24 April 2012 - Rare Book Sale

#0217

Lot 692/0217

Signed Presentation Copy

Cullen (Dr. Ed.) Isthmus of Darian Ship Canals; with a Full History of the Scotch Colony of Darien… . 8vo L. 1853. Second Edn., Hf. title, lg. fold. map frontis + 3 other maps (1 lg. fold.), orig. cloth. Clean copy.
* Inscribed pres. copy to John Ennis, with his B.P. (1)

Lot 693/0217

Leland (Thos.) The History of Ireland, 3 vols. 8vo D. 1814. Cont. hf. calf. V. good set. (3)

Lot 694/0217

Dublin Printing: Sheridan (Chas. Francis) A History of the late Revolution in Sweden, 8vo D. (M. Mills) 1778. First Dublin Edn, cont. calf, raised bands gilt, mor. label. (1)

Lot 695/0217

Fine Dublin Edition: Reynal (Abbe) [Trans. by J. Justamond] A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlement and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies, 4 vols. 8vo D. (for J. Exhaw) 1776. Fold. engd. map frontis, cont. full calf,raised bands,mor.labels, v. good copy. (4)

Lot 696/0217

Dublin Printing: Wilson (Capt. Henry) An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean. Ed. by George Keate. 8vo D. (Luke White) 1788. First Dublin Edn. engd. port. frontis, fold. map, 15 plts. (some fold.) 8pp. adverts. at end, some damp stains etc., cont. calf, mor. label. (1)

Lot 697/0217

Rare First Dublin Edition

Ulloa (Antonio de) [Juan y Santicilia (Jorge)] A Voyage to South America, 2 vols. 8vo D. (Wm. Williamson) 1758. First Dublin Edn. 378pp; [4] (9) – 356pp, 5 engd. plts. (4 fold.) cont. calf, raised bands. (2)

Lot 698/0217

[Montesquieu (Chas. Louis, Baron de)] De l’Esprit des Leix, 2 vols. 8vo Geneva (Barrillot & Fils) n.d. [c. 1749] New Edn. with correction by the author, 2 hf. titles, wd. cut device on title, cont. full sprinkled calf, raised bands,mor. labels, gilt spines in panels. Good. (2)

Lot 699/0217

Beckford (Peter) Thoughts upon Hunting, In A Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend. Sm. 4to Sarum 1784. Third Edn., 2 engd. plts. cont. calf, rebacked. (1)

Lot 700/0217

Swift (Jonathan) Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, … by Lemuel Gulliver. Vol. III of The Authors Works. 8vo D. (George Faulkner) 1735. Engd. port. forntis, 5 single page maps & 1 plt., wd. heads & tails, some finger or other marks, cont. calf, lacks label. Teerink 49. (1)

Lot 701/0217

Harris (Joseph) The Description and Use of the Globes and the Orrery, To which is Added, .. ‘An Appendix to Harris’s Description and Use of the Globes, 8vo D. (J. Exshaw) 1770. First Edn., 7 fold. plts. (ex. 8), cont. calf, raised bands, mor. label. Good. (1)

Lot 702/0217

Ormonde – The Life of James, Late Duke of Ormonde, 8vo L. 1747. Engd. port. frontis, VI, 544pp & index, cont. calf, worn, new label. (1)

Lot 703/0217

Mascheroni (L.) Geometrie du Compas, trans. by A.M. Carette, 8vo Paris 1798. Hf. title, 14 fold. plts., cont. boards, spine dam.; Dupin (Baron Chas.) Mathematics Practically Applied to the Useful and Fine Arts,… Adapted by Geo. Birkbeck in England. 8vo L. 1827. First Edn., 15 fold. plts., cont. hf. calf, spine dam. (2)

Lot 704/0217

Howel (Laurence) A Complete History of the Holy Bible, 3 vols. L. 1729. Fifth. Engd. frontis. Vols. I & III, red & bl. titles, &150 engd. plts. cont. calf, raied bands, mor. labels. (3)

Lot 705/0217

O’Laverty (Rev. J.) An Historical Account of the Diocese of Down and Connor, Ancient and Modern, 5 vols. include ‘Bishops’. Sm. 8vo D. 1878-1895. First Edns., orig. gitl decor. green cloth; also A Digest of the Historical Account of The Diocese of Down and Connor, by … O’Laverty. By M.J.F. 8vo Belfast 1945. First, recent cloth. All good. (6)

Lot 706/0217

Coulter (Henry) The West of Ireland: its Existing Conditon and Prospects, 8vo D. 1862. First Edn., litho frontis. fold. map & 35 plts. (some hd. cold.), adverts at end, orig. cloth, gilt, recased. Clean copy. (1)

Lot 707/0217

Caird (James) The Plantation System or The West of Ireland as a Field for Investments, 8vo Edin. & L.1850. First Edn., fold. map frontis, hd. cold. in outline, & 1 plt., pce. torn from top of title, Cat. at end, orig. cloth. Clean. (1)

Lot 708/0217

Irish Fisheries: Brabazon (Wallop) The Deep Sea and Coast Fisheries of Ireland, with Suggestions for the working of a Fishing Company. 8vo D. 1848. First Edn., fold. frontis & 20 engd. plts. (many fold.), orig.cloth. Scarce and good. (1)

Lot 709/0217

Panoramas of The Rhine: Habricht (T. publisher) Neuestes Panorama des Rheins von Coln bis Mainz, title and text in English, fine engraved panorama, 290 x 1760mm, 1 short spilt to fold, original decorative boards, slightly soiled, Bonn, 1856; Delkeskamp (w.) Neues Panorama des Rheins, engraved folding panorama, split in 2 places, no title or text, original boards, soiled, Frankfurt, 1852; and another, similar. (3)

Lot 710/0217

Peary (Rob. E.) Nearest the Pole. A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905 – 1906. Roy 8vo L. 1907. First Edn., hf. title, cold. frontis ports. & plts. 2 fold. cold. map,s orig. cloth, some wear, otherwise v. good. (1)

Lot 711/0217

Travels: A New Collection of Voyages Discoveries and Travles:… in Europe, Asia, Africa and America, 7 vols. 8vo L. 1767. First Edn., & 47 engd. fold.maps plts. & plts. (ex. 49, lacks 2 plts.), cont. calf, 1 spine cracked, mor. labels, worn. (7)