Prince of Dublin Printers : The Letters of George Faulkner / [by] Robert E. Ward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Faulkner, George, 1703?-1775.

Contributor:

Ward, Robert E., ed.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Printing--Ireland--Dublin--History--18th century.

Printing.

Printers--Ireland--Correspondence.

Printers.

Dublin (Ireland)--Social life and customs--18th century.

Dublin (Ireland).

Faulkner, George, 1703?-1775--Correspondence.

Faulkner, George.

Faulkner, George, 1703?-1775.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1972.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; A Sketch of George Faulkner; The Letters of George Faulkner; Eulogy for George Faulkner; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; J; K; L; M; O; P; R; S; T

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliography: p. 137-140.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813165318

0813165318

OCLC:

707442927