13 December 2016 - Rare Book Sale

#0294

Lot 672/10022

SOLD Hammer price €400

Mauperius (M. P.-L.M.de) et al, The Figure of the Earth, determined from Observations made by Order of The French King, at the Polar Circle, 8vo L. (for T. Cox) 1738. First English Edn., fold. map, & 9 fold. plts. cont. calf, upr. cover loose. (1)

Lot 673/10022

SOLD Hammer price €120

Enson (George) Letters showing the Inutility, and Exhibiting the Absurdity of what is rather fanatically termed ‘The New Reformation,’ 8vo D. 1828. First Edn. Bk. Form, 84pp; Bound with another later Pamphlet, mor. backed cloth. (1)

Lot 674/10022

SOLD Hammer price €950

Ware (James) De Scriptoribus Hiberniae, Libri Duo. sm. 4to D. 1639. First Edn., wd. cut coat of arms on verso of title, cont. panel calf, later reback, mor. label. Scarce. (1)

Lot 675/10022

Of Legendary RarityFirst Printing of Shakespeare Outside EnglandShakespeare (Wm.) The Works of Shakespeare In Eight Volumes. Collated and Corrected by former Editions by Mr. Pope. 8 vols. sm. 8vo Dublin (Printed by and for Geo. Grierson .. and for George Ewing…) 1726. First Edn. Vol. I red and bl. general title, [20], [XXVI], [2] black general title, 408pp + advert leaf at end. Separate title pages for ‘The Tempest,’ and ‘A Mid Summer Night’s Dream,’ each dated 1725; Vol. II, [2], 471pp; Vol. III, [2], [2], 438pp; Vol. IV, [2], 452pp; Vol. V, [2], 474pp; Vol. VI, [2], 440pp; Vol. VII, [2], 424pp, [48] Index, [6] Table, + [2] Advert leaf; Vol. VIII, [2] XI, 462, [V] Table & Adverts.An extremely fine complete set, sprinkled calf mostly, not quiet uniform (five spines tooled gilt), made up from two sets, from the Library of John Congreve (same family as playwright William Congreve), with bookplates.N.B. Writing in ‘The Athenaeum’ in February 1903, E.R.Mc Clintock Dix, bibliographer states, “The edition of Shakespeare’s Works is rare, as far as I can judge, and may perhaps not have been noted by some Shakespearean bibliographers. I cannot find it in Lowndes.” As far as we are aware, not complete set (8 volumes) has been offered for sale in the last 100 years.

Lot 676/10022

SOLD Hammer price €130

Medicine: Cameron (Chas. A.) Lectures on the Preservation of Health, sm. 8vo L. & N.Y. 1868. First Edn., Signed Pres. Copy, cloth; Buchan (Wm.) Domestic Medicine, 8vo D. 1797, full calf; & 1 other. (3)

Lot 677/10022

SOLD Hammer price €120

Benson (Richard) Morni; An Irish Bardic Story, in Three Cantos; and The Pilgrim of Carmel; An Eastern Tale, in One Canto, 8vo D. 1815. First Edn., 11pp. Subscribers list at end, uncut, orig. boards, recent reback. V. good. Scarce. (1)

Lot 678/10022

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Inscribed Presentation CopyMedicine: Tufnell (Jolliffe) Practical Remarks on The Treatment of Aneurism by Compression, 8vo D. 1851. First Edn., inscribed on hf. title, errata leaf, orig. cloth. (1)

Lot 679/10022

SOLD Hammer price €190

Rare First Edition in Original WrappersScott (Sir Walter) Halidon Hill: A Dramatic Sketch, 8vo Edin. (for Archibald Constable and Co.) 1822. First Edn. Hf. title, [110]pp. [2] plus 5pp Cat. at end, uncut, orig. ptd. wrappers. V. good copy. Rare. (1)

Lot 680/10022

SOLD Hammer price €190

With Hand-Coloured Plates[Kinglake (A.W.)] Eothen, or Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East, 8vo L. 1844. First Edn., lg. fold. hand cold. frontis & 1 other hd. cold. plt., hf. title, crushed hf. crimson mor. by Root & Son. Good. (1)

