Wright, G.N.

Ireland Illustrated, in a Series of Views of Cities, Towns, Public Buildings, Docks, Churches, Antiquities, Abbeys, Towers, Castles, Seats of the Nobility, &c. &c. Engraved on Steel, under the direction of E. Goodall. From original drawings by G. Petrie, W.H.Bartlett & T.M.Baynes. With Historical & Topographical Descriptions by G.N.Wright, Professor of Antiquities to the Royal Hibernian Academy.

First Edition / Complete with all plates ! London, H.Fisher, Son and Jackson, 1831. Large Quarto. Engraved title, 80 pages of text with explanations, 40 full-page-plates with 80 original engravings of Ireland and its Waterways, Canals, Monuments, Architecture, Landscape and Lakes, Mountains, Parks and Countryside etc. Hardcover / Original cloth with original spinelabel. In collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The charming plates all in excellent condition. Only very little browning to the paper. A wonderful and very rare publication with illustrations that are not only detailed but extremely charming and full of detail.

Wright, Rev. G.N.

A Guide to the County of Wicklow. Illustrated by Engravings, after the Designs of George Petrie, Esq. and a Large Map of the County [the large map is missing].

Original, true first edition from 1822. London, Printed for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1822. Small Octavo. Frontispiece, XII, [1],159, [7] pages. With 4 [of 5] illustrations, including Frontispiece. Original Hardcover of the early 19th century. Binding in poor condition. Illustrations slightly stained only. First layer of the bookblock slightly detached. Even though the large folding map and one of the iillustrations is missing , a rare and important, early tourguide through Wicklow with romantic descriptions of Bray, Glendalough,Luggelaw etc.

Wright, Thomas / Warren, H.

The History of Ireland: From the Earliest Period of the Irish Annals to the Present Time. Illustrated with 43 [fortythree] Beautiful Steel Engravings from Original Drawings, executed expressly for this Work by H. Warren.

First Edition. 3 Volumes [complete set]. London / New York, The London Printing and Publishing Company, no year [c.1850]. Quarto (20.5 cm x 28 cm). Pagination: Volume I: Frontispiece and engraved titlepage, XIV, 728 pages / Volume II: Portrait-Fronticpiece of James Butler (Second Duke of Ormond), IV, [2], 663 pages / Volume III: Portrait-Frontispiece of a young Queen Victoria plus engraved titlepage showing the visit of George IV to Ireland in 1821, [4], 592 pages. Original Hardcover / Contemporary half-leather with gilt lttering and ornament to spine. Volume I professionally rebacked and all three Volumes now firm and strong. Very good condition of this important mid-19th-century-publication, documenting the very essence of intertwining politics and History of Ireland and Victorian Britain. The work is difficult top find in excellent condition. Interior excellent besides a few very minor dogears to some pages. From the library of B.Burrowes, Belfast, with the armorial bookplate / Exlibris including the Motto: “Audaces Fortuna Juvat”.