Richter, Karl
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Descriptive Information
| Title | Richter, Karl |
| Designer | Drew-Thiele, Alfred |
| Style | Book plate |
| Bookplate Type | Pictorial |
| Bookplate Function | Ownership |
| Institutional or Personal | Personal |
| Date | 1899 |
| Dimensions | 65 x 100 mm |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| Coverage-Spatial | Berlin (Germany) |
| Bookplate Text |
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| Description | Rain storms in from open_file window, extinguishing candle whose wax drips down upon a stack of books. Spider and web dominate one corner, dog sits upon one open_file book, and a death's head, mantled by banner with motto, rests upon another book with Richter's name. Artist's mark and date at bottom. |
| Note | [1] Motto: "Habent sua fata libelli" = Books have their fate. [2] Name of artist from Leiningen-Westerburg. |
| Reference | Leiningen-Westerburg, Deutsche und Oesterreichische bibliothekzeichen exlibris (1901), p. 438. |
| Rights | No Copyright - United States |
| File Name | exlibris0565.jp2 |
| Collection Title | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection |
| Collection | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection |
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