Modern democracies
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce (1838-1922)
Category
Books
Date
1923
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3035384
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. ; 22cm. Provenance: Inscribed on flyleaf: "From Dorothe with best wishes 13th. May 1923" [i.e. Dorothé Mabel Lewis (1900-1938), illegitimate daughter of Charles, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, by Fanny Ward Lewis]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate showing Vane-Tempest-Stewart arms marshalled with Chaplin, motto "Metuenda corolla draconis, with two supporters, all underneath a marquess's coronet with helmet and griffin passant crest, flanked by two badges, lettered in banner "Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry KG". Signed "W. & A. Mussett fecit; Lincoln's Inn, London". [i.e. Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915 (1878-1949)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full calf, double gilt rule forming a border, gilt dentelle on inside boards. Five false raised bands, brown leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers, gilt-top. Stamped on verso flyleaf "H. Sotheran & Co., [...] Strand".
Makers and roles
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce (1838-1922)