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Description: | RH s. b.r. "J. HERBERT MACNAIR INV. DEL."; d.b.l. "1903"; inscr. t.c. "E LIBRIS,/ ALBERTI, / GRUNBAUM"; inscr. b.c. "GRAV. THEURER FREUND, IST / ALLE THEORIE, UND GRUN / DES LEBENS GOLDNER / BAUM" DES MACNAIR, James Herbert; (Scottish; 1868-1955) Dr Albert Grunbaum taught at the University College, Liverpool's School of Tropical Medicine. The German text 'Dear Friend all theory is grey and green the golden tree of life', is taken from Goethe's 'Mephistopheles and the Student'. The quotation makes a play on Grunbaum's surname by incorporating 'grun' (green) and 'baum' (tree). | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PHOTOGRAVURE : BOOKPLATE : FEMALE FIGURE : GRUNBAUM, ALBERT : EYES : SERPENT : TREE : CRM ONLINE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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