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Einstein's book-plate design

Cory Doctorow at 1:45 pm Thu, Mar 14, 2013

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Here's the design for Albert Einstein's ex-libris bookplate, which he apparently pasted into all his personal books. This is lovely.

The Awesome Doodle That Lets You Know This Book Belonged to Einstein

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Surely I’m not the only one thinking Dr. Manhattan. Was/is it common for people to mark their books, or is that something only the famous do?
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  I’ve bought quite a few, not always so old books which had them as recently as a couple of years past.
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It was quite common (especially in academic circles) to use Exlibris until the late 19th / early 20th century. The tradition to use Exlibris to mark book ownership is old – the first known Exlibris is from the 15th century.
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