<p>Austin Cooper's beautiful and unique drawings of Ireland's architectural treasures are gathered together for the first time in this rare collection. During the late 18th century, Cooper was one of His Majesty's tax collectors. It was in this position that young Cooper was able to travel the Emerald Isle and indulge in the greatest passion of his life-sketching the ancient buildings and monuments of Ireland. From 1781 to 1793, this prolific artist focused on Ireland's castles, abbeys, churches, and round towers, both complete and ruined, and filled two albums with brilliantly executed pen-and-ink drawings. Cooper's descendents passed on his manuscripts from generation to generation until they were bought by the National Library of Ireland. This architectural record, which includes extended captions and quotes from Cooper's own diaries as well as some modern photographs of the places sketched by Cooper, creates a unique and irreplaceable memoir.</p>

Cooper's Ireland: Drawings and Notes from an Eighteenth-Century Gentleman

Arts & Photography

Harbison, Peter

National Library Of Ireland

Cooper, Austin

Architecture

The O'Brien Press

James Joyce and Ezra Pound: A Little More Than Literary Friendship

National Library of Ireland

<p>A book to accompany the Yeats Exhibition at the National Library of Ireland 2006. W.B. Yeats was one of the great poets of the twentieth century. He created works that are universally known and loved, and that have exerted a profound influence on world literature. A man of many interests, Yeats lived life to the full, and his passions were many: Ireland, literature, folklore, theatre, politics, the esoteric and people. Undoubtedly, he was one of the most complex and interesting of Ireland's geniuses, and one of the most significant influences on the formation of an Irish cultural identity.</p>

W. B. Yeats, Works & Days: Treasures from the Yeats Collection

First edition. One hundred treasures from the National Library in Dublin were chosen from each of the main collections. Descriptions of these wonders are enhanced by beautiful color illustrations of each work. Includes a brief history of the library. Among the highlights are a twelfth-century Latin deed by Dermot MacMurrough, the oldest surviving volume of bardic poetry, the coats of arms of Cromwellian officers and a self-portrait by John Butler Yeats. x, 243+ 1 pages. cloth, dust jacket. large 8vo..

Treasures from the National Library of Ireland

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Syracuse Univ Pr

A Joycean Scrapbook: From the National Library of Ireland

Literature & Fiction

Bray, Co.Wicklow: Wordwell Ltd

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