Item 38 - The antiquities of Ireland

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IE CA KK/10/38

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The antiquities of Ireland

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  • 1791-1797 (Accumulation)

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2 volumes. iv, vi, xlii, [8], 88; vi, xvi, 98 pp. 266 engraved plates and plans including 2 engraved title pages; 28 cm x 19 cm

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Date: 1791-1797
Author: Francis Grose (c.1731-1791)
Publisher: London, Vol. 1: Printed for S. Hooper, MDCCXCI; Vol. II, Printed for M. Hooper & Wigstead, MDCCXCVII
Full title: 'The antiquities of Ireland'

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  • English

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Contemporary full brown calf cover with gilt title to spine and marble edges. Some wear to the end of the spine and on the leading edges of the covers.

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Grose’s name does not appear on t.p. of vol. 2, which was edited and for the most part written by Edward Ledwich. The inside cover of both volumes has printed stamp of the armorial arms of Thomas Bewes Esq.

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