The passage of the mountain of Saint Gothard . A poem by Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire = Passage du Mont saint-Gothard Poeme par Madame la Duchesse de Devonshire Par M. L'Abbé de Lille.
Lady Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806)
Category
Books
Date
1800
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3123136
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],v,[2],44,[1]p., 20 plates . 30cm.. Manuscript poem on sheet inserted between p.v and p.1. Binding: Nineteenth-century full tan leather; elaborate gilt and blind border and panel; twentieth-century spine gilt decorated and lettered: "Passage of the mountain of Saint Gothard. Georgina Duchess of Devonshire".
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Lady Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806) Lady Elizabeth Christiana Hervey, Duchess of Devonshire (Lady Elizabeth Foster) (1759-1824)