The pictorial edition of the Book of Common Prayer, according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland; illustrated with many hundred wood-cuts, to which are added explanatory notes.
United Church of England and Ireland
Category
Books
Date
circa 1860
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3019926
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxviii, 584p.: ill. ; 19 cm. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (dated 1922) set in a landscape with De Lazlo's portrait of Edith Lady Londonderry in the uniform of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in a medallion above, lettered at the bottom of the plate "Edith Helen Marchioness of Londonderry. D.B.E." . Motto in Scottish Gaelic over portrait ("Tha mo cridhe's an tir nam beann" [My heart is in the land of mountains]) [i.e. Edith Helen Chaplin, m. in 1899 Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full black calf, gilt panel stamp on covers. Sewn on three recessed cords, gilt tooling and lettering on spine. Gilt edges, marbled endpapers. Metal clasp.
Makers and roles
United Church of England and Ireland