Letters concerning the northern coast of the County of Antrim. Containing such circumstances as appear worthy of notice respecting the antiquities, manners and customs of that country. ... In two parts. By the Rev. William Hamilton, ...
William Hamilton (1755-1797)
Category
Books
Date
1790
Materials
Place of origin
Ireland
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3030952
Summary
Bibliographic description
xi,[5],138;190p., plates : map ; 8vo. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (dated 1922) with portrait: "Edith Helen Marchioness of Londonderry. D.B.E." [i.e. Edith Helen Chaplin, m. in 1899 Charles 7th Marquess of Londonderry]. Motto in Scottish Gaelic over portrait ("Tha mo cridhe's an tir nam beann" [My heart is in the land of mountains]). Binding: Twentieth-century half mottled calf on marbled paper over boards. Gilt armorial stamp displaying Vane-Tempest-Stewart marshalled with Chaplin under a marquess coronet with charges and motto (Metuenda corolla draconis). Black leather spine label, lettered in gilt. Gilt-top. Bookbinder's ticket on lower pastedown: "W. Erskine Mayne, 3 Donegall Sq. W., Belfast."
Makers and roles
William Hamilton (1755-1797)