Still Image

Bookplate for George Warren Haslet

Date Unknown / Creator Unknown

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A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper featuring a sketch of a clearing seen through trees. A banner above the sketch reads “Fortuatus ille deos qui novit agrestes” which loosely translates to "Fortunate is he who knows the gods of the country." Beneath the image is a second banner which reads "Ex libris George Warren Haslet."

~ “Bookplate for George Warren Haslet,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 24, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1770.

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Title

Bookplate for George Warren Haslet

Subject

Bookplates

Description

A pictorial-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper featuring a sketch of a clearing seen through trees. A banner above the sketch reads “Fortuatus ille deos qui novit agrestes” which loosely translates to "Fortunate is he who knows the gods of the country." Beneath the image is a second banner which reads "Ex libris George Warren Haslet."

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: 1925.1.102

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

5”H x 3”W