THE HISTORY OF IRELAND FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME; DERIVED FROM NATIVE ANNALS, AND FROM THE RESEARCHES OF DR. O'DONOVAN, PROFESSOR EUGENE CURRY, THE REV. C.P. MEEHAN, DR. R.R. MADDEN, AND OTHER EMINENT SCHOLARS; AND FROM ALL THE RESOURCES OF IRISH HISTORY NOW AVAILABLE

Haverty, Martin

Verlag: Thomas Kelly, New York, 1871

Quarto, 10.1 in. x 7 in., pp. xxii, [1] 10-838, 18 (index). Illustrated with engraving on half-title, and thirteen tissue-guarded plates. Green cloth boards with gilt and black frame and title, and a gilt castle and shamrocks, to front. Frame stamped in blind to back. Rebacked with original spine laid down; gilt and black title, harp emblem and floral to spine. Light tide line to upper corner from half title through page 40. Library tape to rear hinge. First published in Dublin in 1860. The date on copyright page states 1867. The Publisher's Preface is dated 1871. Martin Haverty (1809 - 1887) was born in County Mayo and received most of his education at the Irish College, Paris. He came to Dublin in 1836. In the following year he joined the staff of the Freeman's Journal. In 1851 Haverty made an extended tour through Europe, which he described in a long series of newspaper contributions. On his return to Dublin Haverty was made sub-librarian at the King's Inns, where he remained for nearly a quarter of a century, devoting himself principally to the preparation of a general index to the books in the library. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 87777

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Titel: THE HISTORY OF IRELAND FROM THE EARLIEST ...
Verlag: Thomas Kelly, New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 1871
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Good Plus