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NARRATIVE OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONTESTED ELECTION FOR THE COUNTY OF DOWN IN THE YEAR 1830; WITH THE SQUIBS, PLACARDS, SONGS, &c. &c. ALSO WITH THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE DOWN ELECTOR, AND NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE SAME (WITH FOLDOUT POLITICAL CARTOONS)
by An Eye-Witness
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Belfast, Ireland: Henry Lanktree, 1830. Leather-bound. Near Fine. Rebound brown half-leather with gilt tooling, raised bands on spine with gilt tooling/lettering. RARE with all five plates (5 plus frontis), including large folding plate "Denvir's Hotel" Downpatrick. A few stray blue pencil placeholding marks. Previous owner's name (John Henry Blaney) and address
(1135 Ellis Street, San Francisco) to first, and final blanks. "A satire on the corpulent Mathew Forde (1785-1837) of Seaforde, Co. Down, see No. 16227. He was Col. of the North Downshire Militia. The allusion in the quotation from Richard III is to his second marriage (1829) to Lady Harriet Savage, a widow. Burke, Diet, of the Landed Gentry, 1847."
(1135 Ellis Street, San Francisco) to first, and final blanks. "A satire on the corpulent Mathew Forde (1785-1837) of Seaforde, Co. Down, see No. 16227. He was Col. of the North Downshire Militia. The allusion in the quotation from Richard III is to his second marriage (1829) to Lady Harriet Savage, a widow. Burke, Diet, of the Landed Gentry, 1847."
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- Aardvark Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85268
- Title
- NARRATIVE OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONTESTED ELECTION FOR THE COUNTY OF DOWN IN THE YEAR 1830; WITH THE SQUIBS, PLACARDS, SONGS, &c. &c. ALSO WITH THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE DOWN ELECTOR, AND NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE SAME (WITH FOLDOUT POLITICAL CARTOONS)
- Author
- An Eye-Witness
- Format/Binding
- Leather-bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Lanktree
- Place of Publication
- Belfast, Ireland
- Date Published
- 1830
- Keywords
- Political Cartoons Satire, 19th century caricature, political satire, 19th century Irish political satire. Corrupt Irish County Politics
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