1772, DUBLIN. Select Essays from the Batchelor; or, Speculations of Jeoffrey Wagstaffe, Esq

First Edition, Rare, 1772, Dublin

Select Essays from the Batchelor; Or, Speculations of Jeoffry Wagstaffe, Esq.

by Wagstaffe, Jeoffry Esq. (Pseudonym for Robert Jephson)

Dublin, James Hoey, 1772.

"The Batchelor" was a weekly Dublin newspaper; contributing writers said to include also John Courtenay and the Rev. Mr. Boroughs

Many of the essays relate to Lord Townshend's administration in Ireland 1767-1772

Smooth original brown calf hard cover binding; spine lacking, both boards present but front board detached, rear barely attached.

359 pages, clean, beautifully printed on laid rag paper including

fold-out steel engraving of two gentlemen in dispute (in very good condition, detached, frameable if desired)

6-1/5 x 4" duodecimo size.
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