As one of the national quintessence, it has experienced a long development process and formed a consistent, thick and long tradition. It is loved by literati in past dynasties, either for personal use or as a gift to literary friends, for inscription, viewing and playing, from which endless aesthetic pleasure and artistic enjoyment can be obtained.
Expanding the information content of China ancient books is of great value for future generations to understand the collection and circulation of documents, as well as the identification of ancient book versions. Modern libraries often stamp their books and materials. The full names are "Peking University Library Collection" and "Beijing Library Collection". Some books have dates or designs on them.
Others use colorless steel seals. The collection chapter of a book is usually covered in the bottom center of the title page, which also has a seal. One page is fixed in the book, and the last page has a chapter in the bottom center. Periodicals and other materials often cover their books on the cover.
Book stamps are mostly square and rectangular in shape, and there are other irregular shapes. The stamps collected in modern libraries have various shapes, including rectangles and squares, circles, triangles, prisms and ellipses. There are many kinds of materials for book stamps, such as wood, stone, metal, animal bones, ivory, plastic, plexiglass and so on.
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