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Bookplate for Phillips Exeter Academy

Date Unknown / Creator Unknown

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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. The academy's name is above, as is the text, "Pia mente studeatur," which translates loosely from the Latin to "Let him study with a pious mind." Additional text below reads, "The Woodberry Collection, Bequeathed by George Edward Woodberry of the class of 1872."

~ “Bookplate for Phillips Exeter Academy,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 23, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1676.

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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. The academy's name is above, as is the text, "Pia mente studeatur," which translates loosely from the Latin to "Let him study with a pious mind." Additional text below reads, "The Woodberry Collection, Bequeathed by George Edward Woodberry of the class of 1872."

Source

The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections

Contributor

Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)

Format

Jpg derived from Tif

Language

eng
lat

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1925.1.194

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Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

5”H x 4 and ½”W