05-07-2020, 08:01 PM
Both are possible: "numbers added all towards or at the end of his life" or "numbers added at the same time as the ex libris". In fact, also a mixture is possible.
In some cases the ink of the ex libris seems to be the same as that of the number but it seem impossible to tell for certain from these images.
These numbers were extremely common in lists and can be found in other unpublished material related to Tepenec.
On the question whether the name near #40 is Tepenec or not, I think it is safe to leave it to the experts, in this case Josef Truhlář. For what it is worth, the 'x' is clearly a 'p'.
In some cases the ink of the ex libris seems to be the same as that of the number but it seem impossible to tell for certain from these images.
These numbers were extremely common in lists and can be found in other unpublished material related to Tepenec.
On the question whether the name near #40 is Tepenec or not, I think it is safe to leave it to the experts, in this case Josef Truhlář. For what it is worth, the 'x' is clearly a 'p'.