Lough Corrib. Its Shores and Islands: With Notices of Lough Mask. Illustrated with Numerous Wood Engravings. Dublin: McGlashan, 1867. First Edition. Pp x, 306. Original green cloth, titled in gilt on spine, motif of steam ship in gilt on front cover. Light spotting to some pages, but overall a nice bright copy.

Illustrated throughout with numerous wood-engravings, with folded map of the lake at rear.

A classic account of Ireland’s second largest lake and its surrounding area.

William Wilde, antiquarian and father of Oscar Wilde lived for much of the year in a holiday home ‘Moytura House’ near the village of Cong on the Galway/Mayo border