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West Coast Rare Books

West Coast Rare Books

Westport / Ireland

Borlase, The Dolmens of Ireland.

Borlase, The Dolmens of Ireland.

Borlase, William Copeland. The Dolmens of Ireland. Their Distribution, Structural Characteristics, and Affinities in other Countries; together with the Folk-Lore attaching to them; Supplemented by Considerations on the Anthropology, Ethnology, and Traditions of the Irish People. With four Maps, and eight hundred Illustrations, including two coloured Plates. First Edition. In three Volumes – Complete. London, Chapman & Hall, 1897. 26 x 17 cm. Vol.1: xxxvi, 312 pages / Vol.2: pages numbered 313 to 712 / Vol.3: pages numbered 713 to 1234. Complete with the four folding coloured Maps and the two Frontipiece Plates. Original green cloth. Gilt titles and decorations. Top edge gilt. Black end papers. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Some discoloration (see images) to Bindings. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small stamp of previous owner (‘Rosturk Castle’) on half title page of all three volumes. Internally very bright and clean. A lovely set.

Our price: EUR 880,-- 

Borlase, The Dolmens of Ireland.
Borlase, The Dolmens of Ireland.
Borlase, The Dolmens of Ireland.
Borlase, The Dolmens of Ireland.
Borlase, The Dolmens of Ireland.
Borlase, The Dolmens of Ireland.
Borlase, The Dolmens of Ireland.
Borlase, The Dolmens of Ireland.

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