Carola, Leslie Conron [editor].

The Irish – A Treasury of Art and Literature.

Beaux Arts Editions, 1993. 25 cm x 33 cm. 368 pages. With c 200 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight tear to rear dustjacket upper corner. Out of Print.

Includes the following chapters: Prehistory – Ancient Myths and Legends, Christianity and the Golden Age, From the Vikings to 1700, The Eighteenth Century, The Nineteenth Century, The Irish in America, The Celtic Revival Begins, and The Twentieth Century. Items included in the publication, for example:– Saint Patrick from ‘The Confession’, Seamus MacManus – Viking Influence, Hugh O’Neill Earl of Tyrone – A Letter of Resolve, Seamus MacManus – Penal Laws, Maria Edgeworth – from ‘Castle Rackrent’, William D Griffin – ‘The Distant Land’, and W B Yeats – ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’. Illustrated throughout both in colour and in black and white.

• Language: English
• ISBN: 0883639661
• Inventory Number: 75359AB

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