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| Originator | University of Missouri. |
| Designer | Spenceley, J. Winfred (Joseph Winfred), 1865-1908 |
| Style | Book plate |
| Bookplate Type | Armorial |
| Bookplate Function | Ownership |
| Institutional or Personal | Institutional |
| Date | 1899 |
| Dimensions | 59x76 mm |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| Coverage-Spatial | Columbia (Mo.) |
| Bookplate Text | U OF M / [seal:] UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL | SALUS POPULI SUPREMA LEX ESTO | MDCCCXL / LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI |
| Description | Great Seal of the State of Missouri: In a garter, buckled with the legend, 'United we stand divided we fall', a circular shield parted per pale, Dexter, parted per fess, upper part azure on it a crescent; lower part gules, on it a bear; Sinister: eagle and crest from the Great Seal of the United States. Supporters: on each side a bear. Crest: field of stars. Motto: Salus populi suprema lex esto (let the well-being of the people be the supreme law). Above the state seal, a wreath enclosing the initials of the University of Missouri. |
| Note | Designer and date from Journal of the Ex Libris Society, vol. 10 (1900), p. 72 |
| Reference | Ward, Harry P. Some American college bookplates. Columbus, Ohio: Champlin, 1915. Page 148. |
| Rights | Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; For more information, please contact the Rare Book and Manuscript Library: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/7016277 |
| Collection | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris Collection
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| Local Identifier | exlibris0891.jp2 |
| Repository/Holding Library | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
