Bookplate for Elizabeth Kimball
Date Unknown / Creator Unknown
Collection: The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a central image in an oval frame. The image is of a room lined with bookshelves and one window. In the foreground there is a table with an open book, quill, and inkstand. Two open books appear above and below the image. In the top book is the text "Appertinet hoc liber honorae Elizabeth," which translates from Latin to "This book belongs to the honorable Elizabeth," and in the bottom book is the text "Carolo Que Pond Kimball."
~ “Bookplate for Elizabeth Kimball,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed November 22, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1738.
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Title
Bookplate for Elizabeth Kimball
Subject
Bookplates
Description
A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper with a central image in an oval frame. The image is of a room lined with bookshelves and one window. In the foreground there is a table with an open book, quill, and inkstand. Two open books appear above and below the image. In the top book is the text "Appertinet hoc liber honorae Elizabeth," which translates from Latin to "This book belongs to the honorable Elizabeth," and in the bottom book is the text "Carolo Que Pond Kimball."
Source
The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection
Publisher
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Contributor
Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)
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Format
Jpg derived from Tif
Language
eng
lat
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PPL-MS: 1925.1.132
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Physical Dimensions
5"H x 3 and 1/2"W.