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Art/Literary - Paper / Paper Manufacturing / old book binding | | Italian term or phrase: piatti | "Il libretto ['libretto' as in opera libretto] di XXXX, contenuto in un sontuoso manoscritto, con lo stemma imperiale dell’aquila coronata bifronte al centro dei piatti della legatura"
I did a bit of reasearch, and 'piatti' seem to be the predecessor of cardboard book covers? OR is it a 'bookplate' on the cover? |
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| | plates | Explanation:
http://bookbinding.com/book-cover-design/bookplates
Making Boxes
Articles from the Studio
Diderot
Zahn on Binding
Gilding
Paper & cardboard construction
The Glue Book
Short essays on bookbinding
Book Cover DesignInfluences & Styles
Modern Bookbinding
Designing
Printed Covers
Bookplates
The Robert Hoe Company
Jobst Amman
Paper Cutting Machines
Graphic Arts
Colour and its applications
Magna Carta
Ex-Libris
Bookbinder's Marks
Our publications
Tell a Friend
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Odds & Ends
Interesting Links
Bookbinding Forum
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Bookplates
A book plate is a little device or label executed for the individual owning the books in which it is pasted as an indication of such ownership. The design for a book plate is usually personal in character and is especially suited to the person for whom it is executed.
The bookplate idea is an old custom, but such a one that with the increasing publication of books during the present century it has become very popular. Its origin is somewhat uncertain, but, as suggested hereinbefore, it was probably due to the practice of royal personages who stamped a coat of arms on everything they possessed and thus gave a distinctive character to their particular libraries. In foreign countries, **a coat of arms usually forms a part of the device**, and the ........
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Explanation:
http://bookbinding.com/book-cover-design/bookplates
Making Boxes
Articles from the Studio
Diderot
Zahn on Binding
Gilding
Paper & cardboard construction
The Glue Book
Short essays on bookbinding
Book Cover DesignInfluences & Styles
Modern Bookbinding
Designing
Printed Covers
Bookplates
The Robert Hoe Company
Jobst Amman
Paper Cutting Machines
Graphic Arts
Colour and its applications
Magna Carta
Ex-Libris
Bookbinder's Marks
Our publications
Tell a Friend
News
Albums
Odds & Ends
Interesting Links
Bookbinding Forum
If you find the information on this site useful and can afford it, consider helping us in our project, use the link below to
Thank You!
See images of books
bound at the Studio,
visit the
Gallery
Print this page
Bookplates
A book plate is a little device or label executed for the individual owning the books in which it is pasted as an indication of such ownership. The design for a book plate is usually personal in character and is especially suited to the person for whom it is executed.
The bookplate idea is an old custom, but such a one that with the increasing publication of books during the present century it has become very popular. Its origin is somewhat uncertain, but, as suggested hereinbefore, it was probably due to the practice of royal personages who stamped a coat of arms on everything they possessed and thus gave a distinctive character to their particular libraries. In foreign countries, **a coat of arms usually forms a part of the device**, and the ........
| Dr Lofthouse
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:  English, Italian
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