The Fians; . or, Stories, poems, & traditions of Fionn and his warrior band. Collected entirely from oral sources by John Gregorson Campbell ... With introduction and bibliographical notes by Alfred Nutt, portrait of Ian Campbell of Islay, and illustration by E. Grislet.
John Gregorson Campbell (1836 - 1891)
Category
Books
Date
1891
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3138092
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxxviii,[2],292p.,plates : ill. ; 23cm. Pencil price on endpaper: 7/6. With some unopened leaves. 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: Publisher's cloth, as issued. Spine title: The Fians; cover title: Waifs & strays of Celtic tradition IV. Argyllshire series.
Makers and roles
John Gregorson Campbell (1836 - 1891) Alfred Trübner Nutt (1856-1910)