Richter, Karl
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https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/3e5f6e80-3fcc-0134-1da0-0050569601ca-9Descriptive 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) |
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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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Richter, Karl |