Bookplate for Arnaldo Amadeu P. Da Silva
Date Unknown / Creator Unknown
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
A pictorial-style bookplate in blue ink on ivory paper, featuring an image of an eagle flying over a mountain with a book its talons. The text "Quanto mais se le, mas o espirito se eleva" is written across the mountain, and loosely translates from Portuguese to "The more you read, the more the spirit rises." The name Arnaldo Amadeau P. da Silva is written beneath.
~ “Bookplate for Arnaldo Amadeu P. Da Silva,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 23, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1573.
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Title
Bookplate for Arnaldo Amadeu P. Da Silva
Subject
Bookplates
Animals in art
Description
A pictorial-style bookplate in blue ink on ivory paper, featuring an image of an eagle flying over a mountain with a book its talons. The text "Quanto mais se le, mas o espirito se eleva" is written across the mountain, and loosely translates from Portuguese to "The more you read, the more the spirit rises." The name Arnaldo Amadeau P. da Silva is written beneath.
Source
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Contributor
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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Format
Jpg derived from Tif
Language
Por
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PPL-MS: 1925.1.296
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
2 and 1/2"H x 3 and 1/2"W.