The emerald isle : a poem.
Charles Phillips (1787-1859)
Category
Books
Date
1818
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3215701
Summary
Bibliographic description
Sixth edition. 228, [4] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 8vo (23cm). 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 full mottled calf, gilt fillet forming a border, blue and green spine label lettered in gilt. Gilt-top. Bookbinder's stamp on upper turn-in: Bumpus Ltd Oxford St. W. With original publisher's paper wrapper bound in at the end.
Makers and roles
Charles Phillips (1787-1859)