Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852
Title:
Moore's Irish melodies / illustrated by D. Maclise, R.A.
Alternate Title(s):
Irish melodies
Edition:
New edition.
Published / Created:
London : Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, [between 1863 and 1865]
Physical Description:
[4], iv, 280 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR5054 .I75 1863
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Without music.

Engravings by Charles George Lewis, F.P. Becker, L. Stocks, Thomas Landseer, W. Taylor, H. Robinson, Henry Chawner Shenton, and Ferdinand Joubert.

Printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square.

Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green were publishing at this address between 1863-1865. Cf. Brown. London publishers and printers.

With an added engraved title page; publisher's address is listed as being Paternoster Row.

"The designs are in facsimile of the original drawings, and the text is engraved by Mr. Becker's process"--P. iv.

Pages 1-[220] are entirely engraved. Each ballad within an ornamental border.

"Letter on music, to the Marchioness Dowager of Donegal," p. 225-237.

Includes index.

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in gilt-stamped red morocco, with gilt edges and marbled endpapers. Bookseller's label: R.J. Bush. Bookseller. 32, Charing Cross. Bookplate: George Faudel Phillips.
Subject Terms:
Moore, Thomas, 1779–1852. Irish melodies -- Illustrations. | English poetry -- Irish authors -- 19th century. | Nationalism -- Ireland -- Poetry. | Ballads, Irish. | Folk songs, English -- Ireland. | Folk music -- Ireland. | Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green -- Publisher. | Spottiswoode and Co. -- Printer. | Ross, David and Judith -- Provenance. | Phillips, George Faudel -- Bookplate. | Bush, R. J. -- Bookseller. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1863–1865. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1863–1865.
Contributors:
Maclise, Daniel, 1806–1870, ill. | Becker, Ferdinand, etcher, engraver. | Joubert, F. (Ferdinand), 1810–1884, engraver. | Landseer, Thomas, 1795–1880, engraver. | Lewis, Charles George, 1808–1880, engraver. | Robinson, John Henry, 1796–1871, engraver. | Shenton, Henry Chawner, 1803–1866, engraver. | Stocks, Lumb, 1812–1892, engraver. | Taylor, W. John, active 1790–1810, engraver. | Topham, Francis William, 1808–1877, engraver.