Emil Starkenstein

This bookplate appears in books that were part of the collection of Emil Starkenstein.

Emil Starkenstein (December 18, 1884 – November 6, 1942 ) was a Czech-Jewish pharmacologist and one of the founders of clinical pharmacology.

Emil Starkenstein was born in the Bohemian (now Czech) town of Poběžovice (Ronsperg) to Jewish German parents. in 1927 which traced his family roots as far back as 1350 and included such figures as R. Benjamin Wolf (1777-1851), R.Eleasar Löw, R. Moses Isserles (1520–72), and several in the Katzenelbogen line, including R.Saul Wahl Katzenelbogen who, according to the glossary of the family tree, 'became king of Poland for one night after the death of Stephen Bathory.

He was a professor at the German University in Prague (formerly German Charles Ferdinand University – see Charles University in Prague) until the 1938 German occupation of Czechoslovakia. A portion of the library was purchased by the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden. These 147 volumes, primarily focused on the medicinal uses of plants, are distinguished by Starkenstein's bookplate.

Works Die neueren Arzneimittel und die pharmakologischen Grundlagen ihrer Anwendung in der ärztlichen Praxis . Springer, Berlin 2nd edition 1914 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf