Marcus Ward & Co. binding.- Cowan ( Sir Edward Porter, whiskey distiller, Mayor of Belfast, c. 1840-90) Souvenir of the Presentation of a Silver Cradle to Sir Edward Porter Cowan, and Lady Cowan, by the Members of the Belfast Town Council and the Town Clerk, on the Birth of a Son, during Sir Edward's second year of Office as Mayor of Belfast, illuminated manuscript title and 5pp. of signatures, inscribed on verso of title: "Illuminated by Marcus Ward & Co, London, Belfast, New York", some foxing on verso of several ff., silk endpapers, bound in full blue morocco with gilt recessed oval with initial C and the Cowan coat of arms, very small rubbed area on edge of lower cover, g.e., otherwise in very good condition, by Marcus Ward & Co., 4to, 1882.