Bookplate for Antoon Ott. In the foreground stand two figures facing each other, on the right, a male nude holding a small book in each hand, and on the left, a figure made from an accumulation of books on which sits an owl and an oil lamp. In the background is a Romanesque arch in the centre of which stands a fragmenting statue. On the floor in the forefround is an open book with a picture of scales on the front. Text on image 'ex.LIBRIS' and 'antoon ott'