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The Stranger in Ireland; or, a Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of that Country, in the Year 1805. By John Carr, Esq. of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. Author of a Northern Summer, or Travels round the Baltic; the Stranger in France, &c. &c.

The Stranger in Ireland; or, a Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of that Country, in the Year 1805. By John Carr, Esq. of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. Author of a Northern Summer, or Travels round the Baltic; the Stranger in France, &c. &c.

The Stranger in Ireland; or, a Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of that
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The Stranger in Ireland; or, a Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of that Country, in the Year 1805. By John Carr, Esq. of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. Author of a Northern Summer, or Travels round the Baltic; the Stranger in France, &c. &c.

by John Carr

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A fine copy of this Irish hand-coloured plate book, text and plates are generally clean and crisp.
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London: Richard Phillips, c. 1806. A fine copy of this Irish hand-coloured plate book, text and plates are generally clean and crisp.. Edition: First Edition., Binding: Contemporary full calf boards, rebacked expertly, spine in six compartments of raised gilt-lined bands, gilt red morocco label on two. , Notes: According to Abbey, this book was highly popular, and in fact, it “was satirized in My Pocket Book, or Hints for a Ryghte Merrie and Conceited Tour. It resulted in an action for libel, with judgement for the defendant. The author of the satire was Edward Dubois, father of Tom Hood” (Abbey). Soon after Stranger in Ireland was published, Carr was knighted by the Duke of Bedford, the Viceroy of Ireland., Size: 4to. , Illustration: Complete with 17 finely hand-coloured plates, including 16 aquatints and 1 map of the Killarney lakes. 5 plates are folding., References: Abbey Scenery 455 (& 454); IPEX 80:94; DNB III:1079-80; Graesse 2:54; Brunet I:559 (later edition)., Pages: P. blank, frontispiece, title, blank, dedication, blank, preface (2), contents vii-xiv, directions for plates, blank, 1-530, advertisements (2)., Category: Book Voyages General; Book Europe Ireland; Book Plate Books Colour;

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