COLLECT: BOOKPLATES
£20.00
A collection of bookplates from the past 100 years, this is the first in a trilogy of books that have been sourced, edited and printed by COLLECT as a 2-colour Risograph.
Bookplates are printed inside the front cover of a book. A personal mark created by its owner to signify that the book belongs to them.
Usually it’s a stamp, a crest, a motto, or a name… a unique art piece. A small way in which a book could be treasured, to show its importance and significance to someone's collection. Over time, these designs became mirrors of the people who owned them and the times that they lived in. Expressions of their identity, reflected on the opening page of their book, something so common, so small, yet so considered.