ex libris

noun

ex li·bris eks-ˈlē-brəs

-ˌbrēs

plural ex libris

: a book owner's identification label that is usually pasted to the inside front cover of a book : bookplate

On the inside of the covers appears that plate with the fat chicken wearing glasses, hatching a closed book. Yehiel explained to me that that was his father's ex libris …—

Meir Shalev

Examples of ex libris in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The artist Robert Pruitt designed an ex libris bookplate for Jay-Z’s private library. —

WSJ, 13 Mar. 2021

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