Author: M. CareyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331040996
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Excerpt from Vindiciae Hibernicae Dissatisfied with the mean appearance of the second edition of this work, in point of paper and printing, and also with the mal-arrangement of the materials, and being, moreover, desirous to leave it to my descendants in a more satisfactory form, I determined, some time since, at the advanced age of seventy-six, though totally blind of one eye, and obliged to be careful of its more fortunate neighbour, to prepare for the press a third improved edition, and to undertake the arduous labour of verifying all the quotations, no less than 1143 in number. My first idea was to publish it myself; but I soon found that this plan would be irksome and vexatious, and unsuitable to my present situation, having retired from business several years since. I therefore made over the copy-right to Mr. R. P. Desilver, engaging to purchase from him one hundred copies at retail price, (that is, to pay him $250 for the hundred copies on delivery, ) and guarantee him from loss by an edition of 500 copies. On these terms alone would he undertake the work. Measuring the zeal and national feeling of others by my own, I had no hesitation in agreeing to this arrangement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
