Mcdowell r b introduction (1 Ergebnisse)

Facsimile ed. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), foldout chart, page edges foxed, jacket 90% complete (edge pieces missing bottom edge, edgewear, creased), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. 475 pp. The memoir of Archibald Hamilton Rowan, an Anglo-Irishman who was a staunch defender of Ireland - and who participated in the 1798 rebellion. Originally published in 1840: this facsimile edition, is copyright 1972. It was written in exile in the young United States republic, and was posthumously edited by William Drummond. It is a lively, personal narrative, revealing the serious but frivolous life of a political Irishman of property in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Introduction by R. B. McDowell.…