Bookplate for Phillips Exeter Academy
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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. Above and below is the text “Pia mente studeatur. In usum Academia Phillipsa Exoniensis,” which loosely translates to “Let him study with a pious mind in the service of the Academy of Phillips Exeter.” Additional text below reads, "Books on Education & Philosophy in memory of George Benjamin Rogers, Teacher and Counsellor, 1895-1936."
~ “Bookplate for Phillips Exeter Academy,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 23, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1666.
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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. Above and below is the text “Pia mente studeatur. In usum Academia Phillipsa Exoniensis,” which loosely translates to “Let him study with a pious mind in the service of the Academy of Phillips Exeter.” Additional text below reads, "Books on Education & Philosophy in memory of George Benjamin Rogers, Teacher and Counsellor, 1895-1936."
Source
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Dept.
Contributor
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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Format
Jpg derived from Tif
Language
eng
lat
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PPL-MS: 1925.1.204
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Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
5 and ¼”H x 3 and ½”W