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Descriptive Information

Title
University of California, Berkeley Library
Designer
Whelan, A. R.  
Style
Book plate  
Bookplate Type
Pictorial  
Bookplate Function
Ownership  
Institutional or Personal
Institutional  
Dimensions
77 x 102 mm
Orientation
Portrait
Coverage-Spatial
Berkeley (Calif.)  
Subject/Iconography
Spreckels, Claus, 1828-1908  
Bookplate Text
  • University of California
  • [artist's initials:] LK
  • [text:] Lux et Tenebris
  • Claus Spreckels Fund.
Description
Black ink on beige paper. Contains a scholar in academic robes consulting a book in a library. Three female figures (one on the left side and two on the right) flank the central image. Two griffins at base of design, decorative border.
Note
[1] Claus Spreckels was a sugar industry and railway executive. [2] Designer's name from John Starr Stewart's label
Reference
Ward, Harry P. Some American college bookplates. Columbus, Ohio: The Champlin press, 1915. page 57.
Rights
No Copyright - United States
File Name
exlibris0085.jp2
Collection Title
John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
Collection
John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
TitleUniversity of California, Berkeley Library
DesignerWhelan, A. R.  
StyleBook plate  
Bookplate TypePictorial  
Bookplate FunctionOwnership  
Institutional or PersonalInstitutional  
Dimensions77 x 102 mm
OrientationPortrait
Coverage-SpatialBerkeley (Calif.)  
Subject/IconographySpreckels, Claus, 1828-1908  
Bookplate Text
  • University of California
  • [artist's initials:] LK
  • [text:] Lux et Tenebris
  • Claus Spreckels Fund.
DescriptionBlack ink on beige paper. Contains a scholar in academic robes consulting a book in a library. Three female figures (one on the left side and two on the right) flank the central image. Two griffins at base of design, decorative border.
Note[1] Claus Spreckels was a sugar industry and railway executive. [2] Designer's name from John Starr Stewart's label
ReferenceWard, Harry P. Some American college bookplates. Columbus, Ohio: The Champlin press, 1915. page 57.
RightsNo Copyright - United States
File Nameexlibris0085.jp2
Collection TitleJohn Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
CollectionJohn Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection

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