Ex Bibliotheca:A Magazine of Graphic Artists and Ex-libris Collectors (1999–2009)

Abstract

This is survey of an ex-libris collector magazine Ex Bibliotheca : A Magazine of Graphic Artists and Ex-libris Collectors published in Warsaw between 1999 and 2009. Neither its wide coverage of the world of bookplates nor the commitment of its authors and editors, who took great care with its design, were able to keep afl oat in the long run. After publishing twenty issues of the magazine over a period of ten years, they were forced to give up the struggle. The short-lived career of Ex Bibliotheca was little different from the fate of its various predecessors, none of which, however, had lasted for twenty issues