Miscellaneous ...? 17th May 1893 (circa 1796 = BUC) BUC refers to the British Union-Catalogue of Early Music; this note was likely added by a librarian or collector in the 19th century.

A

General Collection

of the

ANCIENT IRISH MUSIC,

Containing a variety of

Admired Airs

never before published, and also

The Compositions of

CONOLAN and CAROLAN;

Thomas Connellan (c. 1640–1698) and Turlough O'Carolan (1670–1738) were the most celebrated Irish harper-composers of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Collected from the harpers, etc., in the different

provinces of

IRELAND,

and adapted for the

Piano,

original: "Piano-Forte." At this time, Bunting was arranging these ancient harp melodies for the modern keyboard to make them accessible to a wider middle-class audience.

with an introductory preface

By

EDWARD BUNTING.

Volume 1.

Price 10 shillings, 6 pence

Neele, engraver original: "sc." is an abbreviation for the Latin sculpsit, meaning "he engraved this." Samuel John Neele was a well-known London engraver.

This indicates the work was officially registered for copyright protection in London.

London, Printed and sold by Preston and Son,

at their Wholesale Warehouses, 97 Strand.

E. Bunting Handwritten signature of the author, Edward Bunting.

Edward Bunting John Fuller?