Description
Item Description: | 886 |
Physical Description: | 2 v.[68], 1178 p., [50] ; [4], 838 p, [126] ill., frontis. 24 cm. |
Binding Note: | Binding: gold-tooled calf probably by Joseph Leathley's binder. Trinity arms stamped on all covers. The spine has five bands and six compartments, with a tan lettering piece in the second and the date on a strip at the base. The remaining five compartments are elaborately tooled, very similar in design to McDonnell and Healy, plate XI, with some variation in the individual tools. Sprinkled edges. |
Bibliography: | Two volumes. Title in red and black. Engraved frontispiece and title vignettes, woodcut initials and tailpieces. Some worming slightly effecting text in volume two, otherwise very good. Trinity college prize with 1743 presentation ticket but with the recipients name obscured. Colonel Cooper bookplate and Markree Library ticket. J3 AR1632 |