Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c.

3 Volume Set.

First edition set.

Half-leather [green] over Moire silk boards.

Raised bands with gilt panels and contrasting title labels.

Marbled endpapers and triple gilt page edges.

Illustrated throughout with maps, plates and vignettes.

Volume 1. 1841.

xii, 435 pages + full-page and in-text plates/illustrations/maps.

Volume 2. 1842.

viii, 468 pages + full-page and in-text plates/illustrations/maps. 

Volume 3. 1843.

viii, 512 pages + full-page and in-text plates/illustrations /maps.

This was a lavish publication at the time. Highly regarded illustrators

and cartographers were only used and their work was complimented by  

the best engravers to be had.

"The principle aim of the publication was to entice English

readers to visit Ireland and to advance the notion that the

political union of Great Britain and Ireland was beneficial to both sides.

From 1825 on-wards the intrepid Halls undertook five tours of the island

gathering the information they needed. Ireland had often been

cited as the best example of Celtic culture since it remained outside

the sphere of conquest of the Roman Empire. Untouched by the attacks

of Roman conquerors, the island possesses valuable evidence of Celtic

archaeology and traditions". The evidence of this assertion can clearly be seen

throughout the publication.

Shipping weight 5000g. 

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