The ecclesiastical architecture of Ireland, anterior to the Anglo-Norman invasion; comprising an essay on the origin and uses of the round towers of Ireland, which obtained the gold medal and prize of the Royal Irish Academy.
George Petrie (Dublin 1789 – Dublin 1866)
Category
Books
Date
1845
Materials
Place of origin
Ireland
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3004852
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],xxi,[1],525,[1]p. : ill. ; 29 cm (4to). Loose insert (p.417): scrap paper page marker. Provenance: gilt armorial stamp on upper cover: Vane-Tempest-Stewart marshalled with Chaplin under a marquess coronet with charges and motto (Metuenda corolla draconis), as used by 7th Marquess and Marchioness of Londonderry. Inscribed on half-title: CMB Holkes 1869. Binding: nineteenth-century polished calf binding; gold stamped upper cover armorial; five false bands; gold lettered brown and black spine labels. Binder's ticket on rear pastedown: W. Erskine Mayne, 3, Donegall Sq. W. Belfast. Spine title: The round towers of Ireland.
Makers and roles
George Petrie (Dublin 1789 – Dublin 1866)