Depicts a scanned bookplate and a cataloged record of the bookplate. States, "Frederick Star, Chicago Illinois. Ex libris for collection of book relating to Africa. Design. His personal servant, Manoeli, a Baluba, playing 'cat's cradle,' upon which as played in Africa, the owner has written. Two stars: one is a rebus play upon the name; the other is the emblem of the Congo Free State. Edward Pellens, Antwerp, Belgium, 1906. Wood engraving."
Description
Depicts a scanned bookplate and a cataloged record of the bookplate. States, "Frederick Star, Chicago Illinois. Ex libris for collection of book relating to Africa. Design. His personal servant, Manoeli, a Baluba, playing 'cat's cradle,' upon which as played in Africa, the owner has written. Two stars: one is a rebus play upon the name; the other is the emblem of the Congo Free State. Edward Pellens, Antwerp, Belgium, 1906. Wood engraving."
Description
Date:
1906
Date
1906
Date
Format:
1 print : col. ; 11 x 16 cm.
Format
1 print : col. ; 11 x 16 cm.
Format
Source:
Special Collections 991
Source
Special Collections 991
Source
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