Still Image

Bookplate

Date Unknown / Creator Unknown

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A typographic-style bookplate in green ink on ivory paper with a deckled edge. Text reads "Quem espera sempre alcan ca" which translates from Portuguese to "Whoever waits always reaches." The text is framed by a square with an anchor in each corner.

~ “Bookplate,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 23, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1574.

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Title

Bookplate

Subject

Bookplates

Description

A typographic-style bookplate in green ink on ivory paper with a deckled edge. Text reads "Quem espera sempre alcan ca" which translates from Portuguese to "Whoever waits always reaches." The text is framed by a square with an anchor in each corner.

Source

The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections

Contributor

Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)

Format

Jpg derived from Tif

Language

Por

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1925.1.295

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

2 and 1/2"H x 2 and 1/2"W