Square quarto album of Irish origin (10" x 11") in original straight-grain morocco with tooled designs in blind and (faded) gilt to boards. Rule in gilt to spine. All edges gilt. A tipped-in newspaper cutting dated 1949 says that it is from the library of the Duke of Leinster at Carlton Estate Maynooth near Dublin. The watercolour of Carlton and Carlton Cottage is missing. Still, there are 25 costume watercolours of European costumes mostly initialed by Hannah Colman - including one presumed to be an Irish peasant- included are some prints and drawings. A charming album but with seven watercolours affected by a damp stain. Watercolours of costumes of Italy Spain Ireland (1) France Switzerland etc. Coloured plates in order: 1. [no caption] Sepia (water) coloured washerwoman. 2. Female flower seller. 3. A Spanish Lady with her Attendant going to Mass. 4. Peasant Boy of Nisa. 5. Servant Girls of Salamanca. 6. Peasant of the Corregimiento of Salamanca. 7. Peasants of the Corregimiento of Joro. 8. Danse du Boleri. 9. Pisserari playing before a Madonna. 10. Norman of Frescati. 11. A Tyrolian Hunter. 12. A Servant Maid of an Inn at Innsbruck. 13. A Man and Woman of Nisamo (?) in the Country of Cattari. 14. A Serithian. 15. Paysanne de Sagram (?) 16. Paysanne de l'Ukraine en habit de fete. 17. Berger de l'isle de Majorg [a]. 18. Urg. 19. Tessin. 20. La Marchande de Tisenne (?) a Paris. 21. Costume de Dame a la ville Pugne de Louis XII, 1512. 22. [no caption] Sepia coloured watercolour of merchants and Camels in a Desert. 23. Michel juvenal des Ursins, Frere du Chancelier (1470). 24. Convento di San Michele. Veduta da l'Albergo di San Ambrogio. 25. [no caption] Three putti. 26. [no caption] Montage of travel scenes. 27. [no caption] Rustic setting. 28. [loose plate inserted, not part of the original album] Scene of a neo-classical building on a lake, captioned in German. 29. [loose plate inserted, not part of the original album] German (?) Scene with buildings and mountains. 30. [loose postcard inserted, not part of the original album] Carlton House, Maynooth, Ireland.