Letters on the Condition of the People of Ireland

An examination of the economic and agricultural state of Ireland in 1845.

Title: Letters on the Condition of the People of Ireland by Thomas Campbell Foster, Esq.
Publisher: Chapman and Hall, London
Publication Date: 1846
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition Hardcover. 8vo. pp. xxvii, 771. with half-title. folding engraved map. original blind-stamped cloth. Very good First Edition. Green embossed boards and spine with titles on spine in gilt. An examination of the economic and agricultural state of Ireland, based on information gathered during a five-months’ tour undertaken in 1845-46 and first published serially in The Times newspaper. Foster attributes Irish distress and misery to the lack of industry among the people of Ireland rather than on British rule or even the neglect of the Irish landlords. Scarce Collector’s item.

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An examination of the economic and agricultural state of Ireland in 1845.

Title: Letters on the Condition of the People of Ireland by Thomas Campbell Foster, Esq.
Publisher: Chapman and Hall, London
Publication Date: 1846
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition Hardcover. 8vo. pp. xxvii, 771. with half-title. folding engraved map. original blind-stamped cloth. Very good First Edition. Green embossed boards and spine with titles on spine in gilt. An examination of the economic and agricultural state of Ireland, based on information gathered during a five-months’ tour undertaken in 1845-46 and first published serially in The Times newspaper. Foster attributes Irish distress and misery to the lack of industry among the people of Ireland rather than on British rule or even the neglect of the Irish landlords. Scarce Collector’s item.