Greek ideals and modern life.
Sir Richard Winn Livingstone (1880-1960)
Category
Books
Date
1935
Materials
Place of origin
Oxford
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3215733
Summary
Bibliographic description
x, 175, [1] p. ; 21cm. Inscribed on flyleaf: Greek prayer (in Greek with English example) - a quote from Euripides' Medea (836f.). "For Lady Londonderry, with every good wish, R. W. Livingstone" [i.e. presented to Edith Helen Chaplin (1879-1959), m. in 1899 Charles 7th Marquess of Londonderry, by the author]. 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 polished mottled calf; maroon leather spine labels, lettered in gilt. Gilt-top.
Makers and roles
Sir Richard Winn Livingstone (1880-1960)