Ex Libris

A DigitalNZ Story by Sienna Latham

Bookplates, glorious bookplates.

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Image: Bookplate: Ex libris Merv. Taylor.

Bookplate: Ex libris Merv. Taylor.

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Bookplate: Ex libris Desmond E. Hurley.

Bookplate: Ex libris Desmond E. Hurley.

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Bookplate: Ex libris G.W. Boot.

Bookplate: Ex libris G.W. Boot.

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Bookplate: Ex libris David H. Graham.

Bookplate: Ex libris David H. Graham.

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Bookplate: Ex libris Margaret Taylor.

Bookplate: Ex libris Margaret Taylor.

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Praetorius, Charles William James, 1868-1956: Ex libris Alex. H. Turnbull

Praetorius, Charles William James, 1868-1956: Ex libris Alex. H. Turnbull

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: [Johnson, Graham], fl 1896-1909 :Ex libris Alexander H Turnbull. Fortuna favet audaci [Heraldic bookplate] GJ. 1912

[Johnson, Graham], fl 1896-1909 :Ex libris Alexander H Turnbull. Fortuna favet audaci [Heraldic bookplate] GJ. 1912

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Rule, Percival Watts, 1889-1953 :Ex libris architecturae P Watts Rule. P.W.R. delt. [1930s?]

Rule, Percival Watts, 1889-1953 :Ex libris architecturae P Watts Rule. P.W.R. delt. [1930s?]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Souter, David Henry, 1862-1935 :Ex libris Alex H Turnbull / D H Souter, '09.

Souter, David Henry, 1862-1935 :Ex libris Alex H Turnbull / D H Souter, '09.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Souter, David Henry 1862-1935 :[Bookplate of Alexander H Turnbull ca 1909] Ex libris Alex. H. Turnbull; Fortuna favet audaci.

Souter, David Henry 1862-1935 :[Bookplate of Alexander H Turnbull ca 1909] Ex libris Alex. H. Turnbull; Fortuna favet audaci.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: QUEEN MARY. KING EDWARD VII. , ; QUEEN ALEXANDRA. LORD BLEDISLOE. MR.HAROLD;HARMS WORTH. . SIGNORMU^SOLINL . Bookplates which are to be exhibited to-morrow in- Wellington by he Ex-Libris Society.. They give some indication of the' variety shown in thisbranch of'art,'of which-some Jiundreds of examples will be on ? •.■ ~ ••.■■.' .. : .■■;■■'■'■■■•• ' : .' : ■ ' ■ ■ ■ view at, the' exhibition. ■ '■ ' ' ' '■■•<'.... .■ ■ – ' ..' '- , ■■■■,•••,.■■■■,•■ (Evening Post, 16 June 1931)

QUEEN MARY. KING EDWARD VII. , ; QUEEN ALEXANDRA. LORD BLEDISLOE. MR.HAROLD;HARMS WORTH. . SIGNORMU^SOLINL . Bookplates which are to be exhibited t...

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Bookplate: Edelweiss.

Bookplate: Edelweiss.

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Hilda Wiseman bookplates

Hilda Wiseman bookplates

Auckland Libraries

Image: Gwen Fullerton bookplate

Gwen Fullerton bookplate

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Huia Wiseman bookplate

Huia Wiseman bookplate

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Bookplate: Harold J.L. Wright

Bookplate: Harold J.L. Wright

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Bookplate - Sydney Ure Smith

Bookplate - Sydney Ure Smith

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Bookplate - Lionel Lindsay

Bookplate - Lionel Lindsay

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Bookplate - Lionel Lindsay

Bookplate - Lionel Lindsay

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Bookplate - Campbell Dodgson

Bookplate - Campbell Dodgson

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Bookplate - Robert G. Menzies

Bookplate - Robert G. Menzies

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Bookplate - John Preece

Bookplate - John Preece

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Bookplate - Harry Chaplin

Bookplate - Harry Chaplin

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Bookplate: Sydney Smith.

Bookplate: Sydney Smith.

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Bookplate: D.G. Reilly.

Bookplate: D.G. Reilly.

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Bookplate: John Tattersall.

Bookplate: John Tattersall.

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Carmalt Jones and Fitchett Memorial bookplate.

Carmalt Jones and Fitchett Memorial bookplate.

University of Otago

Image: Bookplate: Joseph and Jenny Block

Bookplate: Joseph and Jenny Block

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Crane, Walter 1845-1915 :[Bookplate of] Alex H Turnbull [1891] E Libris. Alex H Turnbull; Fortuna Favet Audaci

Crane, Walter 1845-1915 :[Bookplate of] Alex H Turnbull [1891] E Libris. Alex H Turnbull; Fortuna Favet Audaci

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Berry, Reginald George James, 1906-1979 :Alexander Turnbull Library Wellington, New Zealand. [bookplate. 1951] Onward; fortuna favet audaci / J.B.

Berry, Reginald George James, 1906-1979 :Alexander Turnbull Library Wellington, New Zealand. [bookplate. 1951] Onward; fortuna favet audaci / J.B.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: [New Zealand Government Printer] :Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, N.Z. ; Dieu et mon droit ; fortuna favet audaci. [ ca 1920]

[New Zealand Government Printer] :Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, N.Z. ; Dieu et mon droit ; fortuna favet audaci. [ ca 1920]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Praetorius, Charles William James, 1868-1956: Ex libris Alex H Turnbull / C Praetorius

Praetorius, Charles William James, 1868-1956: Ex libris Alex H Turnbull / C Praetorius

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Souter, David Henry, 1862-1935 :Ex libris Alex H Turnbull. Fortuna favet audaci / D H Souter [ca 1909]

Souter, David Henry, 1862-1935 :Ex libris Alex H Turnbull. Fortuna favet audaci / D H Souter [ca 1909]

Alexander Turnbull Library