Bookplate for Phillips Exeter Academy
post-1913 / Creator Unknown
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
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. The academy's name is above, as is the text, "Pia mente studeatur," which translates loosely from the Latin to "Let him study with a pious mind." Additional text below reads, "Library of Fiction, Memorial Gift of the Class of 1913."
~ “Bookplate for Phillips Exeter Academy,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed November 4, 2025, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/index.php/items/show/1667.
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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. The academy's name is above, as is the text, "Pia mente studeatur," which translates loosely from the Latin to "Let him study with a pious mind." Additional text below reads, "Library of Fiction, Memorial Gift of the Class of 1913."
Source
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Dept.
Date
post-1913
Contributor
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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Format
Jpg derived from Tif
Language
eng
lat
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PPL-MS: 1925.1.203
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
4 and ¾”H x 4 and ¼”W