Five Chromo-Lithographic Drawings, representing an Irish Ecclesiastical Bell: which is supposed to have belonged to Saint Patrick And The Several Sides Of The Jewelled Shrine. In Which It Is Preserved; Accompanied by A Historical & Illustrative Description
Belfast: Marcus Ward & Co., 1850. Second edition. Softcover. Folio. [6] 6pp., 5 plates with tissue guards. Bound in black half-cloth over stiff turquoise wraps with triple-framed black lettering and Royal emblem on cover; protected by modern mylar. Gilt edges. Turquoise endpapers. Title page in red, blue and black lettering with decorative augmentation, framed in red with tissue guard. Dedication page to the Queen.
"In presenting to the public the present work the publisher had to objects in view; first, to bring under their notice one of the most ancient curious and valuable reliques of Irish Antiquity at present in existence by accurately drawn and coloured representations, and secondly, to
produce a specimen of Irish Lithography at once tasteful, elegant, useful and instructive, and if the present work attains these objects they will consider themselves fully repaid." (Preface). Contains essay providing the historical context for the Ecclesiastical Bell, and five chromolithographs, protected by tissue guards, depicting the bell and four views of the shrine.
Wraps with some discoloration and light scuffing al corners and foredge. Light scuffing from removed plate on inside front cover. Endpapers lightly wavy due to water exposure. Previours owner's name inked to front free endpaper. Binding in overall good-, interior in very good, title page and lithographs in near fine to fine condition. Good- to fine condition. Item #54009
Price: $950.00