Images d'Épinal.
Marta Lucia Lahovary, Princess Bibesco (1886-1973)
Category
Books
Date
1937
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3215722
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6], II, 271, [3] p. ; 19cm. Pressed dried flower on half-title page. Provenance: Inscribed on half-title: "To Circe with all love from Marthe the Martin Paris 1937" [i.e. presented to Edith Helen Chaplin (1879-1959), m. in 1899 Charles 7th Marquess of Londonderry, by Marthe Princess Bibesco (1886-1973)]. 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 half mottled calf on marbled paper over boards. Black leather spine label, lettered in gilt. Gilt-top. Acidic paper.
Makers and roles
Marta Lucia Lahovary, Princess Bibesco (1886-1973)