Live auction - Lot 1098

[British Isles - Ireland]

WRIGHT, George Newenham

Ireland illustrated, from original drawings, by G. Petrie, R.H.A., W.H. Bartlett, & T.M. Baynes.

London, H. Fisher, Son, and Jackson, 1833

€ 100 / 150

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Lot description

4to; front., engr. title and 39 pl. (some sl. spotting).

Late 19th-c. three-quarter red morocco, marbled paper boards, gilt orn. spine with raised bands (partly rubbed).

Illustrated with an engr. title and 40 steel-engravings, each showing 2 views of Ireland: Dublin (from diff. points of view, the Post Office, King's Bridge, Trinity College, etc.), Poul-a-Phuca waterfall, castle of Kilkenny, Inchmore castle, Curraghmore, Waterford, upper lake of Killarney, Giant's Causeway, Custom House in Limerick, Grand Parade in Cork, Blarney castle, High Street in Belfast, etc. With descriptions by Wright (ca. 1794–1877), Irish writer and Anglican clergyman. The first edition was published in 1831.

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Lot 1098

Ireland illustrated, from original drawings, by G. Petrie, R.H.A., W.H. Bartlett, & T.M. Baynes.

WRIGHT, George Newenham

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