Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi (detail) by Agnolo di Cosimo, c. 1545, showing a Renaissance bookmark with a brass knob protruding from the text block.

​Welcome to our GALLERY     -     Enjoy the world of bookmarks in selected pictures. 
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The Daily Chronicle - Victorian bookmark from 1894 displays on the back a calendar of the year.
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This cartoon was published in a Swiss newspaper in German and says on the banner: "We want safe bookmarks", the red book reads "Handicraft Tips", and the purple book "Crime"
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Wooden bookmarks with pyrography illustrations by Stephanie Butler - AgniPrasadaBurning on Etsy
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Vintage home-made bookmark from Germany, dedicated to Signorina Eleonore Meyer, dated 1941, picture by Helga Moghaddam
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Victorian advertising bookmarks for Tetley's Teas
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Book Weight by Dragon in Knots - Book weights are a special kind of bookmarks that are designed to hold your books open while you study, cook, or create.
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Aluminium bookmark forged from recycled coke cans The green card next to it explains the process. Produced by the family run company American Forging LLC. - picture courtesy of Amy Coulson @coulsonal on Instagram.
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Tourism bookmark for the town Rapallo, Italy, from 1936
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Zipper bookmarks by Peleg Design
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IFOB First Year Commemorative Bookmark 2016 The numbered and dated bookmarks are produced in a limited number to commemorate IFOB's first year of existence. See more details on our ​blog and gift shop.
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Slide-rule based bookmark crafted by John Watson “This is a bookmark that I made myself. It’s similar to a slide rule in that it consists of a stock made with two pieces of card sellotaped together with a vertical slot cut in the front piece of card. The moveable part, or cursor, is made of a piece of card slightly less wider than the stock and it has a much thicker square piece of card super-glued to it and this has a black Biro line drawn across it.
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Hotel Miramar - Fedala, Maroc - front & back of a vintage advertising bookmark from 1930s
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Hobbit and Fellowship silhouette papercut bookmark by Paradise Papercraft on Etsy: this bookmark was second winner of the competition 'Show Us Your Most Beautiful Bookmark' on Pinterest.
Free printable bookmarks for the International Book Giving Day, illustrations by Marc Martin and Anna Walker.
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A renaissance book with threads used as bookmarks - detail of the painting Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John from 1515-1525 -​attributed to Joan de Burgunya. - koredzas.tumblr.com
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Advertising bookmark for the Bookstore Librairie Experience, Lyon, France, illustrated by the renown Dutch illustrator Joost Swarte (1992)
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Pull-out bookmark integrated in the cover page of a book - thanks to Elly van der Horst for providing the picture
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Advertising bookmarks from 1930s issued by the Italian insurance company Compagnia Assicurazione di Milano
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Reading lamp bookmark by peleg design
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Art bookmark with detail of the Claude Monet painting Jean-Pierre Hoschedé et Michel Monet au bord de l'Epte produced by Mirage Bookmark for the Claude Monet exhibition (Jan-May 2017) marking the 20th anniversary of Fondation Beyeler, the premier modern art museum in Switzerland.
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Silk strip bookmarks used in an ancient codex - painting "Leopoldine with Book of Hours" by Auguste de Chatillon (1813 - 1881)
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Embroidered felt bookmark by LoveMaude on Etsy
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Beaded wire elephant bookmark, handmade in Africa, merchandise in a Third World shop
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Kokeshi Bookmark by Annelore Parot Kokeshi are traditional Japanese dolls originally made of wood and dating as far back as to the Edo period. Nowadays, there are many variations and Kokeshi dolls are popular as toys, gifts and tokens of friendship. The French illustrator Annelore Parot created a series of lovely Kokeshi doll images which are used to illustrate several children's books and stationery. The advertising bookmark for the Spanish publishing house Edelvives shows the doll Aoki. https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/kokeshi/
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Gilded multicolour lithographed religious card St. Barbara from around 1900 produced by Koppe in Prag. Religious cards are the most frequently used non-bookmarks, substituting bookmarks in Bibles and other religious books.
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Staedler pencil-shaped bookmark from 1937 The German company Staedler is world's largest pencil manufacturer located in Nuremberg. The company claims for being 275 years in the business of pencil production at that time, although the company had been established only 102 ago in 1835. The reason for this discrepancy is that one of the ancestors of the company founder was recorded as a pencil producer in the town books of Nuremberg in 1662.
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British Animals Bookmarks - Pyrography by Gem Fay (bumbleBeeFairy on Deviantart)
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Do-it-yourself bookmarks by krokotak.com
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Cutout bookmarks with portraits of famous writers issued by the German publishing house Suhrkamp.
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History of FILA Bookmarks (Uno su 500) by A. and M. Merseburger A catalogue book devoted to Italian bookmarks, particularly to FILA bookmarks with beautiful pictures. A must for all collectors of bookmarks from Italy. In Italian, 176 p., published in 2012, € 24,- ; can be ordered from Alex Merseburger by email (click on image please).
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Mikimoto pearl bookmark to hook on the spine of a book - Kokichi Mikimoto was the pioneer of the cultured pearl and started the pearl industry in Japan. His luxury pearl company Mikimoto is today a worldwide operating holding company.
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Motivational bookmark with vintage comic touch - by Paper Annie
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Advertising bookmarks for Paperantic - a Spanish collectibles show hosting in different towns.
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"There should be a contemporary bookmark in an incunabula." Maybe a monk thought this and left this coloured woodcut between two pages of the codex from 1482. The term Incunabula (also incunable or incunabulum) refers to a book, pamphlet or other document that was printed, and not handwritten, before 1501 in Europe. - picture & info courtesy of Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen (Abbey Library of Saint Gall) Switzerland
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Miniature book art with tiny bookmarks by Cameron Garland
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Bookmarks can be very personal - wedding invitation by BeOurGuestDesign on Etsy
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