"Satire of a mineralogist, sitting on a rock to the left, smoking pipe, body parts made of different kinds of minerals."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by C. Tilt, Fleet St. and Printed by G.E. Madeley
Subject (Topic):
Arcimboldesque figures, Pipes (Smoking), Minerals, and Scientists
John Crerar Library Chicago Yale University. School of Medicine
Published / Created:
1896
Collection Title:
Bookplate Collection
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A portrait of John Crerar within a beaded border at center. This is surrounded by leaves and grasses, as well as the phrase Great is the Gift that Bringeth Knowledge. Below the portrait, surrounded by books, is an open book with the quote "'Non est Mo...
Subject (Name):
Crerar, John, 1827-1889 and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Books, History of medicine, John Crerar Library., Medical colleges, Medical libraries, Nature, Portraits, and Scientists
A red sun-like shape with a dial at the center and a fleur-de-lis on top is at the top center of this bookplate. A three-lined red square border surrounds this and the text beneath. This library was founded by Bern Dibner in 1941 and contains books on...
Subject (Name):
Burndy Library, Dibner, Bern, b. 1897, and Yale School of Medicine
