Time-line of collected editions, lyrics to the Irish Melodies
John Kirkwood, 'As slow our ship'
Dublin: J. Cumming, 1833
1819, Paris
Galignani
1823, Paris
Chasseriau
1825, London
J. Power
1835, Paris
Baudry's
1842, Leipzig
Bernhard Tauchnitz
1845, Dublin
J. Cumming
1850, Dublin.
James Duffy
1856, Leamington
Thomas Knibb
1862, London and Glasgow
Collins
1866, Halifax
Milner & Sowerby
1867, London and Halifax.
Simkin Marshall & Co.; Milner and Sowerby
1875, London
Longmans
1879/80, London
London Printing and Publishing
Between 1819 and 1880, the lyrics to Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies were published in at least eighty-six editions, in no fewer than eleven European towns or cities, in eight European languages (English, French, Latin, Irish, German, Swedish, and Italian; the Spanish translation was produced in America). The OMEKA collection, Moore's Irish Melodies: Texts and Illustrations, can be searched by individual year in order to explore this history, as the vast majority of these publications are represented within. Searching by city of publication is also possible.
Below is a chronological overview in summary form, indicating the city, year and publisher (but no titles) of all known collected editions of the lyrics to Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies, as collated with the records in COPAC and World CAT. Where a publication is not found in the OMEKA collection, Moore's Irish Melodies: Texts and Illustrations, its details are given in italics.
1819. Paris: Galignani
1820. Dublin: William Power; Paris, Galignani
1821. London: J Power, Longman & co.; Dublin: W Power; Paris: Baudry
1822. London: J Power, Longman & co. (2 edition); Brussels: E. Paul; Pisa: E Perchino
1823. London: J Power, Longman & co.; Paris:Galignani; Paris: Chasseriau; Pisa: E Perchino
1824. London: J Power, Longman & co.; London: W Dugdale
1825. London: J Power, Longman & co. (2 editions); London: sold by booksellers; Dublin: W Power & W. Curry jun.
1826. London: W Dugdale
1827. London:James Power, Longman & co.; Paris: Galignani;
1828. Jersey: Collins & Payn (2 editions)
1829. London: J Power, Longman & co.; Paris:Galignani
1830. Brussels: E Paul
1831. No editions known
1832. London: J Power, Longman & co. (2 editions)
1833. Dublin: John Cumming (2 editions)
1834. London: J Power, Longman & co. ( editions)
1835. London: J Power; London: Glynn; Paris: Baudry's
1836. No editions known
1837. No editions known
1838. London:Longman & co.
1839. London: Longman & co.
1840. London: Longman and co.
1841. Paris: Baudry's; Berlin: Stralsund
1842. Dublin: J. Cumming; Paris: Galignani; Leipzig: B. Tauchnitz
1843. London: Longmans and co.; Leipzig: B. Tauchnitz
1844. Paris: Baudry's
1845. Dublin: J. Cumming
1846. London: Longmans and co. (2 editions); Dublin: Cumming and Ferguson
1847. Paris: Baudry's
1848. London: Longmans
1849. London: Longmans
1850. London: Longmans; Dublin: J. Duffy
1851. London: Longmans
1852. London: Longmans
1853. London: Longmans
1854. London: Longmans.
1855. No editions known.
1856. London: Longmans; Leamington: T. Knibb
1857. Dublin: J. Cornish
1858. London: Longmans; Leamington: T. Knibb; Upsala: no publisher (?)
1859. London: Longmans; London: Davidson; Dublin: J. Duffy; Halifax: Milner & Sowerby (2 editions)
1860. London: no publisher
1861. No editions known
1862. London & Glasgow: W. Collins
1863. No editions known.
1864. No editions known.
1865. London: Longmans; Halifax: Milner & Sowerby
1866. London: G. Routledge; Halifax: Milner & Sowerby
1867. London: Longmans; London: W. Mackenzie; London: Simpkin Marshall etc.
1868. Dublin: J. Duffy
1869. Paris: E. Maillet
1870. No editions known.
1871. Dublin: J. Duffy
1872. No editions known.
1873. London: Longmans
1874. London: Routledge; Leipzig: P. Reclam Junior
1875. London: Longmans; Hamburg: Hoffman & Campe
1876. London: Longmans
1877. No editions known.
1878. No editions known.
1879. London: Longmans; Dublin: no publisher (?)
1880. Pisa: no publisher (?)