A B C of heraldry by Guy Cadogan Rothery.
Guy Cadogan Rothery (1863-1940)
Category
Books
Date
1915
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3066013
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxix, 359, [1] p., [36] leaves of plates : ill., coats of arms (some col.);. 21 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: Twentieth-century publisher's full green cloth, black armorial centre-piece and lettering on upper cover, black lettering on spine.
Makers and roles
Guy Cadogan Rothery (1863-1940), author