Paul and Marcella Grendler – Ex Libris

I began acquiring book plates in Florence, Italy, in the 1960s. All of the illustrated brown
bookplates come from Giulio Giannini & Figlio, Via dei Velluti, Firenze. The map of the world
bookplates come from Antioch Publishing Company, Yellow Springs, Ohio, which is no longer
in existence. I purchased other book plates that pleased me wherever I found them. I especially
looked for book plates showing teachers, students, and readers, because much of my research has
centered on schools, universities, humanism, and printing in Renaissance Italy. The book plates
picturing sailing ships are for books on the history of Venice, another topic of my research. Two
book plates commemorate living and doing research in Florence. Marcella Grendler (1939-2022)
was my wife. She shared her life with me for sixty years and I will never forget her.