The Hibernian patriot : being a collection of the Drapier's letters to the people of Ireland, concerning Mr. Wood's brass half-pence ; together with considerations on the attempts made to pass that coin ; and reasons for the people of Ireland's refusing it ; to which are added, poems and songs relating to the same subject.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Printed at Dublin ; London :
reprinted and sold by A. Moor in St. Paul's Church-yard, and the booksellers of London and Westminster,
MDCCXXX. [1730]
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| Online Access: | Connect online to the Making of the Modern World (The Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature) |
| Item Description: | All the letters except the first are signed: M.B. The first five "Drapier's letters" were first published in separate form in 1724, and the first collected edition appeared in 1725 under title: Fraud detected, or, The Hibernian patriot. Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 750 copies printed. Head- and tail-pieces; initials. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. The Cushing Library/Rare Books/ Morrison Collection copy has the word "patriot" torn from title page; the word is written in pencil on the following leaf. |
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| Physical Description: | [8], 264 pages ; 21 cm |