Apr 8, 2023
by Vojtech Cinybulk
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by Vojtech Cinybulk
Pater Urban Hodel bookplate (1979). Artist: Vojtech Cinybulk.
An ancient scholar writes on a scroll with a quill pen.
Roland Roveda bookplate (1977). Artist: Vojtech Cinybulk (Czech, 1915-1994).
A man is shown using a printing technique, perhaps pressing into a wood block.
Herber Blokland bookplate. Artist: Vojtech Cinybulk.
Depicts the Pied Piper of Hamelin. The legend dates back to the Middle Ages, the earliest references describing a piper, dressed in multicolored ("pied") clothing, who was a rat-catcher hired by the town to lure rats away with his magic pipe. When the citizens refuse to pay for this service, he retaliates by using his instrument's magical power on their children, leading them away as he had the rats.
Gert Van Rhee bookplate. Artist: Vojtech Cinybulk.
Woodcut print by Czech artist Vojtech Cinybulk (1915-1994), well known for his bookplates. Abraham Lincoln is a curious subject for a Czech artist and a Dutch (likely) owner,
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Ladislav Hodný bookplate. Artist: Vojtech Cinybulk.
Hodný grew up in a family of a renowned bookbinder, so he had to learn the craft. Here, with tools of his craft, he holds a stack of books, presumably having bound them.