Ex Libris: A Latin mark meaning "From the books of..."

In antiquarian fairy tales, these plates add a personal layer of history. They bridge the gap between the fantastic worlds inside the pages and the real people who once held and cherished them.

Here is a glimpse into some provenance of my collection.

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A printed paper that brought kids together. #bookhistory
Bonus: this is Dürer-drawn art, and a hand-colored version can be accessed as a digital copy over here, #bookhistory: www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/details/b...

'ASTROLABIUM IMPERATORIUM TOTI...
'ASTROLABIUM IMPERATORIUM TOTIUS HABITABILIS ORBIS NOBILIORIBUS PARTIBUS INSERVIENS : Reverendo & Magnifico d[omi]no Icobo de Bannissis Sa. Cesa. Maies. Consiliario & Secretario Eccl[esi]ar[um] Tridentine & Antverpien[se]. Decano digniss. Ioan. Stabius Au. sese commendat' - Details | MDZ

By the way, the print is a #xylographica. That means it is one of few examples left of the art of European block printing (in the second half of the 15th century). Basically a woodcut with blocks carved to include both text and image. #bookhistory
The paper flap is doing the show. #bookhistory
And here is the page with this detail in full glory, a page rich of details that need more interpretation than I can offer today, from this book: "Summa philosophie naturalis prestantissimi viri Magistri Pauli Ueneti" (1525). #bookhistory
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From the woodcut spaces of #earlymodern #bookhistory to 2020s memes of the online worlds.