The plate design is such that it looks like the outside of a mausoleum, including columns, carvings, and other design. At the top are two portraits. Below is the dedication Bibliothecæ in Quibus tan quam Mausolæis Priscorum Sanctorum Reliquiæ Virtutis Plenæ Conditeæ Sunt. Additionally, enclosed is a letter dated 1922 that indicates Dr. Dane had stopped collecting bookplates.
Featured within a leafy frame is a scene of a mountain beneath a partly sunny sky and additionally framed by a pine tree. In the forefront below are several books, a microscope, and a skull. Above the entire image is the motto √úber allen Gipseln ist Ruh.