Edinburgh : a historical study by Sir Herbert Maxwell.
The Hon. Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, 7th Baronet Maxwell (1845-1937)
Category
Books
Date
1916
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3222150
Summary
Bibliographic description
xiv, 317, [1] p., [55] leaves of plates (some col.) : ill, ports, plan, facsims. ; 24cm. 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 blue cloth, gilt armorial centre-piece on upper cover (Edinburgh coat of arms), gilt lettering on upper cover and spine.
Makers and roles
The Hon. Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, 7th Baronet Maxwell (1845-1937)