STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF IRISH BOOKBINDINGS: 1. GOLD-TOOLED BOOKBINDINGS COMMISSIONED BY TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. PUBLISHED THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF MR. J. PAUL GETTY JR.
Book Description
1987, Leixlip, Irish Georgian Society, folio, ppxvii + 340, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, black cloth in dustwrapper.
Dealer Notes
Dublin vied with Paris in producing the most exquisite bookbindings of the eighteenth century, of which the most celebrated were the 149 manuscript Journals of the Irish Parliament, tragically destroyed in 1922. This is the first book in over thirty years on the subject of Irish bookbinding and forms an important contribution both to the history of the book trade and the art and cultural history of Ireland in the eighteenth century.
Part of a large collection of books relating to bookbinding, please ask for a list or let us know your desiderata.
Part of a large collection of books relating to bookbinding, please ask for a list or let us know your desiderata.
Author
Joseph McDonnell & Patrick Healy.
Date
1987
Binding
black cloth in dustwrapper.
Publisher
Leixlip, Irish Georgian Society,
Condition
Very good.
Pages
ppxvii + 340
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