#ex libris

[nobrashfestivity]

Unknown, Japanese bookplate

#unknown #japanese art #nobrashfestivity #illustration #ex libris #frogs #bookplates

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

#art #etching #drawing #illustration #bookplate #ex libris #rudolf gräber #stanislaus kuhlhanek #death and the maiden #der tod und das mädchen

[sheydgarden]

a really fun recent commission: this custom bookplate for the curator of Judaica at the Museum of the Bible! it's based on a variety of texts that describe (at least some) sheydim as observantly Jewish - especially the Talmudic stories of Yosef Sheyda, a demonic scholar or possibly even a rabbi himself. the quote in the window is from Psalm 24, "the earth is the Lord's, and everything in it" which is often written above an owner's name in Jewish books, but provides double meaning here for the fact that sheydim too are divinely created. Jesse shares my love for sheydim as transgressive, marginalized figures who are nevertheless deeply Jewish, so this was an ideal collaboration & a delight to make!

also done entirely in Procreate, inked with True Grit Texture Supply's "Rusty Nib" engraver brushes - totally in love with this new process & the relative ease of accomplishing this type/level of hatching vs. traditional media (giving me added respect for the 17th century printmakers I've been studying). i will always love working traditionally but adding more digital techniques to my repertoire has been super useful.

#jewish art #jumblr #illustration #bookplate #commissions #ex libris #sheydim #digital art #jewish artists

[catsofyore]

Bookplate of unknown year, but the artist, H. C. Bärenholdt, passed away in 1976. Source.

#cat #cats #catsofyore #cats of yore #bookplate #ex libris #calico

[allcatsconstitutethesamefamily]

Submitted by lay-zee-gardener

#ex libris #cat

[thefugitivesaint]

Herbert Percy Horne (1864-1916), ''Emporium'', Vol. 11, 1900 Source

#Herbert Percy Horne #Herbert P. Horne #english artists #emporium #ex libris #vintage illustration #vintage art #art nouveau

[clawmarks]

Bookplate - Hans Frank - c.1918-1921 - via The British Museum

#skulls #ex libris #bookplate #grasses #botanical

[hoot-alex]

Ex Libris rubber stamp design!

#ex libris #corvid #artists on tumblr

[thereadersdesire]

#ex libris #cat

[nemfrog]

Death wears a fool's clothing. Dated book-plates (Ex libris) with a treatise on their origin and development. 1895.

Internet Archive

#bookplate #bookplates #fool #death #macabre #nemfrog #1895 #19th century #ex libris

[nobrashfestivity]

Ex Libris

#ex libris #bookplates #bookplate #rabbits #illustration

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

#art #drawing #book plate #illustration #ex libris #horatio gaigher #death and the maiden #der tod und das mädchen

[oldschoolfrp]

Many of the library's books have abishai bound to them as protectors and prisoners -- draconic scaled devils from Tiamat's upper realm in the Nine Hells (Tom Baxa, Dungeon 29 featuring Randy Maxwell's AD&D 2e adventure "Ex Libris," TSR, May/June 1991)

#D&D #Dungeons & Dragons #Tom Baxa #devil #dnd #abishai #red abishai #scaled devil #Randy Maxwell #Ex Libris #fiend #magic book #magic tome #D&D 2e #AD&D 2e #Dungeons and Dragons #TSR #1990s #Dungeon magazine

[catsofyore]

Bookplate for Zoldos Sakeviciutes by Vaclovas Kosciuska, 1963. Source.

#cat #cats #catsofyore #cats of yore #ex libris #bookplate #1960s

[fellandcrow]

Good Omens-inspired Ex Libris I made for @mrghostrat's birthday 🤍

I started drawing again a few months ago after not drawing anything for 15+ years so thank you for inspiring me to start again Bilvy!

#spooky draws #my art #Good Omens #ex libris #happy birthday again!

[thefugitivesaint]

Franz Stassen (1869-1949), 'Ex Libris - Eduard Stucken', 1899 Source

#Franz Stassen #german artists #ex libris #art nouveau #bookplates #vintage illustration