LA DOLCE VITA: EX-LIBRIS Stickers - Life in a bookstore

8 EX-LIBRIS stickers by La Dolce Vita

Because of sunny days, because of rainy days
Because the heart is broad and the road is long
Because of the simple food and the winding alleys
Actually, I don’t want to go to the bookstore for any reason.
I just want to live a life with a bookstore

What is a bookplate?
The exact origin of bookplates cannot be verified, but according to most scholars, it was around the 15th century, in what is now Germany.
The printing technology spread from China to Europe was not yet prosperous, and the technology was not sophisticated enough to enable mass production of printed matter. So books at that time were very expensive.
Except for the private libraries of royal nobles or the books collected in monasteries, it was not easy for ordinary people to own books. However, even so, the books collected by the nobles were still stolen from time to time, and even occupied by others.
The nobles carved the emblem of their family on a wooden board, and then used paint to stamp the graphics on the wooden board to paper. The Latin phrase EX-LIBRIS was added, as it was common in society at that time. It is called "Bookplate" in English, which means "this is my book", "my library", etc.
Finally, the small stamped piece of paper was floated on the blank space of the title page of the book.
This is a "bookplate" that allows anyone who sees the book to know the identity of the owner of the book.
(Taken from Wikipedia)

Most people will stick a bookplate on the title page of a favorite book to mark the identity of the book owner; some people specifically collect bookplates from everywhere and treasure them like collections.

2 pieces of each of the 4 desings, a set of 8 stickers.
Material: art paper
Dimensions: 6 x 8 cm // 2.36 x 3.15 inches
Made in Taiwan