The antiquities of Ireland. : The second edition, with additions and corrections. To which is added, A collection of miscellaneous antiquities. / By Edward Ledwich, …
Edward Ledwich (1738-1823)
Category
Books
Date
1804
Materials
Place of origin
Dublin
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3030122
Summary
Bibliographic description
[18], 526, [14] p., [2], XXXX leaves of plates (1 folded) ; 4to. List of subscribers is headed: His Excellency Philip Yorke, Earl Hardwicke, Lord Lieutenant General, and General Governor of Ireland, 2 copies. [i.e. Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke (1757-1834)]. Provenance: armorial bookplate (after 1754): Philip, Earl of Hardwicke. [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754. Also used in books acquired by his successors]. Binding: nineteenth-century mottled sheep over boards, quadruple gilt fillet and flower tool on spine, black spine label, gilt double fillet (thick and thin) on covers, single thick gilt fillet on board edges, gilt Greek key roll on board inners, olive-green sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Edward Ledwich (1738-1823), author