Observations on Mr. Archer’s Statistical Survey of the Country of Dublin. Dublin: Grainsbuty & Campbell, 1802. First Edition. Pp xxi, 182; Appendix. Extracts from Doctor Rutty’s Essay Towards a Natural History of the County of Dublin, Printed in the year 1772. Pp125. Rebound in quarter leather, marbled boards. Spine with raised bands, compartments ruled in gilt, title label to second. A very good copy.

Illustrated with a folded Map of Dublin (1610), Modern Plan of the City & Environs of Dublin by W. Wilson, folded Map of Ireland showing inland navigation (1795) & five plates of livestock at rear.

‘Statistical Survey Of The County Dublin’ by Joseph Archer was published in 1801 and produced for the Dublin Society (later the Royal Dublin Society). It is a survey of the economic and social conditions in Dublin city and County at the turn of the 19th century.

‘Observations On Mr. Archer’s Statistical Survey Of The County Dublin’ by Hely Dutton was published the following year was critical of Archer’s original survey.