The Hovels of Ireland (Classic Reprint)
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Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Parnell, Fanny) |
Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from The Hovels of Ireland The most Complete, Instructive, Beautiful, Attractive and Illustrated Work ever Published on Ireland, Picturesque Ireland. Picturesque Ireland A Literary and Artistic Delineation of the Natural Scenery, Remarkable Places, Historical Antiquities, Public Buildings, Ancient Abbeys, Ruins, Towers, Castles, and other Romantic and Attractive Features of Ireland. Edited By John Savage, LL. D. This splendid work will present the most complete, varied, beautiful and extensive collection of Illustrations of Scenes and Sights in the Emerald Isle, which has ever been brought together and presented to the Public. Picturesque Ireland Is designed to embrace striking features of preceding works-reproductions of the pictures and drawings of the eminent Artists who have for the last fifty years given such a notable impetus to the study of Irish scenery. All the characteristic features, natural and architectural, of all sections of the country, North and South, East and West-the public streets and buildings of the chief cities, the beautiful rivers and enchanting lakes, magnificent coast lines, historical castles, old abbeys and ruins, wild mountains, picturesque valleys, glens and waterfalls-from the Giant´s Causeway, and the solemn grandeur of the Coasts of Antrim and Donegal in the North, to the poetical Lakes of Killarney, and the romantic mountain gaps and river scenery of Tipperary, Waterford, Cork, and Kerry in the South; from the exquisite glens and cataracts on the Liffey in Dublin and Wicklow in the East, to the expanding magnificence of the Shannon, and the wilds of Connemara in the West-will be reproduced in an attractive form, and at a price which will be within the means of every intelligent family. The Engravings, of which there will be over One Thousand, will consist of steel and wood. The Work, when completed, will be such as has never before appeared in this country, as no expense will be spared in paper or press-work, to impart to every impression the full artistic beauty and finish of the engravings. It will be issued in 25 parts at Fifty Cents each.Each part will have one fine Steel Plate Engraving, and one colored County Map of Ireland. Subscriptions only 50 cents monthly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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