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A label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted
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bookplate
Word definitions for bookplate in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bookplate \Book"plate`\, n. A label, placed upon or in a book, showing its ownership or its position in a library.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A bookplate, also known as ex-librīs [ Latin , "from the books of..."], is usually a small print or decorative label pasted into a book, often on the inside front cover, to indicate its owner. Simple typographical bookplates are termed "booklabels". Bookplates ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A printed piece of paper pasted on one of the pages of a book, most often on the inside front cover, showing ownership and thus deterring theft.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Much more important are the inscription and the bookplates of the Bernard family. ▪ One of the attractions of bookplate collecting is that it can be relatively inexpensive. ▪ There are probably a number of books with the Coats ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted [syn: ex libris ]
Usage examples of bookplate.
Inside was a rose-pink, lace-edged bookplate that said EX LIBRIS: Barbara Steehoven Moreland.
The engraved bookplate showed a lithograph of a seated cat staring at a fish in a bowl.
Every inside cover has a light blue bookplate with the words, This prayerbook is dedicated to the memory of ______, or, This prayerbook is dedicated in honor of ______.
There were no hollowed-out pages and an elaborate red-and-gold bookplate pasted to the flyleaf read To MR.
He opened it, hoping to find a bookplate reading Ex Libris Enoch Leng.
EVERY one has a bookplate these days, and the collectors are after it.
She took the book from the shelf effortlessly and, supporting the spine in her palm, opened it at the first page, decorated with several bookplates, some very old.
Bill Clinton regularly requests early copies of his novels and George Bush Sr recently wrote asking for some signed bookplates for his wife.
The door Bone pondered in flickering light was a huge brass panel proclaiming Ex Nihilo in the style of a bookplate.