Still Image

Bookplate for Déryné

Date Unknown / FEC Bartos, Szeged

4_25_Deryne.jpg

A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper featuring a stylized silhouette of a seated human figure holding a book or sheet of paper at arm's length. Inset is the text "Ex libris Déryné," and to the left of the name is a symbol composed of two overlapping triangles over a series of wavy horizontal lines, reminiscent of two mountains over water. The text and art are white on black.

~ FEC Bartos, Szeged, “Bookplate for Déryné,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 23, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1565.

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Dublin Core

Title

Bookplate for Déryné

Subject

Bookplates

Description

A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper featuring a stylized silhouette of a seated human figure holding a book or sheet of paper at arm's length. Inset is the text "Ex libris Déryné," and to the left of the name is a symbol composed of two overlapping triangles over a series of wavy horizontal lines, reminiscent of two mountains over water. The text and art are white on black.

Creator

FEC Bartos, Szeged

Source

The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections

Contributor

Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)

Format

Jpg derived from Tif

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1925.1.304

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

4 and 1/8"H x 3 and 1/4"W