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THE SCENERY AND ANTIQUITIES OF IRELAND

by J. Stirling Coyne

Illustrated by W.H. Bartlett

Published by George Virtue. Circa. 1840

Good condition. Large format. 11 x 8". Two volumes in one. Full brown diced calf binding, gilt titles and decorations to spine. 118 b/w plates plus vignette (lacks portrait of Mr. Willis). 170 pages + 186 pages. Marbled endpapers.

Front board detached. Board edges worn. Covers scuffed. Bookplate of Francis T. Touzel of Jersey on front pastedown. Foxing throughout. Pages 173-178 of volume II have been bound in upside down and back to front (pages run from 172-178, 173-179). Rear joint a little fragile from the outside - leather split, else binding of contents is nice tight. A good candidate for rebinding.

Stock no. 584682

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Contents

  • CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
  • CHAP I. Embark from Port Patrick
  • CHAP II. Drogheda
  • CHAP III. View of Belfast Lough from Cave Hill
  • CHAP IV. Beauty of the Coast between Larne and Glenarm
  • CHAP V. The Grey Man's Path
  • CHAP VI. First view of the Giant's Causeway
  • CHAP VII. Breakfast at Bushmills
  • CHAP VIII. Dunluce to Coleraine and Limavady
  • CHAP IX. Ballyshannon
  • CHAP X. Lough Conn and Mount Nephin
  • CHAP XI. Connemara, its wild grandeur
  • CHAP XII. Garromin Lake
  • CHAP XIII. Approach to Galway
  • CHAP XIV. The Shannon
  • CHAP XV. The Shannon near Tarbert
  • CHAP XVI. The Rock of Cashel
  • CHAP XVII. Waterford

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