Can you smell the books?

Hilprand Brandenburg of Biberach was the first person who personalized his books with a bookplate, in 1480. I lost mine unfortunately. But mine wasn't as beautiful as the ones in this post on Hyperallergic. With a bit of imagination you can smell the books.

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This the the one from 1480:

And some other examples:

(S)Ex-Libris

When I was younger I bought an ex-libris stamp for my book collection. If someone lend a book, they knew it had to go back to me. These sex-libris illustrations are beautiful, but it would be a bit awkward if you put it in books you lend out to people. Be sure to look at the whole collection.

Ex Libris Mr Reaper

Bookplates from the collection of Richard Sica.

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