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JOURNAL OF A TOUR IN IRELAND &c. &c. PERFORMED IN AUGUST 1804 WITH REMARKS ON THE CHARACTER, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS, OF THE INHABITANTS
by Anonymous
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very fine plus
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Richard Phillips, 1806. First Edition. Hardcover. Very fine plus. Octavo, 5.2 x 8.4 in., pp. 32 + 2(Index), Printed by Barnard and Seltzer, Water Lane, Fleet Street. Illustrated wth engraving of Grant's Causeway and map of The Lakes of Killarney. Rebound in smooth black three-quarter calf with marble boards. Gilt title to spine. New endpapers. Text is unmarked. Very light, occasional foxing. Author is unnamed. The tone of the tome is of a sophisticated, worldly British gentleman visiting the Irish countryside and its poor, ignorant Irish population. The author offers a rather scathing vision of Ireland in the early 19th century.
From p.5: "It would be difficult to convey an idea of the vice, filth, and wretchedness, in which the lower orders dwell, and seem to delight, everywhere in the village."
From p. 9: "While we sat at dinner, a miserable object came to the window begging. She was a prostitute who had once been handsome, for there was still much beauty in her pale and emaciated countenance...."
From p.5: "It would be difficult to convey an idea of the vice, filth, and wretchedness, in which the lower orders dwell, and seem to delight, everywhere in the village."
From p. 9: "While we sat at dinner, a miserable object came to the window begging. She was a prostitute who had once been handsome, for there was still much beauty in her pale and emaciated countenance...."
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85465
- Title
- JOURNAL OF A TOUR IN IRELAND &c. &c. PERFORMED IN AUGUST 1804 WITH REMARKS ON THE CHARACTER, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS, OF THE INHABITANTS
- Author
- Anonymous
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very fine plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Richard Phillips
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1806
- Keywords
- Irish travel, Irish history
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