Heterogenea, or, Medley for the benefit of the poor / by John Moore Johnston esqr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnston, John Moore, 1747-1804, author, compiler.

Contributor:

Parks, James, printer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Irish authors--19th century.

English literature.

PRO Orr, James, 1823-1902 (autograph) (Kislak Center copy).

PRO Orr, Gawin, 1839-1925 (inscription) (Kislak Center copy).

Physical Description:

[2], xxxiiii, [1], 285, [1] pages ; 20 cm

Other Title:

Heterogenea

Medley for the benefit of the poor

Place of Publication:

Downpatrick : Printed, by James Parks, 1803.

Notes:

Includes list of subscribers.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2024 from Christopher Edwards.

Kislak Center copy has on first blank leaf in volume dated 19th-century manuscript inscription ("James Orr Villa Antoinette. P. 188. Now living at Rosenthal Knyveton Road Bournemouth. Janry. 28th 1891 Given him by his kinsman Gawin Orr Ballylesson Lisburn Co Down & Antrim Ireland.") recording the gift of this volume to Reverend James Orr (1823-1902; Jones no. 869), of Villa Antoinette, Cannes, France, then by 28 January 1891 of Rosenthal, Bournemouth, England, from his fourth cousin twice removed Gawin Orr, M.D. (1839-1925; Jones no. 2361) of Ballylesson, Northern Ireland. Among the subscribers of this work listed on page xxvi are "Mr. James Orr [of Newtownards]" (Jones no. 218) and "Mr. John Orr [of] Ballyolly". The latter is John Orr (1728-1809; Jones no. 150), great-grandfather of Gawin Orr through his daughter Jane (1755-1849; Jones no. 457) who married her first cousin, another Gawin Orr (1756-1830; Jones no. 466). For all of these people, see Ray A. Jones, Ulster pedigrees (1977).

OCLC:

27234798