10 December 2019 - 0315 Rare Books & Literature Sale
#0315
Stillorgan Hotel, Dublin
10 December 2019 - 0315 Rare Books & Literature Sale
#0315
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Lot 260/0315
SOLD Hammer price €750
Co. Tipperary & Limerick: Sale of Incumbered Estates – Descriptive Particulars of Portions of the Estates of the late John Sadlier, situate in the Counties of Tipperary and Limerick and comprising amongst others, The Beautiful Demesne of Kilcommon, Cahir Castle … and several well circumstanced estates, containing in the whole 5,625 Statue Acres .. Sold by Auction on Tuesday the 17th of November, 1857. 8vo D. 1857. Sole Edn., lg. fold. cold. map, fold. plan, 2 fold. tables & 4 litho plts. 36pp. cont. hf. calf. Bookplate of Rt. Hon. Lord Dunboyne. Rare V. good. (1)
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Lot 261/0315
SOLD Hammer price €150
Pamphlets: A bound volume of 18th Century French and other Pamphlets to include:(a) Torelli (G.) Al Nobilissimo Cavaliere Milord Stormont, 8vo 22pps (dual text) Verona 1776;(b) Colardeau (M.) Letters Amoureases D’Heloise et D’Abeilard, 8vo, Paris 1766, frontis, 78pps;(c) [Chevalier – (Alexandre Routtier) Le Retour Du Philosophie, Ou Le Village Abandonne, 8vo, Bruxelles, 1772, 59pps, note on hf. title “Bought in the Louvre Paris, August 28th, 1781.”;(d) (Anon) Suite Des Bagotelles Anoymes, 8vo Geneve 1767, 35pps;(e) Gilbert (M.) Mon Apologie Prececler Du dix Huitieme Siecle, 8vo, Amsterdam 1778, 36pps;(f) Clement (M.) Les Charmes de La Retraite, 8vo, [Paris] 1778, 14pps;some contemporary m/ss notes, bound in one volume. As a collection, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 262/0315
SOLD Hammer price €60
Periodical: The Mechanic’s Magazine, Vols. I & II, Nos. 1 – 56, together 56 Nos., 8vo L. Aug. 30th 1823 – Sept. 18th, 1824. Complete File? illus. thro-out, cont. hf. calf, mor. labels. As a periodical, w.a.f. (2)
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Lot 263/0315
SOLD Hammer price €340
Hand-Painted Binding by Cedric Chivers, BathBinding: The Book of Cupid, Being an Anthology from the English Poets. 8vo L. (Constable) 1909. With 23 illus. by The Lady Hylton, t.e.g., in fine translucent vellum, with heart shaped inset figure of a cupid with bow and arrow, amidst roses and decorated with painted roses on front cover and spine. In a cloth slipcase, signed by binder. (1)
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Lot 264/0315
SOLD Hammer price €150
Croker (Thos. Crofton) The Popular Songs of Ireland, Sm. 8vo L. 1839. Rare First Edn., with all the wd. cut illus., 340pp., B.P. of Frances Mary Richardson Currer, cont. hf. green mor., tooled gilt spine. V. good copy. (1)
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Lot 265/0315
SOLD Hammer price €270
[Stevens (Capt. J.)] Monasticon Hibernicum, Pr, The Monastical History of Ireland. 8vo L. 1722. Title in red & black, lg. fold. Map of Ireland by H. Moll, & 8 plts of the various orders, cont. blind tooled panel calf, later professional reback, gilt decor. V. good. (1)
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Lot 266/0315
SOLD Hammer price €540
Important Scientific AssociationPresentation Copy Tyndall (John) Heat considered as A Mode of Motion, Being a Course of Twelve Lectures Delivered at The Royal Institution of Great Britain in the Season of 1862. 8vo L. 1863. First Edn., hf. title, (sm. pce cut away from lower corner), fold. plt. text illus. & 32pp Catalogue at end, orig. purple cloth, rebacked, orig. spine laid down. V. good. * Signed Presentation inscribed to fellow scientist, ‘John Lubbock with John Tyndall’s affectionate regards.’J. Lubbock’s son and Tyndall’s godson Edgar J. Lubbocks played Football in the first FA Final and won.
