The Ogam Inscribed Monuments Of The Gaedhil In The British Islands Illustrated with 50 Photo-Lithographic Plates Original 1879 Hardcover and Prospectus by Richard Holt Brash Edited by George M.Atkinson - 1879

Original Very Good Large 1879 The Ogam Inscribed Monuments Of The Gaedhil In The British Islands 1/4 black leather and gilt spine titles deep purple/black boards This is the original George Bell published binding.with frontis portrait, xvi, 425 pp. 50 full page photo-lithographic plates and a folding map..Pages clean free of writing. Some scuffing and rubs with a fairly even straight loss across top of spine. Binding solid. NOT a library copy. NO writing NO personal bookplates. Also. Includes separate rare ephemera pages with a small corner of it torn. Not the book though.. This prospectus for subscribers rarely with book.This book feels like Ogam itself. While the early Medieval Ogam on memorial stones is said to derive from Latin. There is an older Ogam ironically remembered in later Medieval tales of the Tain where Ogam is used in Magic and on wands. A recent Irish musician sees Ogam as a musical notation. Extraordinary Fifty full page plates as well. Three Geese in Flight Celtic studies with personal customer service sine 1977..