The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Society of Ireland, Volume VI, Fifth Series, Volume XXVI, Consecutive Series, 1896

The Royal Historical and Archaeological Society of Ireland

Verlag: Printed by Ponsonby and Weldrick, for the University Press, Dublin, 1896

Beschreibung

An uber-sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound handsomely in dark blue buckram cloth, with tips and spine bound in brown leather, complete with six compartments scribed by five raised bands and with gilt lettering and fleurs-de-lis to spine, rubbed a bit but attractive. A bit of toning and soiling to front endpapers, stickers likely denoting former ex-libris status inside front flap, some scattered foxing throughout, else clean and unmarked. Notes regarding the Society, formerly dubbed the Kilkenny Archaeological Society, its members, subscribers, and then followed by learned papers about reliquaries and antiquaries, ossuaries, monuments, remnants of past human societies and cultures. Essays on the ecclesiatical antiquities of Howth, the Church of St. Mary, Dean Swift's Library, On Ogams, The Battle fo Benburnb, origins of prehistoric ornaments, and the Wardens of Galway Black-and-white illustrations galore. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Frontis matter + xiv [2], 2-431 pp. including an index.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 349376

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Journal of the Royal Historical and ...

Verlag: Printed by Ponsonby and Weldrick, for the University Press, Dublin

Erscheinungsdatum: 1896

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First Edition.