Lot 681/10022

SOLD Hammer price €400

Meyer (Kuno), Stern (L. Chr.), Thurneysen (R.), Pokorny (J.) & others. Zeitschrift fur Celtische Philologie, Vols. 1 – 13, complete Halle 1897 – 1921. First Edns., some plts. & illus. cont. hf. green mor., marble paper sides. V. good set. As a periodical. V. Scarce. (13)

Lot 682/10022

SOLD Hammer price €420

Richmond Prison: Minutes of the Proceedings and Evidence of the Commission of Inquiry, ordered by The Irish Government, into Charges of Proselytism and Cruelty, preferred against the Officers of the Richmond General Penitentiary, 8vo D. 1827. First Edn., uncut, unopened, cloth backed boards. Scarce. (1)

Lot 683/10022

SOLD Hammer price €500

H[ayes] S[amuel] M.R.I.A. A Practical Treatise on Planting; and The Management of Woods and Coppices. 8vo D. 1822. Third Edn., engd. title, 5 engd. plts., engraved vignettes, & wd. cut end piece, uncut, orig. boards. Clean copy. (1)

Lot 684/10022

SOLD Hammer price €120

Seymour (Rev. St. John D.) The Diocese of Emly, 8vo D. 1913. First Edn., frontis & other plts., uncut, orig. cloth. Scarce. (1)

Lot 685/10022

SOLD Hammer price €190

D’Alton (Rt. Rev. Mons. E.A.) History of the Archdiocese of Tuam, 2 vols. thick 8vo D. 1928. First Edn., fold. map & illus. Orig. cloth. (2)

Lot 686/10022

SOLD Hammer price €9000

Original Signed VolumeFrom the Dean Swift’s Library[Swift (Dr. Jonathan)] Grotius (Hugo). De Jure Belli ac Pacis Libri Tres, In quibus jus Naturae & Gentium, item juris publici praecipua explicatur. Edicio Nova cum Annotatis Authoris, ex postrema ejus ante obitum cura. Accesserunt Annotata in Epistolam Pauli et Philemonem, et Dissertatio de Mari libero. 8vo Amsterdam (J. Blaeu) 1670. Engd. portrait, add engd. title, & red & black printed title, Signed in top right hand corner ‘Jon: Swift,’ in ink. Faint library stamp on obverse of portrait, cont. mottled calf, with blind triple borders, raised bands, mor. labels. V. good copy. (1)* Excessively Rare. Books from Swift’s library are recorded by only a handful of copies. For further information on this copy see ‘Swift Studies, 9 (1994), pp. 113 – 117.’

Lot 687/10022

SOLD Hammer price €750

Marcel (J.J.) Alphabet Irlandais, Precede d’une Notice Historique, Litteraire et Typographique. Roy 8vo Paris (de L’Imprimerie de la Republique) 1804? Sole Edn., hf. title, uncut, unopened, in orig. green boards, mor. label. V. good. Rare. (1)

Lot 688/10022

SOLD Hammer price €280

Stafford (Thos.) Pacata Hibernia; or The History of the Wars in Ireland, 2 vols. roy 8vo D. (Hibernia Press) 1810. 2 engd. ports., & 17 maps (16 lg. fold.) ex 18, cont. hf. calf, joints worn. (2)

Lot 689/10022

SOLD Hammer price €600

Carrigan (Rev. Wm.) The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. 4to D. 1905. First Edn., fold. maps illus. & port. frontis, orig. green cloth, gilt decor; also [Healy (Rev. W.)] ‘G.P.O.’ Criticism of History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, 8vo D. 1905. First Edn., printed boards. Scarce. set. (5)

Lot 690/10022

SOLD Hammer price €200

O’Curry (Eugene) On the Manners and Customs of The Ancient Irish, 3 vols. L. 1873. First Edns., text illus; also Lectures on The Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History, thick 8vo D. 1873. First Edn., 26 litho plts., all orig. green cloth, gilt. (4)

Lot 691/10022

SOLD Hammer price €260

De Burgo (Thomas) Bishop of Ossory Hibernia Dominicana, Sive Historia Provinciae Hiberniae Ordinis Praedicatorum… 4to Cologne [Kilkenny?] 1762. First Edn., Title inscribed “Ex Libris Robert Laffan,” list of subscribers, lacks as does most copies, pages 137 – 144, orig. sheep, spine worn. Rare. (1)