A sentimental journey through France and Italy.
Laurence Sterne (1713-1768)
Category
Books
Date
1927
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3215729
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii, 198 p., [16] leaves of plates: ill. ; 26 cm. Provenance: Inscribed on upper flyleaf: "Circe with love from John Buchan Xmas '32" [i.e. presented to Edith Helen Chaplin (1879-1959), m. in 1899 Charles 7th Marquess of Londonderry, by John Buchan, novelist and politician (1875-1940)]. 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 marbled cloth; green leather spine label lettered in gilt.
Makers and roles
Laurence Sterne (1713-1768), author