The Tale of the Cauldron - Sgeulachd a'choire
Title: Ancient Legends of the Scottish Gael - The Tale of the Cauldron - Sgeulachd a'choire
Author: Arranged by J. G. McKay, Paintings by Gordon Browne
Publisher: Malcolm C. Macleod, Dundee
Date: 1927
Hardback - 1st Edition. 64pp. Illustrated with 26 colour plates of paintings by Gordon Browne
Synopsis
Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness - Volume XXXII for the period 1924-1925 and published in 1929 describes this bilingual Gaelic-English folk retelling of "The Tale of the Cauldron," edited with English translation by Mr J. G. Mackay, as "a fascinating book, admirably illustrated by Mr Gordon Browne, R.I., with sixteen beautiful coloured pictures. It forms an excellent textbook for beginners in Gaelic, and the price is only 2/6."
About the Artist:
Gordon Frederick Browne RI RBA (1858 – 1932) was an English artist who was a prolific Children's book illustrator :
R. M. Ballantyne (1825–1894)
Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1859–1914)
Andrew Lang (1844–1912)
Condition Notes
The book is in fair condition with some scuffing and loss of colour on the cover boards. There is looseness in the overall binding however it remains intact and all pages present and clean and bright.
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