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)
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)