Celtic Ireland.
Bryant, Sophie
Category
Books
Date
1889
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3215162
Summary
Bibliographic description
xviii, 219, [1] p., [3] leaves of plates : col. maps ; 19cm. Inscribed: 'E 1' and 'JR'. Minimal marginal pencil markings. Provenance: Stamped: 'Rowancroft Settlement Scarborough' [Quaker school, opened in 1918 and closed in 1922]. Twentieth-century pictorial bookplate (dated 1922): "Edith Helen Marchioness of Londonderry. D.B.E." [i.e. Edith, Marchioness of Londonderry (1879-1959)], displaying arms of Vane-Tempest-Stewart paired with arms of Chaplin surrounded by books. Motto in Irish over portrait. Binding: Twentieth-century polished mottled half-calf on marbled paper. Gilt armorial stamp pairing Londonderry arms with Chaplin. Gilt-top. Green leather spine label, lettered in gilt. Bookseller and stationer's label on lower pastedown: 'W. Erskine Mayne, 3, Donegal Sq. W. Belfast'.
Makers and roles
Bryant, Sophie