Bookplate for Library of Maine Historical Society
1910 / Creator Unknown
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
A typographic-style institutional bookplate in blue ink on ivory paper with a border made of wheat and fruit motifs. Text at top reads "Library of the Maine Historical Society, Portland Maine." There is a small drawing of an open book, and more text which reads "“Given by Julius Caesar Jennings, born in Wayne, Maine, February 11, 1853, Died in Concord, New Hampshire August 6, 1909" then a small divider and the date March 8, 1910.
~ “Bookplate for Library of Maine Historical Society,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed November 22, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1724.
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Title
Bookplate for Library of Maine Historical Society
Subject
Bookplates
Description
A typographic-style institutional bookplate in blue ink on ivory paper with a border made of wheat and fruit motifs. Text at top reads "Library of the Maine Historical Society, Portland Maine." There is a small drawing of an open book, and more text which reads "“Given by Julius Caesar Jennings, born in Wayne, Maine, February 11, 1853, Died in Concord, New Hampshire August 6, 1909" then a small divider and the date March 8, 1910.
Source
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Dept.
Date
1910
Contributor
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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Format
Jpg derived from Tif
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PPL-MS: 1925.1.146
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
5 and ¼”H x 3 and ¾”W