The Antiquities of Ireland

The First Volume. /
by Francis Grose Esqr. F.A.S.
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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791, author.
Contributors: Sparrow, fl. 1773-1795, engraver
Summary:Contents include: Title page; "Description of the Vignette"; "County of Down. Gray Abbey"; "County of Waterford. Reginald's Tower, Waterford".
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: No. 212, High Holborn, London : S. Hooper 1791.
Notes:4 sheets stitched together non-consecutively, of Francis Grose's "Antiquities of Ireland, Vol. I", 1791 (but published in 1794). The stitching together of the pages could suggest that this was a propectus of the book, possibly sent by its editor Edward Ledwich (1737-1823) to either William Burton Conyngham (1733-1796) or Austin Cooper (1759-1830).

Cover illustration engraved by Sparrow (fl. 1772-1795).

Physical description: [8 p.] : ill. ; 28.6 x 19.4 cm.

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