Treatise on the Irish alphabet and language/ presented to Queen Elizabeth by Christopher Nugent, fourteenth Baron Devlin

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nugent, Christopher Devlin, Baron d. 1602
Language:English
Published: [Ireland] ca.1590
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Collection:Benjamin Iveagh
Description
Physical Description:11 leaves. 13 cm.
Binding Note:Binding: limp vellum, with the Queen's crowned device and initials on both covers. Preserved in red morocco slipcase.
Bibliography:Manuscript, late 16th century. Illuminated initials. Signed 'C. Devlin'. Lough Fea bookplate. Anoymous note on the history and provenance of the manuscript laid in. A manuscript letter together with a typed copy are stored in an archival envelope. The letter was sent to an E. F. Carry in Chicago from Walter M. Hill and concerns the possible purchase of the manuscript by E.F. Carray. Lough Fea 88, DNB XIV, 701. The manuscript is noted in J.T. Gilbert's Account of National Manuscripts of Ireland. See digital version at http://www.isos.dias.ie/english/index2.html D4 AR403