Carmina Gadelica . hymns and incantations With illustrative notes on words, rites, and customs, dying and obsolete: orally collected in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and translated into English by Alexander Carmichael.
Alexander Carmichael (1832 - 1912)
Category
Books
Date
1928 - 1971
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3138095
Summary
Bibliographic description
6v.,plates . ports.. 8vo. Imperfect: wanting v.6. manuscript note in Vol. I: Invocation p.7 very beautiful. Provenance: Pictorial bookplate: "Edith Helen Marchioness of Londonderry. D.B.E." [i.e. Edith, Marchioness of Londonderry (1879-1959)]. Vol. I inscribed: From the heart come sympathy, beauty, reverence, the three being one. From H to C Christmas 1931." Vol. II has "1931" under bookplate and a loosely inserted sheet of paper with unrelated notes used as a bookmark between pp. 216-17. Vol. III is inscribed "from Duncan Easter 1941" and has a letter laid in from the donor: "The 3rd volume of Carmina Gadelica with my warmest good wishes to yourself & Mairi as an antidote to MacNeice. It is edited by my friend Prof. James Watson (son of old Prof. Watson) & is I think the finest of the collection ...". Vol. IV inscribed: "Duncan Jan. '43"; Vol. V inscribed "With love from Duncan Easter '55". $zBinding: Publisher's red cloth, gilt tops, as issued. All vols. are water-damaged.
Makers and roles
Alexander Carmichael (1832 - 1912), editor Angus Matheson, editor James Carmichael Watson (1910 - 1942), editor