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Lot 267/0315
SOLD Hammer price €280
Rohault (J.) Physica, ed by S. Clarke 8vo L. (J. Knapton) 1697. First Edn. thus, 16 fold. plts., advert leaf at end, some m/ss inscriptions & doodling on loose ends & loose paste-down, cont. tooled panel calf, spine with five panels & raised bands. V. good copy. (1)
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Lot 268/0315
Rare Irish Travel Volume [Elstrob (Mark)] A Trip to Kilkenny, From Durham, By Way of Whitehaven and Dublin in the Year MDCCLXXVI… In a Series of Letters to a Friend. 12mo D. 1779. First Dublin Edn., hf. title, 179pp first 8pp dam. at lr. right corner, pencil scribbling at end,s boards loose & dam., in a recent clam case box. Ex. Rare. (1)
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Lot 269/0315
SOLD Hammer price €500
[O’Nolan (Brian)] na gCopaleen (Myles) An Beal Bocht, N¢ An Milleanach Droch-sgeal ar an droch-shaoghal… 8vo D. [1941]. First Edn. First Issue, 111pp decor ends, orig. cold. ptd. stiff wrappers after design by San O’Sullivan; and Cruiskeen Lawn, Extracts from The Irish Times. 8vo D. (Cahill) n.d. c. 1943. First Edn. Thus., 80pp in red & bl. ptd. illus. stiff wrappers. Both v. good copies. (2)
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Lot 270/0315
SOLD Hammer price €200
[Berkerry (George)] Siris, A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, 8vo D. (Margt. Rhames) 1744. First Edn., 261 pp plus errata at end, sm. pce. torn from top corner of title, slightly affecting “S” in Siris, cont. calf, single blind line border, raised bands, mor. label. V. good Rare. (1)
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Lot 271/0315
SOLD Hammer price €220
Repeal Pamphlets: 1. Ensor (George) Anti-Union. Ireland as she Ought to Be, 8vo Newry (Morgan & Dunlop) 1831. 166pp; 2. O’Connell (Daniel) A Full and Revised Report of the Three Day’s Discussion in the Corporation of Dublin on the Repeal of the Union, D. 1843. First Edn., 220pp; 3. Staunton (M.)ed. A Reply to Mr. Montgomery Martin’s Ireland Before and after the Union with Great Britain, 8vo D. 1844. First Edn., 56pp; 4. O’Connell (John) An Argument for Ireland, D. 1844. First Edn., inscribed Presentation Copy to Most Rev. Dr. Slattery; 391pp; 5. O’Neill (John A.) Ireland’s Case Disease and Remedy, 8vo D. 1844. First Edn., 68pp. Together 5 works bound as one, cont. hf. green mor. Good. (1)
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Lot 272/0315
SOLD Hammer price €100
Llewelyn (Thos.) Tracts, Historical and Critical, 8vo Shrewsbury 1793. First Edn., [XVI] 247pp, some m/ss notes, uncut, orig. cloth backed boards. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 273/0315
SOLD Hammer price €220
Ferrar (John) A View of Ancient and Modern Dublin with its Improvements to the Year 1796, To which is added A Tour to Bellevue in the County of Wicklow, The Seat of Peter la Touche, 8vo D. 1796. First Edn., engd. frontis., engd. dedit, list of subscribers, + 6 plts.; bound with A Tour from Dublin to London in 1795, D. 1796. engd. dedit., & 1 sepia plts., uncut, unopened, orig. boards, tall copy. V. good. (1)
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Lot 274/0315
SOLD Hammer price €360
Neville (Parke) A Description of the Dublin Corporation Water Works, 8vo D. 1875. First Edn., engd. map frontis, 2 lg. fold. plts. & 2 others, 30pp + 1, orig. full limp black mor. Ex. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 275/0315
SOLD Hammer price €380
With All the Folding PlatesRogers (Thomas) Observations on the Reports laid before the Rt. Hon. and Hon. the Directors General of Inland Navigation in Ireland, for the Improvement of Dublin Harbour, 8vo D. 1805. First Edn., lg. fold. panorama of the Dublin Bay & 10 fold. plts., uncut, orig. boards, worn. Very Scarce. (1)
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Lot 276/0315
SOLD Hammer price €580
With Wonderful Hand-Coloured PlatesGoldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield, A Tale. Roy 8vo L.(R. Ackerman) 1823. 24 hand-coloured plates after T. Rowlandson, t.e.g., orig. cloth covers bound in,now in attractive full crushed crimson mor., triple gilt fillets,spine profusely gilt in panels, by Rivere & Son. A v. fine copy. (1)
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Lot 277/0315
SOLD Hammer price €400
Stoney of Emmel Castle, Co. Offaly & TipperaryBinding: The Book of Common Prayer,… According to the Use of The Church of England; Together with The Psalter and Psalms of David. 8vo L. (John Jarvis) 1792. Engd. frontis & 8 full page plts. after Stoddard & Westall. With numerous manuscript (& some printed) genealogical notes on The Stoney Family of Emmel Castle, Co. Tipperary, c. 1820 – 1918, a.e.g., marble ends, in fine and attractive full straight grained crimson mor., with profusely tooled lg. gilt borders and with blue and green overlaid lozengers with letters J.H.S. on both covers, spine gilt in compartments, and with original silver clasps. As a binding, w.a.f. V. good.
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Lot 278/0315
SOLD Hammer price €240
[Cooke (Thos. Lalor)] The Picture of Parsonstown in the Kings County, containing The History of that Town, from the Earliest Period to the Year 1798, together with its Description at the Present Day. 8vo D. 1826. First Edn. 9 engd. plts., uncut, orig. boards, paper label. V. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 279/0315
SOLD Hammer price €130
Holte (John) General View of the Agriculture of the County of Lancaster, with Observations on the Means of its Improvement. 4to L. 1794. First Edn., lg. fold. hd.-coloured map, one engd. plt., L.P., later calf backed boards. B.P. of G.F. Scott, Penmaenucha, Dolgelley Merioneth. V. good. (1)
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