Some fair Hibernians : being a supplementary volume to "Some celebrated Irish beauties of the last century".
Frances A. Gerard
Category
Books
Date
1897
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3222079
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii, [4], 279, [1] p., [14] leaves of plates : ports.; 22 cm. Pencil mark on flyleaf verso "24D". Provenance: Inscribed on flyleaf "The Marchioness of Londonderry with best good wishes on her birth day, June 6th 1897 from Morris". Nineteenth-century bookplate with portrait of Theresa 6th Marchioness of Londonderry set in a medallion surrounded by lillies, Marquess coronet and a cherub. Underneath the portrait are two rows of books. Mottoes: "Prest d'accomplir" and "Non domini nostri sed duces" [i.e. Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot (1856-1919) m. in 1875 Charles 6th Marquess of Londonderry]. Gilt monogram stamp on upper cover "T.L.". Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on upper cover and spine.
Makers and roles
Frances A. Gerard