This blog (by Zeev Barkan) is dedicated to the Star of David, its history, its various meanings and usages in different cultures. It includes thousands of pictures of Star of David, six-pointed stars, hexagrams, Solomon's Seals, Magen Davids and yellow badges,and served as a resource for three books and four art exhibitions.
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Ismael Smith Bookplate
Picture of Stars of David and Menorah on a bookplate by Ismael Smith is courtesy of bookplates collector Bob Weinberg (Bookplatebob@aol.com).
Ismael Smith was born in Barcelona in 1886 and died in New York in 1972. He was a sculptor, a sketcher, a decorator, a ceramist, a jeweler.
A bookplate (ex-librīs, "from the books of"] is a decorative label to indicate the owner of a book.
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