Bookplates by Aleksei Kravchenko – Книжные знаки А.И. Кравченко (1924)
Aleksei Kravchenko was a Russian painter, illustrator, draughtsman, and printmaker. Bookplates are a lesser-known part of his legacy. Still, some of them are quite impressive.
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Nonexistent Bookplates From the Utopian Libraries
Do you know what bookplates and ex-libris are? These prints or stamps that mark the book's ownership. Here is a twist: the Utopian Libraries project by a Russian artist Dmitry Babenko includes only bookplates of nonexistent libraries.
A Bibliophile’s Ex-Libris for 37.000 Books – The Bookplate of Sergey Vavilov with an Engraving of Félix Vallotton
I often find curious things just browsing tomes in old books stores. Here is an excellent example. This bookplate on a vintage book about engraving techniques of the 19th century momentarily attracted my attention.
Russian ‘Printing Art’ Magazine from 1902 and a Selection of Bookplates
I planned to upload some English-language book this time. However, I stumbled upon an article about bookplates in the April'1902 issue of the Russian magazine "Искусство печати" (Printing Art,) and decided I have to share it.
Owner’s Seal of a “Generous” Book Collector
This book collector has taken ownership marks to a whole new level of vindictiveness. He or she even acknowledges that the act "disfigures" the book, but seems to be justified by punishing the person who stole it that way.
Bookplates Miscellanea from the Collection of Joseph Jackson Howard
This isn't really a book. No, that's not right. It's a hardcover binding, so it's definitely a book. That's a convolute of multiple articles taken from various magazines published on the brink of the 20th century. And it's about bookplates.
