Irish ballads (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. 1st complete. 3 v.; 26 cm. A benefaction from the great antiquary and librarian Henry Bradshaw, 1831-1886. Vol. I. Books printed in Dublin by known printers 1602-1882. Mos. 1-4087; x, 690 p. List of printers and booksellers in Dublin, p. [681]-690 -- vol. II. [Books printed in Dublin without printer's name, books printed in provincial towns, books printed by Irish authors [printed elsewhere], books relating to Ireland [printed elsewhere] in chronological order; appendix I. Books and documents relating to the papacy, deposited in the University library by the Revd. Robert James M'Ghee, A.M., A.D. 1840 (nos. 8310-57); Appendix II. List of books added during the compilation of the catalogue; addenda; notes and corrigenda] Nos. 4088-8743; p. [5], 693-1340. -- vol. III. Index, p. [3], 1341-1696. -- The core of this collection of Irish books Henry Bradshaw inherited from his father; these he nearly doubled and presented en bloc to the University library in 1870. Additional books which he gathered up to his death in 1886 were presented by his family: the whole was largely described in a preliminary catalogue in 1909. The focus is strongly on printers and engravers, local history and literature: `ballads' are listed on p. 1355-84 of the index. Good lightly stained black binder's buckram (dated 1978). Ballads (illustrator).…

4pp., 4to. Printed on brown paper. In good condition, lightly-aged and with one corner dogeared. The only copy traced on OCLC WorldCat in the Thomas P. O'Neill Library at Boston College, in whose entry it is tentatively dated to the 1960s, with the note about the series to which it belongs: 'Primarily a selection and reprinting from Cuala Press' collected edition of Broadsides (new series), originally issued Jan.-Dec. 1935; includes some of the black and white images from the Cuala publication as well as musical notation ; also some contents are adaptations from "Irish street ballads and More Irish street ballads (Three Candles Press) by kind permission of the collector, Colm O Lochlainn."'. …