| 单词 | book piles |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbook piles book piles n. a representation of a pile of books, used to decorate a bookplate; a bookplate having such a design; frequently in plural. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > parts of book > [noun] > labels plate1763 bookplate1791 book label1829 bookmark1876 ex-libris1880 book piles1892 nameplate1896 1892 Sat. Rev. 27 Feb. 239/1 Of all styles, the so-called ‘Library Interior,’ or the ‘Book-pile’ displaying the labels of favourite authors, is the most suitable to a modern bookman... if among the Book-piles should lurk a portrait of the owner..the ex-libris will be the means of conferring a distinctly personal and..valuable character to his books. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 305/1 ‘Book-piles’, exemplified by the ex-libris of W. Hewer (Samuel Pepys's secretary). 1922 A. Fowler Bookplates for Beginners 23/2 Bookplates showing piles of books, known simply as ‘book-piles’ were popular in England during the last half of the nineteenth century. 1977 F. Johnson Treasury of Bookplates p. vii/1 Library interiors, book piles, and even portraits..are fairly common in early non-armorial bookplates. < as lemmas |
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