Adam's Works on Paper ONILNE Auction Ending August 10th 2020

109 Works on Paper 292 CARR, JOHN The Stranger in Ireland, or,ATour in the Southern andWestern Parts of that Coun- try, in the year 1805 With 16 folding hand-coloured aquatints and en- graved map of the Lakes of Killarney. London, 1806. Quarto. xv, [2], 530, pp. 16 (plates). Full calf. Spine repaired with original letterpiece. All plates hand-coloured.5 Sir John Carr (1772-1832), a native of Devonshire, was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple, but for health reasons found it advisable to travel and pub- lished accounts of his journeys in different Europe- an countries. Carr’s ‘Stranger in Ireland’ is a lively account of his impressions and experiences during his travels throughout the country in the year 1805. He supplemented his own experience with exten- sive reading of the works on this country available at that time. Of particular interest and value are his descriptions and accounts of County Wicklow, Killarney, Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Kilkenny, il- lustrated with sixteen magnificent hand-coloured aquatints. It was a very popular work and 1,500 copies were sold of the first edition, this was fol- lowed by French and American editions. So suc- cessful were his previous works that the publisher, Phillips, paid Carr £600 in anticipation of its suc- cess. He was knighted by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the Duke of Bedford. € 1,600 - 1,800 293 DOYLE, JOHN BORBRIDGE Tours in Ulster:A Hand-Book to The Antiquities and Scenery of the North of Ireland With numerous illustrations,chiefly from the author’s sketch-book. Dublin: Hodges and Smith, Grafton-Street, Booksellers to the University, 1854. First edition. pp. xxiv, 396, 17 (plates). Green blind-stamped cloth, titled in gilt. New endpapers. Lacking the two maps. A very good copy. € 100 - 150