book-plate
(ˈbʊkpleɪt)
A label, usually pasted inside the front cover of a book, bearing the name or crest of the owner, or other device indicating ownership, position in a library, etc.
| 1791 J. Ireland Hogarth Illustr. I. Introd. 22 The works of..Callot were probably his first models; and shop-bills and book-plates his first performances. 1850 N. & Q. I. 212 The book-plate with the following device—an eagle or vulture feeding with a snake another bird, nearly as large as herself. 1880 Warren Book-plates i. 2 The word book-plate in its technical sense of exact equivalence to ex-libris. |