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CARR, John.
The Stranger in Ireland; or, a Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of that Country, in the Year 1805. By John Carr, Esq. of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. Author of a Northern Summer, or Travels round the Baltic; the Stranger in France
A lawyer by training, Sir John Carr began to travel for health reasons. He was one of the earlier writers of travel literature and produced a number of accounts of his journeys in various European countries. Soon after Stranger in Ireland was published, Carr was knighted by the Duke of Bedford, the Viceroy of Ireland. A fine copy of this Irish hand-coloured plate book,
- Published
- London, Richard Phillips, 1806.
- References
- Abbey Scenery 455 (& 454); IPEX 80:94; DNB III: 1079-80; Graesse 2:54; Brunet I:559 (later ed); Bobins vol III, 841; Prideaux p 330.
- Plates
- 17
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London, Richard Phillips, 1806.
- Ref
- 1070
FIRST EDITION. Contemporary gilt-lined ½ calf with marble boards, flat spine in six compartments of gilt bands and central gilt orb motif, black morocco label on the second compartment, edges pf speckled red, marbled endpapers. Complete with 17 finely hand-coloured plates, including 16 aquatints and one map of the Killarney lakes. 5 plates are folding. 4to. The outer margin of the Bay of Dublin folding plate was trimmed too closely (by the binder?). It lacks the final leaf of advertisements; otherwise, a fine copy. Text and plates are generally clean and crisp. P. (4), blank, frontispiece, title, blank, dedication, blank, preface (2), contents vii-xiv, directions for plates, blank, 1-530, (4). According to Abbey, "this book was highly popular, and in fact, it was satirized in My Pocket Book or Hints for a Ryghte Merrie and Conceited Tour. It resulted in an action for libel, with judgment for the defendant. The author of the satire was Edward Dubois, father of Tom Hood”. Soon after Stranger in Ireland was published, Carr was knighted by the Duke of Bedford, the Viceroy of Ireland. Coloured examples of this work are rare. Coloured plates in order: 1. Dublin (folding plate). 2. Bay of Dublin (folding plate). 3. The Scalp. 4. Mrs. Grattan's Cottage. 5. Glenmore Castle, the Seat of Francis Synge, Esqr. 6. Glendalogh, or the Severn Churches. 7. Limerick. 8. Adair. 9. Lakes of Killarney (map). 10. Glenaa. 11. Old Wier Bridge. 12. Upper Lake of Killarney (folding plate). 13. Cork, from the Mardyke Walk (folding plate). 14. Ormond Castle. 15. Entrance of the Dargle from St. Valori, the Seat of J.C. Walker Esqr (folding plate). 16. Powerscourt, the Seat of Lord Viscount Powerscourt and Tinnahinch, the Seat of Henry Gratton Esqr (folding plate). 17. The Custom House.
