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Bookplate for New York Academy of Medicine

Date Unknown / Creator Unknown

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A pictorial/typographic-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a double line border. In the center is a circle with a portrait of Hippocrates inside a circle frame with the academy's name and the date 1847. Above is the text "New York Academy of Medicine," and below is the text "Ex libris Alfred Fabian Hess."

~ “Bookplate for New York Academy of Medicine,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed November 22, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1707.

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Title

Bookplate for New York Academy of Medicine

Subject

Bookplates

Description

A pictorial/typographic-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a double line border. In the center is a circle with a portrait of Hippocrates inside a circle frame with the academy's name and the date 1847. Above is the text "New York Academy of Medicine," and below is the text "Ex libris Alfred Fabian Hess."

Source

The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Dept.

Contributor

Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)

Format

Jpg derived from Tif

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1925.1.163

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Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

3 and ½”H x 2 and ½”W