Description
| Physical Description: | (10), 478 p., (2), xcvii, (1) 34 cm. |
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| Binding Note: | Binding: gold-tooled green morocco, with red, black, blue and terracotta onlays. A sunken almond-shaped panel in the centre, with the title and appropriate motifs. The panel is surrounded by elaborately tooled onlaid borders (one of these borders is in blue on the bottom cover). A panel is formed by four crosiers onlaid in terracotta; an outer panel is painted black. Sprays of gold-tooled shamrocks are used in the corners and on the four sides. The spine is flat and elaborately decorated. Black painted strap-work, with gold-tooled borders. The title on a red almond-shaped onlay; the author's name on a red shield. Signed at the foot of the spine. Red watered silk doublures, with broad gold-tooled turn ins, using crosiers on the sides and shamrocks in the corners. An exceptionally fine example of the work of Caldwell and of the period. |
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| Bibliography: | Engraved frontispiece portrait of Swift, plates, ground plan of St. Patrick's. Watermarks: Dublin 1812. Castletown library bookplate and shelf ticket. Occasional spotting, otherwise an exceptionally fine copy. Two other copies, one with additional manuscript material, also a copy of the supplement. M1 AR114 |
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