Rule number 7b: Make sure to use a library stamp that is big enough to a) fully cover the space of the forgotten initial, and b) match the size of the manuscript page's water damage. Of couse, this is another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #libraryhumor

Just another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series: integrating a library stamp smoothly into the layout of the title page. #bookhistory #booksky #libraryhumor

Well, almost hiding your library stamp behind initials was a tricky sport. As you can see for yourself in this bible from 1485. And, of course, this is just another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #bookhistory #libraryhumor

And so we will have the last word in this book, said a smiling librarian in Munich once stamping his blue library stamp on top of the last word "ENDE". This is another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #booksky #libraryhumor

It was of the magic tricks of librarians to make a library stamp hardly noticed within a title page. Here, the god Mercury is almost holding the stamp naturally. This is, of course, another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #bookhistory #libraryhumor