Brian Boydell Editor (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very good condition, light wear & marks.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Good tight copy, light wear & marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 175, (1) pages. Illustrations. Original publisher's cloth, spine lettered gilt, with unclipped dust jacket. *The Rotunda is one of Dublin's great institutions, nowadays functioning as a maternity and teaching hospital, formerly also a major centre of entertainment in the city. The complex comprised the Hospital, Assembly Rooms and Gardens, all conceived on a grand scale. set up by Bartholomew Mosse, the Rotunda was a public charity whereby the leisure activities of the wealthy supported the Hospital for the poor. In this fascinating and well illustrated history of the early years of this magnificent institution, the authors detail the setting up of the Rotunda, its architecture and decoration the musical entertainment, and the issues and problems of childbirth at the time.* **This copy has a review request slip from the literary editor of a national Irish newspaper, with a newspaper cutting of the published review of the book corrected in pen by the reviewer, whose signature is s also on the book.** A fine copy without any damage, library stamps or other markings.