Madame Vigée-Le Brun, peintre de la reine Marie-Antoinette [par] Pierre de Nolhac.
Pierre de Nolhac (1859-1936)
Category
Books
Date
1912
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3087758
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 278, [2] p., plates : ports. (part col.). 22 cm. Pencil marks [partly rubbed out]: "6a"; "LB-B3". Provenance: Nineteenth-century bookplate with portrait of Theresa 6th Marchioness of Londonderry set in a medallion surrounded by lillies, Marquess coronet and a cherub. Underneath the portrait are two rows of books. Mottoes: "Prest d'accomplir" and "Non domini nostri sed duces" [i.e. Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot (1856-1919) m. in 1875 Charles 6th Marquess of Londonderry]. Twentieth-century monogram bookplate of double "L" under a marquess's coronet, set in arabesque cartouche, dated 1915 [prob. used by Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915]. Gilt monogram stamp on upper cover "TL" underneath marquess's coronet [i.e. Theresa 6th Marchioness of Londonderry]. Binding: Twentieth-century full grained calf, gilt rules forming a border. Five false raised bands, lettered direct in gilt on spine. Red cloth doublure and endpapers. Gilt edges. Stamped on turn-in "Bound by Zaehnsdorf 1911".
Makers and roles
Pierre de Nolhac (1859-1936)