The Speeches of The Right Honorable John Philpot Curran Edited with Memoir and Historical Notices by Thomas David (RB349)

Published 1861: Second Edition / Hardcover / Very Good Condition

Original quarter leather over brown marbled boards with gilt ribbed titles on the spine. 471 very clean and bright pages, previous owners signature on the endpaper, first and last free pages missing, decorated enpapers intact. Covers slightly rubbed with time and leather part peeling on parts consistent with age but they remain firm and intact. Overall a well preserved scarce publication. (RB349)

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John Philpot Curran (1750-1817) was an Irish orator, politician and wit, born in Newmarket, County Cork. A liberal Protestant whose politics were similar to Henry Grattan, he employed all his eloquence to oppose the illiberal policy of the Government, and also the Union with Britain.

He defended several of the United Irishmen in prominent high treason cases in the 1790s. Among them were the Reverend. William Jackson, Archibald Hamilton Rowan, Wolfe Tone, Napper Tandy, The Sheares Brothers, Lord Edward Fitzgerald, William Orr and William Drennan. {Google Books]