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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SDLIEX_190716_001.JPG: The Art of Ex Libris [ from the library of ]
2. SDLIEX_190716_003.JPG: The Art of Ex Libris The role of the bookplate was, is, and always will be to indicate the ownership of a book in which it is placed. A personalized bookplate adhered to the inside cover of a book allows one to proudly claim ownership of that book. The images adorned on bookplates are often representative of its owner and symbolize them in certain ways. The historic use of bookplates has also allowed historians, bibliophiles, collectors and others to establish the provenance of many old tomes.
3. SDLIEX_190716_006.JPG: Before the advent of the mechanical printing press, hand written books were precious and uncommon enough to discourage casual lending, but after the invention of the press, there was a sudden proliferation of books, and lending became more common. The use of a bookplate could help secure the return of the owners prized possession. "Please return this book; I find that though many of my friends are poor mathematicians, they are nearly all good bookkeepers." -- Sir Walter Scott
4. SDLIEX_190716_010.JPG: The origin of the Bookplate dates to mid- to late 15th century Germany, just after Gutenberg's creation of the mechanical printing press. But it was not until the 18th century that the engraving of bookplates entered its golden age; this was reflected in the craftsmanship of bookplates made by the processes of copper and steel engraving, aquatint, mezzotint, lithography, and wood engraving.
5. SDLIEX_190716_013.JPG: Near the turn of the 20th century, the composition of personal bookplates became recognized as a minor branch of fine art. Many of the images adopted a romanticized look with the unmistakable characteristics and styles of bygone days; this heralded an entirely new class of wonderfully varied designs. Thematic trend can be seen running through many collections: animals, bucolic setting, men and women in private repose with a book...
6. SDLIEX_190716_016.JPG: Yet finding value attached to bookplates -- other than as an object of purely personal interest -- is comparatively modern. While there is a high interest in collecting bookplates as pieces of vintage decorative art, there is also an interest in collecting them as personal relics of well-known people, for their value is often far greater than the old book in which they are found affixed.
7. SDLIEX_190716_019.JPG: In 1984, the San Diego Public Library's collection of bookplates -- numbering around 300 -- received a tremendous boost. James H. Wilkinson, a member of the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers, passed away leaving his collection of 6,700 bookplates to the library's Wangenheim Room. Mr. Wilkerson had requested that the donation be given in memory of his grandfather, James Daniel Humphrey. This gift spurred the subsequent donation of over 1,300 bookplates from another generous donor, resulting in San Diego Public Library owning one of the largest library-owned collections in the country.
8. SDLIEX_190716_022.JPG: In time, bookplates were also issued by institutions, often religious ones, awarding books to individuals to recognize academic performance, or good behavior. These would be inscribed by hand with the name of the individual. Such plates could be very elaborate, or very simple in their design, reflecting the character of the awarding institution. It also became very common for institutions such as schools and public libraries to adopt their own personalized bookplate for their collections.
9. SDLIEX_190716_024.JPG: Bookplates, of which there are probably far more than a million extant examples worldwide, have become objects of collection. The study of and the taste for collecting bookplates can be dated back to the year 1860. The first real impetus was given by the appearance of A Guide to the Study of Book-Plates (Ex Libris), by Lord de Tabley in 1880.
10. SDLIEX_190716_031.JPG: Most of the designs of earlier plates were armorial -- relating to heraldry -- and displayed a coat of arms.
11. SDLIEX_190716_110.JPG: The art of Michel Fingesten (1884-1943)
12. SDLIEX_190716_123.JPG: The art of Franz von Bayros (1866-1924)
13. SDLIEX_190716_137.JPG: The art of Joseph Sattler (1867-1931)
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