Scottish land-names : their origin and meaning / by Sir Herbert Maxwell ...
The Hon. Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, 7th Baronet Maxwell (1845-1937)
Category
Books
Date
1894
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3221988
Summary
Bibliographic description
ix, [1], 219, [1], 32 p. ; 20 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]; two twentieth century newspaper clippings loosely inserted. Binding: twentieth century publisher's full smooth red cloth, gold lettered spine and device to upper cover.
Makers and roles
The Hon. Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, 7th Baronet Maxwell (1845-1937) William Blackwood & Sons