Free Printable Book Plates

Book plates are labels that are pasted into the front cover of a book with the name of the person who owns the book. I have seen book plates in books over the years from people I have borrowed books from. I have also seen the book plates in books I have purchased from garage sales or thrift stores.

Many of the book plates I have seen over the years have been quite different than the free printable book plates found in the following three links. Over the years I began not to see book plates because books became easier to come by in stores and resale book stores.

Free Printable Activity Village Book Plates

Activity village has three different sections of book plates to choose from. The lighthouse and cat and kittens book plates has 10 labels per sheet to print. The kids book share plates has 6 printable labels per sheet to print.

Free Printable My Home Library - Small, Medium, and Large Book Plates

At my home library you will find 43 different styles and sizes of book plates in the large plate section. There are 45 plates in the medium book label section. In the small book plate section there are 25 labels for books. Each of the plates has a different theme for each person the labels are being used for in their books.

Free Printable My Home Library - Color Book Plates

In the color section of my home library, you will find over 50 colorful bookplates. Each of the colorful, book plates are unique and whimsical.

Book plates earliest origins date back to Egypt during the reign of Amenophis III during the time of 1353 through 1391. Over the years since this Egyptian reign, the styles of the book plates have changed. The changing of the book plates have happened with each of the areas of the world they have come into contact.

The book plates had lost their flare in different eras throughout their history. Again in 1950 the book plates started gaining recognition amongst collectors of the label genre.

Whether you are a collector or a user of book plates, the labels inside the books you own can help people remember from whom they borrowed a book. If you haven't used book plates in your books before, now is the time to use them with these free, printable book plates.