Difference between revisions of "Mary Dormer 1655-1709"

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Her books are sometimes inscribed with her name "M Carnarvon", and a date bof acquisition.
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Her books are sometimes inscribed with her name "M Carnarvon", and a date of acquisition.
  
 
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Revision as of 08:39, 28 June 2020

Mary DORMER, Countess of Carnarvon 1655-1709

Inscription of Mary Dormer. (Private Collection, E. Sparke, Scintilla altaris, London, 1678)
Binding stamp of Mary Dormer (British Armorial Bindings)

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.

Characteristic Markings

Her books are sometimes inscribed with her name "M Carnarvon", and a date of acquisition.

Sources