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Definition of Bookplate
1. Noun. A label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted.
Definition of Bookplate
1. n. A label, placed upon or in a book, showing its ownership or its position in a library.
Definition of Bookplate
1. Noun. 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 preventing theft. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bookplate
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bookplate
Literary usage of Bookplate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Book Prices Current by Katherine Kyes Leab, Daniel J Leab (1907)
"Sheep (broken; with autograph inscription and bookplate of George Benson; William
Lloyd Garrison's copy), M., Jan. 21, '07. (169) $4.50. 1824. 2 vols., 8vo. ..."
2. Book Auction Records by Frank Karslake (1904)
"Fitzgerald (Edward) Six Dramas of Calderón, ist Edn., with bookplate of Charles
Dickens, ... bookplate ..."
3. Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica by Joseph Jackson Howard (1904)
"... This bookplate, the date of which is between and, represents the arms of Thomas
Dawson, who was created, 28 May, ..."
4. Catalogue by Dulau & Co., ltd., Booksellers, London, N.W. Lott & H.J. Gerrish Ltd (1845)
"Walter Hamilton's copy, with his autograph and bookplate. Hughes. Cr. 8vo. 1874 10.
... With the autograph and bookplate of Walter Hamilton. Portrait. 8vo. ..."
5. Book-prices Current: A Record of Prices at which Books Have Been Sold at Auction (1904)
"3472 Henley (WE) Hawthorn and Lavender, with other Verses, LARGE JAPANESE VELLUM
PAPER, one of 10 copies, uncut, with bookplate of Mr. Henley, ..."
6. The American Magazine of Art by American Federation of Arts (1916)
"A notable feature of the showing was a group of bookplates executed by bookplate
EXHIBITION the late Frank Dempster Sherman. The Andreini gift of J. Winfred ..."
7. The Library in Colonial New York by Austin Baxter Keep (1909)
"92 British proclamation in newspaper, 1777 96 bookplate of Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel . 100 Common Council on Union Library Society petition, ..."
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