Anthologia Hibernica: or Monthly Collections of Science, Belles-Lettres, and History. Illustrated with Beautiful Engravings (Vol. IV. July - December, MDCCXCIV). Dublin: Printed for Richard Edward Mercier, & C., [1794]. First Edition. [9082]
Full calf, front joint cracked, crazing to spine, 9 x 5 1/2 inches, text block tight. Fine copperplate frontis engraving, offsetting to title page. Ink library stamp on verso of tp. & on several text pp,.). xii., 479, (iv. Index). The pages are remarkably clean and bright. List of engravings below. Good. Hardcover.
Contains the following b/w engravings: Ballyfin; The Pilier (road construction machine); Colours (b/w plate showing physics of colors); Foster Powell, The Celebrated Pedestrian; Ancient Remains of the Church at Kellet's or Kelly Town; The Bowen's Monument; Stradbally; Castle of Kilkea; Properties of Magnetism and Electricity; Francis Grose, Esq., F.A.S.; Timahoe; A Map of the present State of War in Poland (folding).
This rare periodical was only in print for two years, 1793-1794.