Louthiana: or, an introduction to the antiquities of Ireland. : In upwards of ninety views and plans: ... Divided into three books. / Taken upon the spot by Thomas Wright, ... Engrav’d by Paul Fourdrinier.
Thomas Wright (1711 - 1786)
Category
Books
Date
1748
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3078816
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12]; 16; 8; 20 p., plates : ill., maps ; 4to. Imperfect: wanting pp. 9-16 of book 1. List of subscribers includes: Honourable Philip Yorke [and] Honourable Charles Yorke. Provenance: armorial bookplate (after 1754): Philip, Earl of Hardwicke. [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754. Also used in books acquired by his successors]. Binding: eighteenth-century quarter calf (twentieth-century reback with olive-brown spine label) and marbled paper over boards, red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Thomas Wright (1711 - 1786), author Paul Fourdrinier (1698-1758), engraver (printmaker) Thomas Wright (1711 - 1786), artist