Simple heraldry by Iain Moncreiffe and Don Pottinger.
Moncreiffe of that Ilk, Iain
Category
Books
Date
1956
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3221736
Summary
Bibliographic description
63, [1] p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (dated 1922) set in a landscape with De Lazlo's portrait of Edith Lady Londonderry in the uniform of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in a medallion above, lettered at the bottom of the plate "Edith Helen Marchioness of Londonderry. D.B.E." . Motto in Scottish Gaelic over portrait ("Tha mo cridhe's an tir nam beann" [My heart is in the land of mountains]) [i.e. Edith Helen Chaplin, m. in 1899 Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915]. Binding: Twentieth-century publisher's full red cloth, gilt centre-piece, gilt lettering on spine. In illustrated paper dust-jacket.
Makers and roles
Moncreiffe of that Ilk, Iain Pottinger, Don