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Bookplate for Phillips Exeter Academy

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A heraldic-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a line border, featuring the coat-of-arms of Phillips Exeter Academy, which bears a lion rampant and is topped with a seated lion, and surrounded by elaborate mantling. Above is the academy's name and the text "Pia mente studeatur," which translates loosely from the Latin to "Let him study with a pious mind." Additional text below reads, "Bequest of Mary Abbott Gorham Sawyer, Granddaughter of Benjamin Abbot, Principal of the Phillips Exeter Academy, 1788-1838."

~ “Bookplate for Phillips Exeter Academy,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed March 29, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1663.

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Title

Bookplate for Phillips Exeter Academy

Subject

Bookplates

Description

A heraldic-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a line border, featuring the coat-of-arms of Phillips Exeter Academy, which bears a lion rampant and is topped with a seated lion, and surrounded by elaborate mantling. Above is the academy's name and the text "Pia mente studeatur," which translates loosely from the Latin to "Let him study with a pious mind." Additional text below reads, "Bequest of Mary Abbott Gorham Sawyer, Granddaughter of Benjamin Abbot, Principal of the Phillips Exeter Academy, 1788-1838."

Source

The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Dept.

Contributor

Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)

Format

Jpg derived from Tif

Language

eng
lat

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1925.1.207

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Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

5”H x 4 and ½”W