Epithalamion and Amoretti.
Edmund Spenser (c.1552-1599)
Category
Books
Date
1903
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3215694
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 86, [2] p., plate : front. (port.) ; 22 cm. No. 178 of 250. Provenance: Inscribed on second flyleaf: "From Consuelo Xmas 1907" [Prob. Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877-1964) m. in 1895 Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough from whom she separated in 1906]. Also inscribed in a different hand: "Theresa Marchioness of Londonderry" [Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot (1856-1919), m. in 1875 Charles 6th Marquess of Londonderry]. 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 7th Marquess of Londonderry]. Motto in Scottish Gaelic over portrait ("Tha mo cridhe's an tir nam beann" [My heart is in the land of mountains]). Binding: Twentieth-century full grained red morocco, Arts & Crafts floral gilt stamp and tooling. Lettered direct in gilt on spine. Gilt edges. Bookbinder's stamp: Bumpus Ltd. 350 Oxford St. W.
Makers and roles
Edmund Spenser (c.1552-1599) Charles Brooke Bird (1856-1907)