Historical memoirs of the Irish bards. . Interspersed with anecdotes of, and occasional observations on, the music of Ireland. Also, an historical and descriptive account of the musical instruments of the ancient Irish. And an appendix, containing several biographical and other papers, with select Irish melodies. By Joseph C. Walker, [...].
Joseph Cooper Walker (1761 - 1810)
Category
Books
Date
1786
Materials
Place of origin
Ireland
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3079574
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii,166,124,[2]p., [4] plates (2 double-sided) . ill.., music,port. ; 4to. Provenance: Inscribed on t.p.: "Edwd Archer - 97" 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]). $zBinding: Nineteenth-century half green calf or sheep on marbled paper over boards, brown leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Bookbinder's stamp on upper pastedown: "Bound by R. L[rest illegible] Plymouth". Water-damaged.
Makers and roles
Joseph Cooper Walker (1761 - 1810)