English antiquarian and writer (1752–1803)

Joseph Ritson, the antiquarian, stands at his desk writing in a large open book within a room filled with folios and vegetables. Aquatint by J. Sayers, 1803.

An essay on abstinence from animal food, as a moral duty / By Joseph Ritson.

Memoirs of the Celts or Gauls / By Joseph Ritson.

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Joseph Ritson

Works from the collections

An essay on abstinence from animal food, as a moral duty / By Joseph Ritson.

Memoirs of the Celts or Gauls / By Joseph Ritson.