Framing prints from books

[JaneyT]

Are there any rules regarding framing/mounting pages from old books in terms of copyright?

[Kwik Picture Framing]

Not really you can frame any type of original print, As long as you don't copy, frame and sell them on, You should be alright

[Not your average framer]

From a copyright perspective, some of this will depend upon the age of the books and how long since the artist died. Also many customers don't like the idea that they are buying a print which has been removed from a cheap secondhand, or new book.

I used to be in the secondhand books and prints business when businesses all over the country used to make worthwhile money breaking up old books for prints, but most of the books with collectible prints have become so rare that they are too expensive to buy for breaking, or already gone forever!

The market for old engravings is still viable, if you know which engravings are still sought after and if you can still obtain them at a worthwhile price.

[prospero]

There are probably heaps of rules regarding this subject. Question is, how often do they get enforced? No very.
If you are operating on a small scale then it's unlikely you are going to get any flak.

Here is a bit of wording from David Shepherd's An Artist in Africa.

This book is sold subject to the conditions that it and the
prints contained therein shall not, in any way of trade, be
lent, resold, hired out or otherwise disposed of without the
Publisher's consent otherwise than as an entire volume in
the binding in which the book was published; and shall not be resold
otherwise subject to the same conditions.

Pick the bones out of that.

[JaneyT]

Thanks VERY much to you all. That has helped enormously.