24 April 2012 - Rare Book Sale

#0217

Lot 483/0217

Portrait Prints; Vanity Fair, Oct. 1871- Jue 1872, folio L. 1871-1872, with 11 cold. port. prints, orig. cloth, dam. As a coll. of prints. (1)

Lot 484/0217

Walker (Francis S.) & Downey (E.) Killarney’s Lakes and Fells, oblong folio L. (Downey & Co.) 1902. First Edn. 12 fine mezzotint engravings, orig. cloth. Clean. (1)

Lot 485/0217

Atlas: Collins (H. George) Collins’ New Atlas of The Earth, folio L. n.d. [c. 1800], engd. frontis & 1 other plts. & 56 full page hd. cold. engd. maps, v. clean, cont. hf. mor. gilt tooled spine. As an Atlas. (1)

Lot 486A/0217

Victorian Scrap Album: A very good early Victorian Scrap Album of hand-coloured & other engravings, prints & cut-outs, hundreds of items each laid down on linen, oblong folio with 38 full linen sheets or pages each with crimson coloured trim, stoutly bound in cont. hf. calf, with mor. label of owner “W.J. Hicks.” An unusual & attractive item. As an Album, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 486/0217

Dublin Corporation 1884: Morgan (Francis) Law Agent, Rental of the Estates of the Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, Lg. Atlas folio D. (Dollard) 1884. Lg. fold. cold. map of Dublin, orig. mor. backed cloth. Good. A most interesting volume. (1)

Lot 487/0217

Lavater (John Caspar) Essays on Physiognomy, Vols. I & II (ex 3) lg. 4to L. 1789. Trnas by H. Hunter, numerous full pae & other plts., some damp stains, later strong hf. mor. (2)

Lot 488/0217

Rapin de Thoyras – Histoire D’Angleterre, 10 vols. 4to The Hague 1724-27. Hf. titles, engd. frontis, vign. titles, fold.maps 1 plt, some damp stains, cont. mottled calf, single gilt fillet, raised spines, profusely gilt, mor. labels. (10)

Lot 489/0217

Illustrated Volumes: Pitre-Chevalier – La Bretagne: Ancienne et Moderne, also Bretagne et Vendee, 2 vols. roy 8vo Paris n.d. c. 1870, fine engd. views, ports. etc., & some cold., uniform mor. backed boards gilt spines; Mac Veigh (J.) The Scottish Family History, 3 vols. roy 8vo Dumfries n.d., c. 1880, port. engd. plts., a.e.g., cont. hf. mor. gilt spine. V. good. (5)

Lot 500/0217

Admiralty Charts: Co. Kerry: – Kerry Head to Valentia; Tralee and Brandon Bays; Dingle and Ventry Harbours; Kenmare River; Blasket Sound and Islands, 5 charts all approx. 75cms x 105cms, some stained, all rolled. As a lot, w.a.f. (5)

Lot 501/0217

Admiralty Charts: The Shannon: – Foynes Harbour, The Shannon – Entrance to Carrigahold; Glin to Foynes; Scattery Island to Glin; Scarlet Reach to Limerick, The Shannon Sheets III & V, 7 charts, mostly 70cms x 125cms, a few smaller, all rolled. As a coll, w.a.f. (7)

Lot 502/0217

Admiralty Charts: Co. Cork: Banty Bay, Sheets I & II; also Dunmanus Bay, 1850; and Long Island and Baltimore Bays, 1847; & Valentia to Cork, 5 charts each approx. 71cms x 105cms, rolled. As a coll., w.a.f. (5)

Lot 503/0217

Dublin Bay Charts etc: Nimmo (Alex) Part of the Coast of Dublin from Howth to Balbriggan, 1822, approx. 34cms x 53.5cms; Madge (Wm.) & Frazer (G.A.) Survey of Dublin Bay and the Adjacent Banks, 1828, approx. 47cms x 62cms; Plan of the royal Harbour of Geore IV, Kingstown, 1821, approx. 32.5cms x 34cms, as a lot., w.a.f. (3)

Lot 504/0217

Sea Chart: Co. Cork – Collins (Greville) Chart of Kingsale Harbour, approx. 52cms x 62cms, uncoloured, c. 1700, unframed. (1)

Lot 505/0217

Sea Charts: Van Keulen (Joannes) Paskaart Vende West Cust van Yrland, and Nieuwe Pascaert vande suyt syde van Yrlandt, a fine attractive pair of Dutch Sea Charts of the Irish Coast, each approx. 64cms x 53cms, orig. bright colouring, Amsterdam c. 1686, unframed. An important pair, in fine condition. (2)

Lot 506/0217

Manuscript Estate Map: Co. Louth – Mc Gawly (M.) Surveyor – A Map and Survey of the the Lands of Giviteresto in the Parish of Ardee and County of Louth, Part of the Estat of Charles Ruxton… 147 acres, .. surveyed in 1795. Linen backed approx. 56cms x 47cms, with m/ss details of different areas, fields, etc., and tenants names & rates. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 507/0217

Military Plans & Other Maps: Two printed folio pages, each engraved with plans of fortification in various Irish towns, c. 1780; A Plan of the Grand Canal from the City of Dublin to the Rier Shannon with the Collatoral Canals to the Rivers Barrow and Boyne, by T. Bowen 1779; Parish o Aghaboe, Queens County.. afer Petty & another item, together 5 items. As a lot, w.a.f. (5)

Lot 508/0217

Railway Atlas: Griffith (R.) & others Atlas to Accompany 2nd Report of the Railway Commissioners, Ireland, 1838, Lg. atlas folio L. 1838. First Edn., 6 lg. d bl. page engd. maps, 1 fully hand coloured, in orig. mor. backed cloth bind, mor. label on front cover. V. good As an Atlas, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 509/0217

Maps: Kilkenny interest etc: Index to the Townland Survey of the County of Kilkenny and the County of the City of Kilkenny, Lg. fold. engd. linen backed map, hd. cold. in outline, c. 1872, lisitng Petty Sessions & Polling Places; Report upon the Proposed Municipal Boundary of the Borough of Thomastown, with map; A Map of New Ross, hd. cold; & framed map Map of Ireland showing Present and New Unions, hd. cold. framed. (4)

Lot 510/0217

Sea Charts: Collins (Grevile) Carlingford Lough, L. c. 1760, hd. cold. in outline, aprox. 49cms x 39cms, unframed; Nimmo (A.) Dublin Bay Surveyed for the Commissioners of Irish Fisheries, approx. 47cms x 65cms, London 1823, framed; & 2 rolled Charts of Dublin Bay; also East India Company – Outline Chart [of the World] Intended for their Use to pick off a Ships Track, approx. 65cms x 120cms linen backed, c. 1800; together 5 items, as a lot, w.a.f. (5)

Lot 511/0217

Irish Map: Valk (G. & L.) Regnum Hiberniae, divisum in Provincias, Ultoniam Connachiam, Lagenian et Momoniam…, c. 1750 approx. 61cms x 54cms, (24″ x 21″), some wear. Scarce. (1)