Historic memoirs of Ireland; comprising secret records of the National Convention, the Rebellion, and the Union; with delineations of the principal characters connected with these transactions. By Sir Jonah Barrington ... Illustrated with curious letters and papers in fac-simile; and numerous original portraits.
Sir Jonah Barrington (1760-1834)
Category
Books
Date
1835
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down (Accredited Museum)
On show at
Mount Stewart, County Down, Northern Ireland, National Trust
NT 3221894
Summary
Bibliographic description
New edition. In two volumes. 2v., plates : ill.. (ports.) ; 34cm. Provenance: Vol. 1: Loosely inserted folded sheet of paper, inscribed "To dearest Edie with all best wishes & love [Christobel?] Xmas 1919"; also inscribed on second flyleaf "To dearest Edie with best love from Christo Xmas 1919". Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (dated 1922) set in a landscape with De Lazlo's portrait of Edith Lady Londonderry in the uniform of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in a medallion above, lettered at the bottom of the plate "Edith Helen Marchioness of Londonderry. D.B.E." . Motto in Scottish Gaelic over portrait ("Tha mo cridhe's an tir nam beann" [My heart is in the land of mountains]) [i.e. Edith Helen Chaplin, m. in 1899 Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915]. Binding: Nineteenth-century half green calf on marbled paper over boards, marbled endpapers and text-block edges.
Makers and roles
Sir Jonah Barrington (1760-1834)