COSGRAVE, E. MacDOWEL & PIKE, W.T. Ed. by. Dublin and Co. Dublin in the Twentieth Century

COSGRAVE, E. MacDOWEL & PIKE, W.T. Ed. by. Dublin and Co. Dublin in the Twentieth Century. By E. MacDowel Cosgrave, M.D. Contemporary Biographies. Edited by W.T. Pike. Profusely illustrated. Brighton & London: W.T. Pike, 1908. Quarto. pp. 286. Contemporary full maroon morocco with elaborate gilt and blind tooling to both covers. Spine expertly rebacked, title in gilt on contrasting morocco labels. Some fading to covers and minor surface wear. All edges gilt. A very good copy. There are over five hundred biographies of distinguished Dubliners from all walks of life: Nobility & Gentry, Magistrates, Clergy, the Bench & the Bar, Legal, Medical, Scholastic, Literary & Musical, Land Agents & Auctioneers, Engineers, Architects and Accountants. With a medallion portrait of each and the places of interest illustrated from photographs after Lawrence, Chancellor and D’Arcy.