Prince of Dublin Printers : The Letters of George Faulkner /

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Here for the first time are gathered together the extant letters of George Faulkner, Irish printer in eighteenth-century Dublin. These firsthand accounts give an unprecedented view of Anglo-Irish social and political events, as well as a view of an Anglo-Irish printer-publisher at work. Faulkner dis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Faulkner, George, 1703?-1775
Other Authors: Ward, Robert E. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Faulkner, George, > 1703?-1775
Faulkner, George, > 1703?-1775 > Correspondence.
Faulkner, George, > 1703?-1775.
Printing.
Printers.
Manners and customs.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
TRAVEL > Europe > General.
Imprimerie > Irlande > Dublin > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Imprimeurs > Irlande > Correspondance.
Printing > Ireland > Dublin > History > 18th century.
Printers > Ireland > Correspondence.
Ireland > Dublin.
Ireland.
Dublin (Ireland) > Social life and customs > 18th century.
Personal correspondence.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Here for the first time are gathered together the extant letters of George Faulkner, Irish printer in eighteenth-century Dublin. These firsthand accounts give an unprecedented view of Anglo-Irish social and political events, as well as a view of an Anglo-Irish printer-publisher at work. Faulkner discusses a wide range of subjects, including theatrical events, attacks on political enemies (he himself was often the subject of political attack), and London parties with Lord Chesterfield, Tobias Smollet, and Samuel Johnson. In his interesting sketch of the Irish printer, Robert E. Ward has included.
Physical Description:1 online resource (160 pages).
ISBN:9780813165318

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