Definition: Labels pasted in books to mark their ownership and sometimes to indicate their location in a library. Private bookplates are often ornate or artistic: simpler and smaller ones bearing merely the owner's name are called "book labels." They are usually pasted on the front endpaper of books. (From Harrod, The Librarians' Glossary and Reference Book, 4th rev ed & Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
designed labels showing ownership of a book; medical bookplates: do not coordinate with MEDICINE; coordinate IM with subject (IM) if relevant; bookplates of famous medical & non-medical figures: coordinate IM with required biographical and historical hea
Other names Bookplates as Topics; Book Plates as Topic
