Bookplate for Alexandre de Medici
Date Unknown / Creator Unknown
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on white paper featuring an image of a female figure holding a skull. She is draped from the waist down, and her hair is tied back. In the background are wavy lines suggesting a body of water, and curved lines suggesting a breeze. At the top and bottom is the text "Ex libris Alexandre de Medicis," and additional text along the sides reads "Bem nossa so a morte," which loosely translates from Portuguese to "Well, our only death."
~ “Bookplate for Alexandre de Medici,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed November 22, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1576.
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Title
Bookplate for Alexandre de Medici
Subject
Bookplates
Description
A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on white paper featuring an image of a female figure holding a skull. She is draped from the waist down, and her hair is tied back. In the background are wavy lines suggesting a body of water, and curved lines suggesting a breeze. At the top and bottom is the text "Ex libris Alexandre de Medicis," and additional text along the sides reads "Bem nossa so a morte," which loosely translates from Portuguese to "Well, our only death."
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: 1925.1.293
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
3 and 1/2"H x 2 and 1/2"W