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Bookplate for New Hampshire Historical Society

Date Unknown / Creator Unknown

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A pictorial-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with an on oval frame. Within the frame is the library's name and the date MDCCCXXIII, which converts to 1823. The image inside the frame is of an open book with an A on one page and Ω on the other. Above the book is a sun, and beneath is a skull embedded in foliage.

~ “Bookplate for New Hampshire Historical Society,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed March 29, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1713.

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Title

Bookplate for New Hampshire Historical Society

Subject

Bookplates

Description

A pictorial-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with an on oval frame. Within the frame is the library's name and the date MDCCCXXIII, which converts to 1823. The image inside the frame is of an open book with an A on one page and Ω on the other. Above the book is a sun, and beneath is a skull embedded in foliage.

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: 1925.1.157

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

4”H x 2 and ½”W