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| Originator | Yale University. Library. |
| Style | Book plate |
| Bookplate Type | Pictorial |
| Bookplate Function | Ownership |
| Institutional or Personal | Institutional |
| Date | 1925 |
| Dimensions | 88x111 mm |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| Coverage-Spatial | New Haven (Conn.) |
| Subject/Iconography | DeSilver, Albert, 1888-1924; Lajoue, Jacques de, 1686 or 7-1761 |
| Bookplate Text | YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY / From the fund in memory of ALBERT DeSILVER | YALE 1910 |
| Description | Engraving based on 'La Pharmacie' (ca. 1735) by Jacques de Lajoue. Chemist working his still depicted among numerous objects and natural specimens: clock, jars; large spider and dog on either side of a bust of Galen; hanging from ceiling, a crocodile, turtle, coral, etc. |
| Note | DeSilver was a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union. |
| 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 | exlibris1149.jp2 |
| Repository/Holding Library | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
