The song of Bernadette
Franz Werfel (Prague 1890 - Beverly Hills 1945)
Category
Books
Date
1942
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3101754
Summary
Bibliographic description
397, [1] p. ; 8vo. Second impression, also of November 1942. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (dated 1922) with portrait: "Edith Helen Marchioness of Londonderry. D.B.E." [i.e. Edith Helen Chaplin, m. in 1899 Charles Viscount Castlereagh, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915]. Motto in Scottish Gaelic over portrait ("Tha mo cridhe's an tir nam beann" [My heart is in the land of mountains]). Gilt armorial stamp displaying Vane-Tempest-Stewart marshalled with Chaplin under a marquess coronet with charges and motto (Metuenda corolla draconis) [associated with Edith Helen Chaplin (1879-1959), m. in 1899 Charles Viscount Castlereagh, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915]. Binding: Twentieth-century half mottled calf on marbled paper over boards. Gilt armorial centre-piece. Gilt lettering on spine; green spine labels lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers and gilt edges.
Makers and roles
Franz Werfel (Prague 1890 - Beverly Hills 1945) Ludwig Lewisohn (1882-1955)