Madame Récamier and her friends by H. Noel Williams. Illustrated.
Hugh Noel Williams (1870 - 1925)
Category
Books
Date
1901
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3222297
Summary
Bibliographic description
xiv, 349, [1] p., [24] leaves of plates : ports ; 29 cm. No. 138 of 600. Provenance: Nineteenth or twentieth-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]. Binding: Twentieth-century half grained green morocoo on green cloth, gilt tooling and lettering on spine. Gilt-top, marbled endpapers. Brown reading ribbon. Stamped on verso flyleaf "Hatchards 187 Piccadilly".
Makers and roles
Hugh Noel Williams (1870 - 1925)