The book collection seal is usually engraved with the name, name, number, hometown, ancestral home, library location, official position, identification, granting and receiving, warnings, notes, aspirations and other contents.

1. A mark used by book collectors to mark the ownership of books and express their personal interests. Also known as book collection seal. Book collection seals appeared in China during the Western Han Dynasty. In order to identify the ownership of books and obtain credit, ancient book collectors often stamped their own books.

The seal on a book in a collection is not only a mark, indicating the ownership of the book, but also often reflects the collector's character, temperament, wishes, etc. There are many types of book seals in different shapes.

2. Book seal forms

The book seal has a wide range of sealing forms. Stones with rectangular sealing surface, square sealing surface, conformal sealing surface, and circular sealing surface can all be carved into book collection seals.

3. Text content of book collection seals

Here are some book collection seals of famous people: Collection by Zhou Shuren (Lu Xun), Collection of Daqian (Zhang Daqian), Duanjushi (calligrapher Deng Sanmu), The White Flowers of Autumn (Qu Qiubai, Yang Zhihua and his wife), Scholarly Spirit is Indispensable (Deng Tuo), Yimeng Reading (Li Yimeng), Hengzhiguan couple’s collection of calligraphy and paintings (Yu Pingbo), Xuanzhu’s reading after the age of sixty-eight (Mao Dun), Seal of Songxuezhai Book (Zhao Mengfu). Common book collection seal formats include the following: so-and-so collects books, so-and-so collects them, so-and-so privately collects them, so-and-so collects them, so-and-so reads them, so-and-so reads them, so-and-so collects them...

Four , The seal cutting form of the collection seal

Any type of seal cutting can be in red or white. There are no fixed requirements. It mainly depends on the personal preference of the collector.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia Collection Chapter