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Castle Rackrent : an Hibernian tale : taken from facts, and from the manners of the Irish squires, before the year 1782.

Accession number
PML 130306
Creator
Edgeworth, Maria, 1767-1849.
Published
Dublin : Printed for P. Wogan, H. Colbert, P. Byrne, W. Porter, J. Halpen, J. Rice, H. Fitzpatrick, G. Folinsby, J. Stockdale, R.E. Mercier and Co., 1800.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Anonymous. By Maria Edgeworth.
First Dublin edition, which "appears to be printed from the English edition [also 1800], but with many minor orthographical changes" (see Slade).
John Stockdale's bookshop was located in London.
Glossary: p. [xv]-xliv.
Signatures: a-b¹², C-I¹², K⁶; misnumbering in 1st signature.
Description
[2], xliv, 182 p. ; 18 cm.
Provenance
Formerly owned by abraded name on flyleaf, followed by "from his cousin William O. Comstock, New York, N.Y., Oct. 20, 1893"; Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Contemporary black morocco, gold- and blind-tooled spine, marbled boards.
Classification
Department