PICTURESQUE IRELAND: A LITERARY AND ARTISTIC DELINEATION OF THE NATURAL SCENERY, REMARKABLE PLACES, HISTORICAL ANTIQUITIES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, ANCIENT ABBEYS, TOWERS, CASTLES, AND OTHER ROMANTIC AND ATTRACTIVE FEATURES OF IRELAND. (TWO VOLUMES, COMPLETE); Illustrated in Steel and Wood, by Eminent Native and Foreign Artists

Savage, John (Ed.)

Published by Thomas Kelly, New York, 1878

Matching set of two: Large Quarto, 11.8 in. x 9.5 in. Vol I: pp. xxxiii, [8], 6-291, [1]. Vol II: 293-649. Illustrated with twenty-nine steel plates (most with tissue-guards), hundreds of drawings, and thirty-three color maps. Dark green full morocco with multiple decorative gilt frames and Irish harp in gilt to fronts and backs. Beveled boards. Gilt title, five raised bands, with decorative floral designs to each spine panel. All edges gilt. Light rubbing to edges; corners all lightly nudged. Decorative dentelles; rich red marbled boards in nonpareil pattern, to endpapers. Light spotting to front endpapers and first title page. Very occasional spotting to pages and tissue-guards. Unmarked interiors. A lavish, elegant edition. Savage, John. An American journalist and miscellaneous writer; born in Dublin, Ireland, Dec. 13, 1828; died in 1888. He came to New York in 1848, and subsequently in Washington became proprietor of The States, the organ of Stephen A. Douglas. Included in his popular war-songs are The Starry Flag and The Muster of the North. Among his other works are: Our Living Representative Men (1860); Poems: Lyrical, Dramatic, and Romantic (1870); and Picturesque Ireland (1878). (from Bartleby). Seller Inventory # 86737

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Title: PICTURESQUE IRELAND: A LITERARY AND ARTISTIC...
Publisher: Thomas Kelly, New York
Publication Date: 1878
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition.