Mindat Logo
bannerbannerbannerbanner
Welcome!

Advanced

mineralogical Ex Libris

Posted by Joachim Esche  
mineralogical Ex Libris
April 26, 2009 11:23AM
de    
Hello world,

beside minerals I collect also Ex Libris (bookplates) with geological themes.

Is there anyone else in the world who shares this hobby with me?

Attached are two Ex Libris created for me: a copper etching from the German artist Andreas Raub and a hand colored copper etching from the German artist Olaf Gropp (the yellow flower is the the very rare Viola calaminaria, an ore indicating plant, which grows only on soils contaminated with Zinc. The only place in central Europe are the old dumps at Stolberg near Aachen). The third picture shows one of my oldest ones: a wood engraving from an unknown artist from about 1800.

Joachim Esche
Attachments:
open | download - Raub-JE.jpg (185 KB)
open | download - Gropp-JE.jpg (70.1 KB)
open | download - MeyerD.jpg (150.4 KB)
avatar Re: mineralogical Ex Libris
April 26, 2009 01:10PM
us    
An introduction to bookplates: with examples from the earth science library of Herbert P. Obodda.(Mineral Books)

Article from:
The Mineralogical Record
Article date:
July 1, 1995
Author:
Conklin, Lawrence

[www.articlearchives.com]
Re: mineralogical Ex Libris
April 26, 2009 03:33PM
de    
Thank you David,

I know that article. It gives a good overview about the roots of bookplates. In that early times most bookplates where heraldic ones with no presentation of a mineral.
One of the very rare early plates with a depiction of a mineral or a stone is that of the Swiss abbot Ulrich von Amstein from Willisau ( ?? - 1628). It shows 3 stones in the upper right and lower left part of the helmet plate.

Joachim
Attachments:
open | download - AmsteinU.jpg (149.6 KB)
avatar Re: mineralogical Ex Libris
April 26, 2009 06:33PM
at    
You can contact Prof.Huber at [www.mineral.at]. He collects also exlibris.
erik vercammen
Re: mineralogical Ex Libris
April 26, 2009 06:40PM
The yellow zinc Viola grows also in Belgium, in the region of Moresnet, and further along the river Geul, going into the southern tip of the Netherlands. This plant is resistant to large accumalations of Zn, poisonous to most plants. There are there some other Zn-resistant plants, and together they are indicators of Zn-bearing (and Zn-contaminated) soils.
Re: mineralogical Ex Libris
April 26, 2009 07:28PM
de    
Hallo Christian,

the greatest collection of bookplates with geological themes has as far as I know HR Dr. Tillfried Cernajsek from Vienna. I will meet him next week in Wiesbaden at the annual meeting of the Deutsche Exlibris Gesellschaft.

Hallo Erik

Thank you for the information!

Joachim



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/26/2009 07:29PM by Joachim Esche.
Attachments:
open | download - CernajsekT1.jpg (81.7 KB)
Author:

Your Email:


Subject:


Attachments:
  • Valid attachments: jpg, gif, png, pdf
  • No file can be larger than 1000 KB
  • 3 more file(s) can be attached to this message

Message:

Mineral and/or Locality
Google
 
www.mindat.org Web
Copyright © Jolyon Ralph and Ida Chau 1993-2009. Site Map. Locality, mineral & photograph data are the copyright of the individuals who submitted them.Further information contact the Site hosted & developed by Jolyon Ralph. Mindat.org is an online information resource dedicated to providing free mineralogical information to all. Mindat relies on the contributions of hundreds of members and supporters. If you would like to add information to improve the quality of our database, then click here to register. Current server date and time: 26th Nov 2009 15:06:32