IRELAND ILLUSTRATED FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY G. PETRIE, ESQ. AND OTHERS. WITH HISTORICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS

Published by Fisher, Son, & Co, London, England, 1831

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Quarto, 10.75 in. x 8.5 in., pp. 80, plus forty leaves for engravings. Illustrated with engraved title page and 80 additional engravings, two per each of forty pages. Full olive-toned calf with decorative gilt and blind-stamped frames with gilt clover embelishments to front and back. Gilt edges and dentelles. Light rubbing to edges. A few faded small stains to covers. Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's name, dated 1841, in pencil to front flyleaf. Sticker scars to top corner of front flyleaf and frontis' tissue guard. Light age-toning and occasional very light spotting. Handsome binding with tight spine and hinges. George Newenham Wright (1794?-1877), clergyman, schoolmaster, topographical writer and biographer, was born in London . At 16 he entered TCD, becoming a scholar (1812) and graduating BA (1814) and MA (1817). He was ordained deacon and priest in the Church of Ireland (1818), but seems not to have held ecclesiastical office. Wright is remembered for his topographical writings. His "An historical guide to ancient and modern Dublin" (1821), replete with information on schools, churches, hospitals and other public buildings, was followed by "A guide to the lakes of Killarney" (1822), [and other titles]. After settling in Wales, Wright compiled "Scenes in North Wales with historical illustrations, legends and biographical notices" (1833) as well as reworking earlier books as Ireland illustrated (1831) and Scenes in Ireland (1834). (from Dictionary of Irish Biography).

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Title
IRELAND ILLUSTRATED FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY G. PETRIE, ESQ. AND OTHERS. WITH HISTORICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS
Author
Wright, G. N. (George Newenham)
Publisher
Fisher, Son, & Co, London, England
Publication year
1831
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Leather-bound
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