24 April 2012 - Rare Book Sale

#0217

Lot 672/0217

[Richardson (Samuel)] Pamela; or Virtue Rewarded, 4 vols. 12mo Vols. I & II, D. 1741, Vols. III & IV, D. 1742, ‘Advertisement’ on verso of last leaf Vol. IV, cont. mottled calf (Vols. I & II), and full calf (Vols. III & IV.), raised bands etc. Good copy. (4)

Lot 673/0217

Rare Set of Swift’s Works

Swift (Jonathan) Works, Vols. I – VIII, 12mo D. (Geo. Faulkner) 1738-1751. Port. forntis, Vol. I, II, III & IV, also 6plts. (maps & plans) mostly fold. uniform cont. calf, raised bands, mor. labels, Vol. VIII slightly taller. V. good set. Teerink 50. (8)

Lot 674/0217

Fine Diderot Collection of Pamphlets

Miscellanie – [Diderot (Densi)] Pensees Philosophiques, Piscis hic non est omnium 12mo [Paris] 1746. First Edn., engd. frontis, 60pp; bound with, Pensees sur L’Interpretation de la Nature, 12mo [The Hague] 1754, first Edn.? [IV] + (104); Bound with, Lettre sur Les Aveugles, a l’usage de Ceux qui Voyent, 12mo London 1749. First Edn., 6 plts., 150pp; Bound with, Lettre sur les Sourds et Muets, A l’Usage de ceux qui entendent & que parlent. Avec des Additions, 12mo 1751. First Edn. hf. title, 4 illus. (1 of music) on 2 fold. plts. (1 -4), 148pp; together 4 works in one vol., hf. calf, rebacked orig. marble sides. Good. An extremely rare collection. (1)

Lot 675/0217

Fontaine (Ms de la) Fables Choisies. Mises en Vers, 5 parts in 2 vols. 12mo Antwerp 1688. Engd. add. title Vol. I, wd. cut device on titles, & thro-out text, also engd. hf. page illustrations in text, cont. sprinkled calf, raised bands, spine profusely gilt in panels. V. good set. (2)

Lot 676/0217

Andry de Boisregard (Nicholas) De La Generation des Vers dans le Corps de l’Homme, 12mo Amsterdam 1701. Second Edn? red & bl. title, 4 engd. single page plts. + 1 lg. fold. plt. (with tears); Bound with; Eclaircissement sur le livre De La Generation des Vers dans le Corps de l’Homme… 12mo Amsterdam 1705. Red. & bl. title, 62pp + 8pp Cat. at end; Bound with: Amman (Jo. Conrade) Dissertatio de Loquela, 12mo Amsterdam 1700. First Edn., red & bl. title with engd. vignette, fold. table, cotn. calf, gilt fillet borders, spine worn. (1)

Lot 677/0217

Lenglet du Fresnoy (L’Abbe P.N.) Methode pour Etudier La Geographie, 5 vols. 12mo Paris 1736. Engd. frontis 15 fold. maps & 2 fold. plts., cont. sprinkled calf, raiseed bands, spines profusely gilt in panesl, mor. labels. V. good. (5)

Lot 678/0217

Peterson (Capt. D.) Paterson’s British Itinerary, Being A New and Accurate Delineation and Description of the .. Roads of Great Britian, 2 vols. sm. 8vo L. (Carington Bowles) 1785. First Edn., 2 engd. titles, engd. dedit. Vol. I, dbl. page hd.-cold. map, & 357 engd. maps, cont. tree calf, gilt fillet borders, mor. labels. V. good copy. (2)

Lot 679/0217

Wright (T.) & Rutty (J.) A History of the Rise and Progress of the People called Quakers in Ireland from the Year 1653 to 1700, 8vo L. 1800. Second Edn., calf, covers detached; Acont of the Life and Religious Labours of Sarah Grubb, 8vo D. 1792. First Edn., orig.calf, spine cracked needs re-binding. (2)

