Identifier: hiberniacuriosa00bush (find matches)
Title: Hibernia curiosa. A letter from a gentleman in Dublin, to his friend at Dover in Kent. Giving a general view of the manners, customs, dispositions, &c. of the inhabitants of Ireland. With occasional observations on the state of trade and agriculture in that kingdom ... Collected in a tour through the kingdom in the year 1764 ..
Year: 1769 (1760s)
Authors: Bush, John, fl. 1764
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Publisher: London : Printed for W. Flexney
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