Friday, October 9, 2009

The young have a natural love of learning






















Bookplate from A World History of Art, in honor of Nashville's Southern Festival of Books

3 comments:

chayaruchama said...

Quick learners and industrious folk, the young.....

May your w/e refresh you, BG ;)

Alyssa said...

Ha, ha, ha! That lizard!

And, I'm sorry, this was someone's bookplate?? So that if you ever borrowed a book from them you'd know just where to return it to? So that if they were ever, say, donated to the local public library, you'd know just by whom? What an interesting way to want to be remembered...

BitterGrace said...

My weekend has been eventful, Chaya, so in that sense, I guess it has been refreshing.

There's an established cohort of collectors devoted to the art of erotic bookplates. Why, I cannot say--but I think it might have something to do with the solitary nature of many bibliophiles...