The story of San Michele by Axel Munthe.
Axel Martin Fredrik Munthe (1857-1949)
Category
Books
Date
1929
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3223008
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6],ix-xvi,534,[2]p. ; 23 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, Viscount Castlereagh and 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915], inscribed underneath "1930 KnuI" [I=upper case i]. Binding: Twentieth-century publisher's full blue cloth, gilt centre-piece (S. Michael), single gilt fillet forming a border, gilt lettering on spine.
Makers and roles
Axel Martin Fredrik Munthe (1857-1949)