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| Originator | University of California, Berkeley. Library. |
| Designer | Whelan, A.R. |
| Style | Book plate |
| Bookplate Type | Pictorial |
| Bookplate Function | Ownership |
| Institutional or Personal | Institutional |
| Dimensions | 77x102 mm |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| Coverage-Spatial | Berkeley (Calif.) |
| Subject/Iconography | Spreckels, Claus, 1828-1908 |
| Bookplate Text | University of California / [artist's initials:] LK / [text:] Lux et Tenebris / Claus Spreckels Fund. |
| Description | Black ink on beige paper. Contains a scholar in academic robes consulting a book in a library. Three female figures (one on the left side and two on the right) flank the central image. Two griffins at base of design, decorative border. |
| Note | [1] Claus Spreckels was a sugar industry and railway executive. [2] Designer's name from John Starr Stewart's label |
| Reference | Ward, Harry P. Some American college bookplates. Columbus, Ohio: The Champlin press, 1915. page 57. |
| 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 | exlibris0085.jp2 |
| Repository/Holding Library | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
