Accession number
PML 145745
Creator
Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852.
Published
London : Printed for James Carpenter, 1806.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
First edition.
"Printed by C. Whittingham, Dean Street."--Half t.p. verso.
Errata leaf ([1] p) at end.
Vol. 4 of a set of Moore's works assembled by former owner James Corry. The volumes comprising the set were originally numbered 1-15, with v. 5 accompanied by an unnumbered supplemental volume, and the set additionally accompanied by a privately printed index to the volumes evidently compiled by Corry (see PML 145743-56). Volume 3, however, containing Moore's "A comic opera" and "Irish melodies", along with volumes 14-15, comprising the "Life of Lord Edward Fitzgerald", are missing from the library's collection, having evidently been lacking from the set when the books came into the possession of former owner Gordon N. Ray. Cf. Ray checklist.
"Printed by C. Whittingham, Dean Street."--Half t.p. verso.
Errata leaf ([1] p) at end.
Vol. 4 of a set of Moore's works assembled by former owner James Corry. The volumes comprising the set were originally numbered 1-15, with v. 5 accompanied by an unnumbered supplemental volume, and the set additionally accompanied by a privately printed index to the volumes evidently compiled by Corry (see PML 145743-56). Volume 3, however, containing Moore's "A comic opera" and "Irish melodies", along with volumes 14-15, comprising the "Life of Lord Edward Fitzgerald", are missing from the library's collection, having evidently been lacking from the set when the books came into the possession of former owner Gordon N. Ray. Cf. Ray checklist.
Description
xi, [4], 341, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 27 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of James Corry; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Purple morocco tooled in gilt and blind by George Mullen of Dublin, ca. 1830; bound as v. 4 of a set of uniformly bound first and early editions of Moore's works assembled by former owner James Corry (see PML 145743-56).
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