Colonsay: One of the Hebrides - Its Plants: their Local Names and Uses - Legends, Ruins, and Place-Names - Gaelic Names of Birds, Fishes, etc. - Climate, Geological Formation, etc.

McNeill, Murdoch

Published by David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1910

About this Item

1910. First edition. vii, 216pp. Colonsay is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, located north of Islay and south of Mull. The author of this book on the Island and its plants and geology, etc., was a gifted, Gaelic-speaking botanist whose career had included a spell at Kew Gardens. In due course he returned to his birthplace, Colonsay. As Head Gardener and Estate Manager he found time to catalogue the native species of the island and his work was to be the basis of all such studies for the next 80 years and more. In the course of his research, he collected other information and records, as is reflected in the full title of his work, and was particularly interested in preserving the Gaelic names and traditional uses of the plants he found. The book is bound in the original red cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine and front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with some shelf wear and light soiling to the boards and bumping to the bottom of the spine. The contents are tight and clean with browning to the free endpapers. There is no inscription.

Seller Inventory # gHebrides17

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Colonsay: One of the Hebrides - Its Plants: their Local Names and Uses - Legends, Ruins, and Place-Names - Gaelic Names of Birds, Fishes, etc. - Climate, Geological Formation, etc.
• Publisher: David Douglas, Edinburgh
• Publication Date: 1910
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nature
  • Scottish
  • Highlands and Islands