Here's a classically inspired bookplate from the UBC Library Digital Collections. (Doesn't everyone browse through bookplate collections in their spare time?)
“This pictorial bookplate was created using black ink on red paper. The bookplate is in the shape of a Greek vase and portrays Clio the Muse of History sitting in a chair reading a scroll. In front of Clio is a basket of scrolls, on if which is inscribed with "M.N. 1966." [Greek text inscribed on chair and at the bottom of the bookplate reads "The Art so long, the Life so short."].” [complete record]
