Essay on Irish Bulls

London: J. Johnson, 1802. First. Very Good. A very good copy in 3/4 leather on marbled boards Leather shows light cracking and shelf wear, but no effect on the tight sound binding Light pencil name of previous owner at top of title page and pencil notation on rear ep Very slight foxing on a few pages at front and back, but no other marks or damage at all
Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744 â€" 1817) was an Anglo-Irish politician, writer and inventor, and a member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham Fourteen individuals have been identified as having verifiably attended Lunar Society meetings regularly over a long period during its most productive time: these are Matthew Boulton, Erasmus Darwin, Thomas Day, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Samuel Galton, Jr, James Keir, Joseph Priestley, William Small, Jonathan Stokes, James Watt, Josiah Wedgwood, John Whitehurst and William Withering
Maria Edgeworth (1768 â€"1849) was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe She held views on estate management, politics and education, and corresponded with some of the leading literary and economic writers, including Sir Walter Scott and David Ricardo
"An Essay on Irish Bulls" was intended to show the English public the talent and wit of the Irish lower classes Originally devised by Maria's father, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Irish Bulls is an informal philosophic dialogue on the nature of Bulls (logical absurdities) and jokes and jests in general Published at the time of the Union, the overarching theme is the confusions of identity and the relationship of Irish people to the English
316 pp.