Insula sanctorum et doctorum . or, Ireland's ancient schools and scholars by the most Rev. John Healy ...
John Healy (1841-1918)
Category
Books
Date
1912
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3138063
Summary
Bibliographic description
xviii,651,[3]p., [1] leaf of plates : ill..,map (col. & folded),plans ; 8vo. (21cm). Bookbinder's ticket: W. Erskine Mayne 3, Donegall Sq. W. Belfast. 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: Full mottled polished calf, gilt border on boards, gilt tooling on spine. Green leather spine labels, lettered in gilt. Gilt-top.
Makers and roles
John Healy (1841-1918)