Musa proterva: love-poems of the Restoration. Edited by A.H. Bullen.
Arthur Henry Bullen (1857-1920)
Category
Books
Date
1889
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3222029
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxiii, [1], 128 p. 4to (20 cm). Limited edition 'No. 491'. 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: Untrimmed in ninteenth century polished quarter navy calf over cloth, gilt lettering to spine; spine sunned.
Makers and roles
Arthur Henry Bullen (1857-1920) Arthur Henry Bullen (1857-1920)