either with text, or a symbolic image without text, or with text and image together, indicates the ownership of the book. The text determines the ownership of the book directly; the image can be associative or simply decorative. A text “on theory” is always desirable for library science purposes, and the more detailed, the better. The bookplate has taken a prominent place in modern graphics as an independent work of graphics. It increasingly appears at large art exhibitions in many cities - St. Petersburg, Vologda, Voronezh, Tambov, Kemerovo, Vilnius, Riga, Talin, Krasnoyarsk, Yakutsk - special exhibitions of bookplates. The works of modern graphic artists - bookplates - began to appear more and more often at foreign exhibitions in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Germany. The fact of opening such exhibitions is quite legitimate. It reflects a completely objective and historically conditioned phenomenon - an unusually rapidly growing interest in books, book graphics, book culture and small forms of graphics in general. But book graphics and graphics of small forms belong to one of the most widespread and active types of fine art that easily find their way to the viewer.
Ex-libris is now a unique genre of book graphics; it has a glorious history that has lasted for more than five hundred years. The art of the book sign has gone through centuries of development. Stylistic evolution, as noted by researchers, is closely related to the nature of modern book decorations. They are heavy and intricate in the era of the late Renaissance and Baroque, clear and balanced, calm and strict during the reign of classicism, especially the Empire style, magazine-graphic, although sometimes not saved from bad taste during the years of dominance of the Art Nouveau style. They find a natural form, organic to the material, in woodcut miniatures of the 1920s and 1930s, the heyday of modern woodcuts. Finally, they are varied in appearance and content these days.
Bookplate its origin and role in world culture
For long history Russian handwritten and printed books The owners of books and book collections often had a desire to put their name on the books. Initially, this desire was carried out primitively: inscriptions were made on the book about its ownership of one person or another. Earliest owner's inscriptions Ancient Rus' date back to the 14th century.
Before the invention of printing, handwritten books were of great value. Therefore, special inscriptions were made on the title page or on the inside of the binding. They usually began with the words ex libris (from books), followed by the name of the person or library or monastery that owned the book. Later, the inscriptions began to be supplemented with an image of the family coat of arms, a portrait of a high-ranking owner of the library, or various drawings characterizing certain aspects of the life and activities of the owner.

A true book lover knows what a bookplate is (“ex libris” - “from books”).

This Latin word referred to a book sign with text, monogram or picture. This is how the owner of the book indicated that it belonged to his library. Bookplates appeared at the same time as handwritten books.

For a long time, books were treated as a source of wisdom, they were valued, and they were afraid of losing them. That is why the masters left unique miniature pictures in the manuscript - “inset notes”.For example, in ancient Egypt, a small faience tablet with the name of the owner was attached to papyri. In medieval Europe, a portrait of the owner with a motto, or a vignette with the name of the owner, or his family coat of arms was placed right on the book page.

During the Renaissance, a book sign was glued from the inside to the cover of the binding, sometimes imprints were made directly on the sheet of the book using a signet ring. In the 18th century, printed bookplates were of two types - armorial and type. The armorial bookplates had different ornaments and heraldic symbols. Font book signs depicted complex monograms of two or three letters with crowns above them.

In the 19th century, there were several ways to make bookplates: engraved on copper or wood, lithographic, imprinted with a cliche made of typographic alloy. Font ex-libris labels have become widespread. They usually indicated only the first name, patronymic and last name of the owner, sometimes they indicated additional information: cabinet, shelf, department number, place.

In the 20th century, the most preferred topics were revolutionary struggle, science, children's reading. Rubber stamps were used. Stamps with the text “Book Depository”, “Library No.” are still placed on books in state and public libraries. Stamps were placed everywhere: from the title pages to the margins of the engravings in the book.

Book signs were made by artists and engraving enthusiasts. Gradually, the bookplate became an element of the book’s decoration, and bibliophiles and collectors became interested in it. Artists A. Durer, P. Picasso, V. Vasnetsov, K. Somov, V. Favorsky, writers Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, astronauts and composers, scientists and doctors, athletes and actors had book signs.

