Byron. By André Maurois. Translated from the French by Hamish Miles.
André Maurois (1885-1967)
Category
Books
Date
1930
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3223172
Summary
Bibliographic description
464 p., plates : ill., ports ; 23cm. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate showing Vane-Tempest-Stewart arms marshalled with Chaplin, motto "Metuenda corolla draconis, with two supporters, all underneath a marquess's coronet with helmet and griffin passant crest, flanked by two badges, lettered in banner "Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry KG". Signed "W. & A. Mussett fecit; Lincoln's Inn, London". [i.e. Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915 (1878-1949)]. Binding: Twentieth-century publisher's full mauve cloth, gilt lettering on upper cover and spine.
Makers and roles
André Maurois (1885-1967), author Hamish Miles (1894-1937), editor