quarter morocco, blue cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on spine
2012 · Newtown, PA
by Twiss, Richard
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2012. quarter morocco, blue cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on spine. Bird & Bull Press. 8vo. quarter morocco, blue cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on spine. (4), 82 pages. One of 120 copies. Richard Twiss (1747-1821) was an 18th century travel writer of some renown. He went out of his way to stir up controversy as the resulting publicity increased the sale of his books. His second book, A Tour of Ireland in 1775, full of disparaging remarks, sneers and ridicule, earned him universal dislike in the country, but made the book a best-seller. Irish anger was visibly expressed by the production and sale of (truncated)