Floral Letterpress Bookplates set of 5

whoever steals this book let them be struck by lightning + be covered in boils unless it is returned to its true home. This book belongs to ____

Used as far back as 668 BCE, book curses called down a variety of inventive punishments on those who did not return books to the libraries and monasteries they belonged to. This one is inspired by the style of curse used in Medieval books, with a marginalia floral flourish.

• ungummed
• by anachronalia press
• Hand printed on a printing press by the print project, Shipley.
• made in england