A literary history of Ireland from earliest times to the present
Douglas Hyde (1860-1949)
Category
Books
Date
1910
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3062673
Summary
Bibliographic description
xviii, 654 p., 1 leaf of plates : ill. ; 8vo. (22cm). Manuscript note loosely inserted. Provenance: 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 quarter mottled calf on marbled paper over boards. Gilt-tooled on spine; brown leather spine labels, lettered in gilt. Gilt-top. Bookbinder's ticket on lower pastedown: "W. Erskine Mayne. 5, Donegall Sq. W. Belfast".
Makers and roles
Douglas Hyde (1860-1949)