A tree serves as a caduceus with a serpent wound around the trunk. The branches are hands, one holding a flower, another a globe. At the top is an eye.
Bookplate: Aesculapius with staff in a medallion surrounded by a border with a stag pursued by a hunter with gun, a chemical retort, and a raven. On verso is 04047.
Portrait of Dr. Sturgis wearing glasses. Presentation inscription “With sincere regard to Dr. O. C. Hansen-Pruss. Cyrus C. Sturgis. Nov. 1 − 1940.” Photographed by Kaiden Kazanjian.
Publisher: New York.
Bookplate: Bearded scholar reading in a grape arbor supported by doric columns. Foxglove growing at left. Greek inscription on cross beam [Proverbs 8:21].