J. L. Molloy - Songs of Ireland. - 1873

The Songs of Ireland : Including the most favorite of Moore's Irish melodies, and a large collection of old songs and ballads / with new symphonies and accompaniments by J.L. Molloy


London : Boosey & Co. Undated (1873) 4to (26 x 18cms) pp. 192. The Royal Edition. Publisher’s original green pictorial covers, gilt blocked decorated cloth covered hard boards. All edges gilt. Plain endpapers. No markings.

Elegantly bound by Leighton Son and Hodge. Bookbinders; the firm was founded by Archibald Leighton (1784-1841) and continued by his wife, Jane (c.1785-1869) who moved the business to Shoe Lane by 1848; in partnership as Leighton, Son & Hodge, with her son Robert (1822-88), until 1853, with Frederick Hodge, and later with William Hodge; the firm was still in business in 1881 when it employed a workforce of 400

Condition: Very good throughout, Elegant binding, very scarce in this condition.