Difference between revisions of "Mary Dormer 1655-1709"
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*[https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamp-owners/DOR001 British Armorial Bindings]. | *[https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamp-owners/DOR001 British Armorial Bindings]. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dormer,_2nd_Earl_of_Carnarvon Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon, Wikipedia]. | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dormer,_2nd_Earl_of_Carnarvon Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon, Wikipedia]. | ||
| + | *Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903. | ||
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Mary DORMER, Countess of Carnarvon 1655-1709
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Biographical Note
Daughter of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsay. She married, as his second wife, Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon; they had no children.
Books
A number of books survive using one of several 'MC' coronetted binding stamps. She also used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks *42); the extent and disposition of her library are not known.
Characteristic Markings
Her books are sometimes inscribed with her name "M Carnarvon", and a date of acquisition.
Sources
- British Armorial Bindings.
- Charles Dormer, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon, Wikipedia.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.