The Art of the Bookplate

Name: Love It.
Item: The Art of the Bookplate
Rating: 5
Author: Thriftbooks.com User

by James Keenan and James P. Keenan

This jewel of a volume, beautiful to look at and the per-fect gift for booklovers, traces the origins, development, and exquisite designs of the personalized bookplate. Magnificent images display bookplates drawn by Durer, Holbein, Hogarth, Kate Greenaway, and Aubrey Beardsley. The foreword is by best-selling author George Plimpton.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0760746966

ISBN13:9780760746967

Release Date:September 2003

Publisher:Barnes & Noble

Length:175 Pages

Weight:1.17 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.5" x 9.0"

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Love It.

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago

While this book is not the best resource on Ex Libris, it is a great book. The writing flows. The history is very interesting. The collection of bookplates is very interesting. There are lots of great ideas on how to develop/design your own bookplate. The bottom line: A great book.

Good place to start

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago

If you know little about bookplates, this volume is a great place to start. The book begins with a discussion of bookplate history, including the artist, techniques, and why of bookplates. This section also gives an overview timeline of bookplate art and collecting. The second portion of the book contains images and brief, sometimes shallow, descriptions of the plate, the owner, or the artist. My rating is based in my love of all things book, and the wonderful visual catalog of bookplates that make up the majority of the book. Because of the occasionally prosaic descriptions and compressed information regarding collecting and creation techniques I give this work only 4 stars.