mineralogical Ex Libris

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

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

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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

You can contact Prof.Huber at [www.mineral.at]. He collects also exlibris.

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.

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



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