Still Image

Bookplate for Elizabeth Kimball

Date Unknown / Creator Unknown

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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)

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.