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| Originator | Richter, Karl |
| Designer | Drew-Thiele, Alfred |
| Style | Book plate |
| Bookplate Type | Pictorial |
| Bookplate Function | Ownership |
| Institutional or Personal | Personal |
| Date | 1899 |
| Dimensions | 65x100 mm |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| Coverage-Spatial | Berlin (Germany) |
| Bookplate Text | ex libris / Habent sua | fata libelli / Karl Richter / 99. |
| Description | Rain storms in from open window, extinguishing candle whose wax drips down upon a stack of books. Spider and web dominate one corner, dog sits upon one open book, and a death's head, mantled by banner with motto, rests upon another book with Richter's name. Artist's mark and date at bottom. |
| Note | [1] Motto: "Habent sua fata libelli" = Books have their fate. [2] Name of artist from Leiningen-Westerburg. |
| Reference | Leiningen-Westerburg, Deutsche und Oesterreichische bibliothekzeichen exlibris (1901), p. 438. |
| 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 | exlibris0565.jp2 |
| Repository/Holding Library | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