The creators of home libraries often purchase individual signs for themselves that reflect their needs and aspirations, and the nature of the books they collect. The text part of the bookplate consists of the words “From the library...”, “Book...”, “From the collection of books...” indicating the name and surname of the owner. The emblem of the owner of the book differs from the publisher's sign, the label of the bookbinding workshop, or from the inscription made by the librarian's hand.

To emphasize the significance of the owner of the sign, to convey the features of a person’s inner world, his connection with society, history, nature, world culture, they used plot-thematic bookplates, drew complex signs, where there were not only figures, but also entire scenes, landscapes, decorated with a pattern of leaves and flowers. Among all sorts of objects there were books, ships, steering wheels, anchors, dragons, angels, trophies, animals, birds, children, musical instruments, weapons, trees, plants. The bookplate could have the shape of a circle, square, rhombus, oval, rectangle, triangle, and contain a background and color.

If you want to have your own bookplate, then think about what exactly it will be: drawn by hand, using a stencil, in the form of a stamp. Do not forget that it may be related to the content of the books that you have, to the peculiarities of the nature of your activities and hobbies.

Small-sized graphic book signs turn in content into entire short stories in which nothing can be accidental, because from the book sign it is easy to recognize the range of interests of the owner of the book, passions, inner world, worldview. The libraries, tastes, hobbies, and professional interests of the owners are diverse. Among the various subjects, the portrait bookplate, which has a silhouette image of the owner of the library, stands out.

Bookplates thought out to the smallest detail bring aesthetic joy and fit organically into the book. Such bookplates become a unique element of book design.

Some parents, in order to instill in their children a love and respect for books, instill respect for the printed word, and develop artistic taste, came up with children's bookplates. They take us to the fantastic world of fairy tales, travel and adventure.

If you want to make a bookplate yourself, you can use linoleum.It is soft and easy to work with, which is why the bookplate is widely used in this technique.But it is best to contact a special master with your order, who will first draw a sketch on paper in pencil, combining into one whole the elements of the book sign - the symbol and initials you have chosen, and will develop the entire sign in detail: the composition of the drawing, its size, shape, font.

Artists use different production techniques. For example, wood engraving. It's called woodcut. For this engraving method, hard woods are taken: beech, palm, boxwood, pear, apple, birch.

More complex technology– chisel engraving on metal. The design is made on steel or copper boards, paint is rubbed into the resulting grooves, and printed under a press on damp paper.

The etching technique is widely known: the lines of the design are not cut out on the metal, but are etched with acid, and the copper plate is coated with melted varnish of wax and resin. The artist draws on the hardened varnish with a special needle inserted into a pen. Under strong pressure, an engraving is printed from the plate onto moistened paper.

Bookplates in the form of a cliche imprint made of rubber are now common. Modern equipment allows you to fulfill such a cliché so much High Quality that the smallest details of the most intricate design are visible.

The art of the book sign is a unique form of modern printed graphics, its miniature and aphoristic branch, a phenomenon of the culture of reading and collecting, because sometimes a bookplate is of greater value than the book containing it.

Literature

1. Bludova E. Artist and book. The treasure of my book is the bookplate / Young artist. - 1997. - No. 7. - P.44-45.

2. Ivensky S.S. Masters of Russian bookplate. - L.: Artist of the RSFSR, 1973.

3. Ivensky S. Artist and book. Bookplate /Young artist. - 1981. - No. 7. - pp. 46-47.

4. Minaev E.M., Fortinsky S.P. Bookplate. - M.: Book, 1970.

The bookplate originated in Germany in the 16th century, almost immediately after the invention of printing. In Russia, these “book signs” appeared only under Peter 1. However, in the last century, manuscripts from the Solovetsky Monastery, dating from the end of the 15th century, were discovered. They depicted hand-drawn bookplates.