Lot 680/0217

Co. Tipperary Born Author

Butler (Col. Sir W.F.) The Campaign of the Cataracts, Being a Personal Narrative of the Great Nile Expedition of 1884 – 5. Roy 8vo L. 1887. First Edn., frontis, 6 plts. lg. fold. map & text illus. 32pp. Cat at end, orig. pict. cloth. Scarce. (1)

Lot 681/0217

Presentation Copy by Co. Tipperary Born Author

Butler (Lt. Col. W.F.) Far Out: Roving Retold, 8vo L. 1880. First Edn., hf. title, 6pp. Cat. at end, orig. decor. cloth. Scarce.
* Inscribed Pres. Copy, ‘Richard Butler from his affected brother W.F. Butler Oct. 6th, 1880.’ Butler was born, & died at Bansha Castle. Bansha, Co. Tipperary, & was husband to Lady Elizabeth Butler, the artist. (1)

Lot 682/0217

Ephinstone (Hon. Mountstuart) An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1819. Second Edn. Lg. fold. map, fold. cold. map frontis, Vol. I, 1 fold. sepia plt. & 13 hd. cold. plts., some loosening some dust stains, cont. tree calf, worn. (2)

Lot 683/0217

Ramazzini (Bern.) A Treatise of the Diseases of Tradesmen, 8vo L. 1705. First Edn. in English browned thro-out, title page inscribed Edw. Hendrick, lacks front and end blank, cont. panel calf, both joints cracked or loose. Scrace. (1)

Lot 684/0217

Dublin Printing & Binding

Dublin Printing: Tacquet (Andrew) The Elements of Euclid: with Select Theorems out of Archimedes, 8vo D. (S. Fuller) 1728. Engd. port. frontis, vign. titile, 6 fold. plts., cont. panel calf, raised bands, lacks label. Good. (1)

Lot 685/0217

Gibson (Robert) A Treatise on Practical Surveying, 8vo D. (R. Cross) 1802. Sixth, 12 fold. plts. at end, cont. tree calf, mor. label. (1)

Lot 686/0217

[Home (Henry)] The Gentleman Farmer, Being an Attempt to Improve Agriculture, By subjecting it to the Test of Rational Principles. 8vo D. (James Wiliams) 1779. First Dublin Edn., 3 engd. plts. cont. calf, mor. label. Good. (1)

Lot 687/0217

Keill (John) An Introduction to the True Astronomy, 8vo L. (for Bernard Lintot) 1730. Second Edn. 2 fold. engd.maps & 26 engd. plts. (ex 27, lacks No. 18), 8pp Cat. at end, cont. calf, raised bands, lacks label. (1)

Lot 688/0217

Fine Dublin Printing

Maffett (Hugh) The Catiline and Jugurthine Wars, Translated from Sallust. 8vo D. (Stewart and Spotswood) 1772. First Edn. hf. title, cont. catspaw calf, raised bands, mor. label. Good copy. (1)

Lot 689/0217

[Nicholson (Bp. Wm.)] The Irish Historical Library, 8vo D. 1724. First Edn., title within ruled borders, cont. panel calf, rebacked. (1)

Lot 690/0217

de Burgh (U.H. Hussey) The Landlords of Ireland, An Alphabetical List of the Owners of Estates of 500 Acres … in Ireland. 8vo D. [1878]; Bateman (J.) The Great Landowners of Great Britain and Ireland, L. 1879; Dun (Finlay) Landlords and Tenants in Ireland, L. 1881. First Edn., fold. map, cloth. (3)

Lot 691/0217

With Fine Wood-cut Illustrations

Bewick (Thos.) The Fables of Aesop & Others, 8vo Newcastle 1818. First Edn., fine wd.-cut vignette on title, wd.-cut heads & tails thro-out, fine illus. by the author, cont. calf, joints cracked or loose. (1)