My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck By Lightning

John D. Rockefeller’s bookplate (HT Buzzfeed)

zombienormal:

Ex-Libris. Bookplate of Le Canzoni Di Re Enzio, artist unlisted. 

Via.

books0977:

Bookplate of Rudolf Loye.

Description: States, ‘Ex Libris Rudolf Loye’ with motto ‘Klein Aber Mein;’ depicts a library setting with a desk, a bookshelf, a window with a view of a cathedral, and curtains. Unsigned.

Source: Pratt Institute Libraries, Special Collections.

books0977:

Bookplate of J.E. Stern.

States: ‘J.E. Stern - His Book;’ depicts a man’s room, with a bulldog, books, and Harvard and Yale pennants. Unsigned.

Source: Pratt Institute Libraries, Special Collections.

… from the Pratt collection by artist Samuel Hollyer (1826-1919) done for Walter Romeyn Benjamin in 1897

tatteredcover:

Old bookplate:

1904 bookplate of Charles P. Searle

oldbookillustrations:

Ex-libris of P. F. Madigan.

From A collection of book plate designs, by Louis Rhead, Boston, 1907.

(Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

Ex-libris of a musician

From A collection of book plate designs, by Louis Rhead, Boston, 1907.

(Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

James Henry Darlington’s ex-libris.

From A collection of book plate designs, by Louis Rhead, Boston, 1907.

(Source: archive.org)