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| Originator | Perry, Preston A. |
| Designer | Seymour, Ralph Fletcher, 1876-1966. |
| Style | Book plate |
| Bookplate Type | Mixed |
| Bookplate Function | Ownership |
| Institutional or Personal | Personal |
| Dimensions | 81x110 mm |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| Bookplate Text | Books are a part of mans prerogative. In formal ink they thoughts and voices hold. That we to them our solitude may give and make time present travelled that of old. / EX LIBRIS / PRESTON / A PERRY |
| Description | Printed in black and red. Floral motif; at top, Aldus printer's device; open book; at bottom, closed books (one labeled on spine: "Cicero | Aldus 1501", one with decorated edges); hourglass, manuscript page [illegible]. |
| Note | [1] Perry book collection was sold at auction in New York, by Anderson, 21 April 1908. A notice in the New York Times on 12 April 1908 refers to the fine Ralph Adams, Roycroft, and Prideaux bindings and Kelmscott Press material in the collection. Ads highlight incunabula, including a Biblia Latina (1447 [sic]) on vellum. [2] Name of designer from John Starr Stewart's label. |
| 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 | exlibris0165.jp2 |
| Repository/Holding Library | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
