Journal of A Tour in Ireland, A.D. 1806. HOARE Sir Richard Colt 1758-1838 Publisher: W. Miller and J. Archer, and M. Mahon Publish Year: 1807 Publish Place: London: Albemarle Street;, and Dublin. Illustrator: HOARE Sir Richard Colt. NEWTON WP. Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 006534 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: 1st Edition Inscription: Unknown £450 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information In speckled boards, tips repaired. New spine, to style, gilt tooling, gilt titles to red morocco label. Internally, half title, frontis, [4], [1], (ii-cix), [1], [2], [1], 2-336 pp, 1 pl, ink ownership name to fpd, efp chipped along base, occasional spot, text block edges reddened. (8vo, 127*211 mm). (Lowndes 1076). Hoare, landowner and antiquary, whose ambition, was to be an author, not just a collector of books. In this he had the invaluable assistance of William Cunnington of Heytesbury, a tradesman turned antiquary, who was excavating the prehistoric barrows in his neighbourhood. He was the moving spirit behind the team that produced the first volume (in three parts) of The Ancient History of South Wiltshire in 1812. ODNB.
