BOOKPLATE Definition & Meaning

bookplate

[ book-pleyt ]

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noun

a label bearing the owner's name and often a design, coat of arms, or the like, for pasting on the front end paper of a book.

bookplate

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noun

a label bearing the owner's name and an individual design or coat of arms, pasted into a book

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of bookplate¹

First recorded in 1785–95; book + plate ¹

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Chosen by children across the country, the libraries will also receive a set of 23 books that will bear a commemorative bookplate featuring the Coronation emblem.

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“Letters to Trump” will set fans back $99 for a hardcover edition or $399 for the same edition with a bookplate signed by Trump.

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Here she has gathered dozens of books in New York libraries with bookplates from Jewish Cultural Reconstruction, whose research arm was led by Hannah Arendt.

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Zoom admission is free; admission plus a copy of “The Prophets” with a signed bookplate is $30.

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Books purchased at the event will come with a commemorative bookplate signed by the author.

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