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| Originator | Tulane University |
| Style | Book plate |
| Bookplate Type | Pictorial |
| Bookplate Function | Ownership |
| Institutional or Personal | Institutional |
| Dimensions | 82x151 mm |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| Coverage-Spatial | New Orleans (La.) |
| Subject/Iconography | Many, Ralph Conover, 1878-1908 |
| Bookplate Text | [on ribbons:] HOMER | APELLES | VIRGIL | PHIDIAS | PLATO / [text:] IN MEMORIAM / RALPH CONOVER MANY / TULANE 1904 / CLASS | BOOK |
| Description | Woman in long-sleeved gown holds laurel crown, framed by ribbons with names of great classical figures; medals of Homer and Nike |
| Note | Many, Tulane's first Rhodes Scholar (1904), drowned in 1908 while in England. |
| Reference | Ward, Harry P. Some American college bookplates. Columbus, Ohio: Champlin, 1915. Page 187. |
| 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 | exlibris1361.jp2 |
| Repository/Holding Library | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
