Historical information

After a quiet period, interest in bookplates in Australia began to increase in the early 1970s, Entrepreneurial art and book collectors such as Edwin Jewell and others commissioned multiple Bookplate designs from a range of well known fine artists. At a 1997 meeting in Melbourne of the Ephemera Society of Australia Edwin Jewell and others announced the formation of the Australian Bookplate Society. The society was instrumental in promoting the art of the bookplate through establishment of the Australian Bookplate Design competition. The competition includes a design award for international entrants.

Physical description

Printed in blue with top printing of Ex Libris with seagulls flying in the spacing and image of seagulls with background of ocean and title, THE ANIMALS OF THE BALTIC SEA.

Inscriptions & markings

Pencilled beneath image, 10/25 - "Uuelli nel MareBoltico" - signature.