Legends and lyrics . A book of verses By Adelaide Anne Procter With an introduction by Charles Dickens.
Adelaide Anne Procter (1825-1864)
Category
Books
Date
1901
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3138157
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxiv, 383, [1]p.,plates : ill. ; 8vo. (19cm). Imperfect: this copy is without plates, despite a list of illustrations on p.[xii]. Provenance: Twentieth-century pictorial bookplate (dated 1910), bearing arms of Vane-Tempest-Stewart impaling Chaplin. Banners with motto (1) in Scottish Gaelic ("Tha mo cridhe's an tir nam beann" [My heart is in the land of mountains]), (2) Knowledge is the antidote to fear. Open book entitled "Of gardens by Bacon". Images of a horse and a man. Banner lettered "Edith Castlereagh" around image of Diana Chasseresse [i.e. Edith Helen Chaplin (1879-1959), m. in 1899 Charles 7th Marquess of Londonderry]. Binding: Twentieth-century full red morocco, gilt tooled in floral Arts & Crafts design, gilt edges. Binder's stamp: Bumpus Ltd. Binders Oxford St.
Makers and roles
Adelaide Anne Procter (1825-1864) Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) Ida Lovering (fl.1878-1914)