Such different bookplates

The bookplate can either be glued to the inside of the binding or be printed using a special seal - many of them were made to individual orders. There were even such varieties of personalized book marks as superex libris, where an imprint was made on the spine of the book.

The bookplate often contained the name of the owner and was often supplemented by his occupations and interests. If we can draw such an analogy, then the bookplate was the predecessor of the mark that is placed in virtual library, or water.

Bookplates could be simple and unpretentious or very sophisticated and complex in composition. Sometimes they were just a label with the owner’s name, his signature, or a simple badge invented by the owner of the publication. In some cases it was supplemented with a personal motto or marked with an emblem.

There were also artistic, skillful works of bookplates. They were created using high (for that time) technologies and were small prints and engravings on copper or wood. In their manufacture, lithographic or zincographic methods were used. Among the authors of complex bookplates, it is worth mentioning Albrecht Durer and Favorsky.

Types of bookplates

Experts divide all bookplates into:

Armorial - they depict the owner’s personal coat of arms; in Russia, there was a special demand for such things at the beginning of the twentieth century among the nobility who did not have time or did not want to emigrate;
- monogram - simpler, but with a special ornament, the initials of the owner were indicated on them;
- plot - landscape compositions, emblems, architecture were mainly used here (they were especially popular in the twentieth century).

Nowadays, when many people collect not paper, but digital libraries, the role of the bookplate declines. Although, since real books are used less and less, it is possible that the artistic mark may come back into fashion as a kind of tribute to the past.

It is worth noting that there are already two bookplate museums, one of which is in Moscow. And there are thousands of collections of these book graphic miniatures.

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Entertaining medicine in pictures for doctors and citizens who sympathize with them. Medical bookplate (set of 2 books), . St. Petersburg cardiologist Yuri Viktorovich Shubik wrote a book in which he talks about his collection of medical bookplates. And he does it so excitingly that you want to follow immediately...

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"From books", bookplate.

The name of a book sign, pasted on the inside of the front cover of the binding or cover of a book and containing the name of the owner of the book, sometimes also an allegorical drawing, motto, etc.

The last sailor left Sevastopol... The city was burning. It seemed that the famous Sevastopol Maritime Library, the oldest in the country, had perished forever. The library to which Admiral Lazarev and Leo Tolstoy donated books... But an amazing thing: after the war, parcels began to arrive to the library more and more often. From all over the Union and even from abroad, readers sent books they had once taken with a label stuck on the back of the binding! a snake entwined around an anchor, the words “Sevastopol Officers' Library” enclosed in the oval rim, and above all this - a frigate proudly carrying sails. Familiar, honorary bookplate! (Bookplate - book compass (Izvestia, 9.X 1974).)

Bookplates, these sheets of paper with engravings or drawings, can remind you of interesting pages of history, introduce you to the life and customs of people, and even invite you on a long journey. "Ex Libris" is a word of Latin origin and exactly translated means "from books." Bookplates are created for both personal and public libraries. Usually the subjects of the drawings are related to the nature of the book collection, the world of book lovers’ hobbies - By the way, now is the 500th anniversary of the first printed bookplate. Researchers have proven that it was created between 1470 and 1480: a woodcut that has survived to this day accompanied the books of a certain Hans Knabensbvrg, nicknamed Igler (Hedgehog). And at the beginning of the 16th century I already made bookplates great artist Renaissance Albrecht Durer. The first Russian bookplate, discovered on the books of the Solovetsky Monastery, dates back almost five centuries. Masters of different times paid tribute to this type of graphics, such as Hans Holbein and Lucas Cranach, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, Mikhail Vrubel and Nicholas Roerich, Vladimir Favorsky... (A country named ex libris (Izvestia, 13.VII 1976).)

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Series "Ex Libris" (set of 38 books), . The "Ex Libris" series of the St. Petersburg book publishing house "Symposium" (or "Symposium") includes works of classics of foreign literature of the 20th century...

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