单词 | bookplate |
释义 | bookplaten. A label, usually affixed inside the front cover of a book, identifying the person or institution to which it belongs, and often illustrated with a crest or other decorative device. Cf. book label n. at book n. Compounds 3, ex-libris n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > parts of book > [noun] > labels plate1763 bookplate1791 book label1829 bookmark1876 ex-libris1880 book piles1892 nameplate1896 1791 J. Ireland Hogarth Illustr. I. Introd. 22 The works of..Callot were probably his first models; and shop-bills and book-plates his first performances. 1850 Notes & Queries 1 212 The book-plate with the following device—an eagle or vulture feeding with a snake another bird, nearly as large as herself. 1880 J. L. Warren Guide Study Book-plates i. 2 The word book-plate in its technical sense of exact equivalence to ex-libris. 1922 St. Nicholas Feb. 342/2 He may paste into each book in his library a bookplate, with some such wording as..‘John, His Book’. 2011 M. Roffey With Kisses of his Mouth 44 There was a bookplate in the front flap, foxed and aged, with the image of a knight bowing to the statue of a woman cradling an infant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1791 |
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