Research Catalog

Title

Examples of Irish bookplates from the collections of Sir Bernard Burke, C.B., LL.D., Ulster King of Arms / privately issued by his son, Henry Farnham Burke, F.S.A., Somerset Herald, Genealogist to the Order of St. Patrick.

Publication

[Somerset, Eng.] : Henry Farnham Burke, 1894.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Burke, H. Farnham (Henry Farnham)
• Howard, Joseph Jackson, 1827-1902.
• Griggs, William, 1832-1911
• New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.

Description

[4] p., [71] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. (lithographs); 29 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Subject

• Burke, Bernard, 1814-1892 > Art collections
• Bookplates, Irish > Private collections
• Bookplates, British > Private collections

Note

• "One hundred copies only"
• "W. Griggs, Chromo-Lithographer, Peckham."--P. [2]
• "The volume ... appears to have been the work of an Irish collector living circa 1750-1760. ... Dr. Joseph Jackson Howard, as well as other 'ex libris' collectors, have suggested the publication of some examples from this unique volume, which was in the possession of my father, Sir Bernard Burke, and to which he constantly referred."--P. [2]

Source (note)

• New York Genealogical and Biographical Society;

Call Number

NYGB IRELAND G 11

OCLC

77858982

Title

Examples of Irish bookplates from the collections of Sir Bernard Burke, C.B., LL.D., Ulster King of Arms / privately issued by his son, Henry Farnham Burke, F.S.A., Somerset Herald, Genealogist to the Order of St. Patrick.

Imprint

[Somerset, Eng.] : Henry Farnham Burke, 1894.

Source

Gift; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; 2008. NN

Added Author

Burke, H. Farnham (Henry Farnham), pbl.

Howard, Joseph Jackson, 1827-1902.

Griggs, William, 1832-1911, ltg.

New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.

Research Call Number

NYGB IRELAND G 11