Still Image

Bookplate for Sallie W. Hovey

1916 / Arthur N. Macdonald

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A pictorial-style bookplate in green ink on ivory paper featuring a cityscape view of Athens, Greece in the background, surrounded by an ornate frame with line of books below featuring classic author names, including Plato, Paul, Omar, Dante, Swedenborg, Emerson, Browning, Nietzsche and Bergson. An ornate frame above the cityscape bears the text “Bade me plant a surer foot upon the sun road.” Beneath is a floral frame with the text "Ex libris Sallie W. Hovey."

~ Arthur N. Macdonald, “Bookplate for Sallie W. Hovey,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed July 26, 2025, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1759.