Catholic Emancipation Binding] Large quarto edition of MacGe...

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Catholic Emancipation Binding] Large quarto edition of MacGeoghegan & Mitchel’s History of Ireland, New York, Sadlier, about 1860s. Large quarto, 2 vols bound in 1, every page with a wood engraved pictorial border surrounding the text, engraved plates, striking binding with very thick boards which are deeply blocked and very richly decorated in gilt and with at the centres a large gilt pictorial depiction of mother Ireland supporting a portrait of O’Connell, a banner proclaiming ‘Catholic Emancipation’ as well as a wolfhound, harp, round tower, etc. Massive brass clasps, lacks the first title page, front board detached, gilt portraits of Irish national heroes on spine. A nationalist shrine.