Knox, Alexander. A History of the County of Down. From the most remote Period to the present Day; including an Account of its Early Colonization, Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Military Polity, Geography, Topography, Antiquities and Natural History. Illustrated by Woodcuts, and a coloured Geographical, and Geological Map, Based on the Researches of the Ordnance and Geological Surveys. Facsimile Reprint of the 1875 Edition. Ballynahinch, Co. Down, Davidson Books, 1982. 20 x 13.5 cm. vi, 724 pages. Illustrations in Text. Large folding Map in the back of the book. Original cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. A very nice clean copy.

A limited and numbered (299 of 550) facsimile reprint of the 1875 History of County Down by Dr. Alexander Knox.
This thoroughly researched and detailed work examines the county’s ethnographic, civil, military, legal, ecclesiastical and fiscal history. There are chapters on industrial history (including manufacture, commerce, horticulture, agriculture and workhouses), geography, topography, lineage, biography, land and wages, and natural history. It is illustrated from woodcuts and includes a fold-out coloured ordnance survey map to the rear.

• Keywords: Classical & Old Literature · History · History & Culture · History of Ireland · Ireland · Reference
• Language: English
• Dust Jacket
• Inventory Number: 104206AB

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