24 April 2012 - Rare Book Sale

#0217

Lot 732/0217

Coxe (Wm.) Lettres … sur L’Etat Politique civil et Naturel de La Suisse, 2 vols. 8vo Paris 1782. Hf. title Vol. I, cont. catspaw calf, tooled gilt flat spine, mor. labels. (2)

Lot 733/0217

Pamphlet: 1. An Address to the Merchants, Manufactureres and Landed Proprietors of Ireland, 8vo D. 1800, 97pp; 2. The Debate in the Irish House of Peers, on a Motion made by the Earl of Moira,… 1798; 3. The Case of Ireland Reconsidered, D. Re-printed 1799, 59pp; 4. A Second Letter to the Electors of Ireland, D. 1799, 15pp; 5. Union or Not? By An Orangeman, D. 1799, 42pp; Flood (Peter) Maynooth, A Letter from the Rev. Peter Flood, D.D. to the Hon….. M.P., D. 1800, 17pp; & others, hf. calf; & Vol. of The Irish Magazine, for 1810, with engd. ptls. hf. calf, dam. As a lot, w.a.f. (2)

Lot 734/0217

Markham (Gervase) Markham’s Masterpiece, .. Divided in Two Books. Sm. 4to L. 1723. Add. wd.-cut title, 4 full page wd.-cut illus., & text illus. full cont. panel calf, raised bands, joints crakced. (1)

Lot 735/0217

Curry (John) An Historical and Critical Review of the Civil Wars in Ireland, 2 vols. 8o D. 1786. First Edn., ed. by Charles O’Connor of Belanegar. Cont. full calf, gilt tooled mor. label. V. good.
* With bookplates of Willm. Fairbrother, Esq., & Hans Hendrick-Aylmer, Kerdiffstown. (2)

Lot 736/0217

State of Ireland: House of Commons & Lords – ~The Evidence taken before The Select Committees … appointed in the Sessions of 1824 and 1825 to inquire into The State of Ireland, 8vo L. 1825. First Edn., hf. title, 580pp., recent cloth. (1)

Lot 737/0217

Juvenalia: Somerville (E.O.E.) The Story of the Discontented Little Elephant, oblong roy 8vo L. Sole Edn., decor. title (pce. torn away with loss), 7 cold. plts. & illus. thro-out, orig. cloth backed pict. boards. Scarce. (1)

Lot 738/0217

Gravesade (Wm. Jacob) Physices Elementa Mathematica Expermentis Confirmata Sive Introductio ad Philosphiam Newtonianam. 2 vols. in one, 4to Leyden (Petrum Vander) 1725. Second Edn., red & bl. title with vignette, 72 engd. fold. plts., lacks front loose ends, sm. pce. cut from top of title (not affecting text) and repaired, cont. calf, raised bands, mor. label, worn. (1)

Lot 739/0217

[Brosses (Ch. de)] Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes, 2 vols. 4to Paris (Durand) 1756. First Edn., wd. cut decor. on titles & wd. cut heads & tails, 7 fold.maps (v. good) by Rob. de Vaugundy, text with damp stains, cont. calf, raised bands mor. lables, worn & dam. (2)

Lot 740/0217

[Deidier (Abbe)] Le Parfait Ingenieur Francois, ou La Fortification Offensive et Defensive.. . 4to Pari s1736. Second Edn., engd. add. title (frontis), red & bl. title, engd. heads, & 41 engd. fold. plts. (ex. 42), cont. mottled calf, raised bands, mor. labels, spine tooled gilt, in panels. V. good. (1)

Lot 741/0217

Anon: The Parliamentry Gazetteer of Ireland, 3 vols. roy 8vo D. L. & Edin 1846. Cold. coat of arms, 11 engd. maps (mostly fold. 1 loose) & 11 engd. views, cont. hf. mor. Good. (3)

Lot 742/0217

Grose (Francis) Teh Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. 4to L. 1791. First Edn., 2 engd. titles, & 464 engd. views (ex. 466) recent calf backed boards, mor. labels. A very clean copy. (2)

Lot 743/0217

Wright (G.N.) Ireland Illustrated, 4to L. 1831. add. engd. title, & 80 views on 40 plts., orig. mor. backed cloth. (1)

Lot 744/0217

Presentation Copy

Shirley (E. Philip) Some Account of the Territory or Dominion of Farney, in the Province and Earldom of Ulster, 4to L. (Wm. Pickering) 1845. First Edn., inscribed on hf. title ‘From the Author’ text illus., orig. cloth, spine dam. (1)

Lot 745/0217

Wakefield (Ed.) An Account of Ireland, Statistical and Political, 2 vols. thick 4to L. 1812. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, fold.map frontis & 1 fold. plt., later hf. blue cloth, mor. labels. Clean set. (2)

Lot 746/0217

Hunting: Dease (Ed. F.) A Complete History of The Westmeath Hunt from its Foundation, 4to D. 1898. Sole Edn., hf. title, port. frontis, ilus. thro-out, orig.cloth, gilt, stained. Scarce. (1)

Lot 747/0217

Genealogy: Burke (Sir B.) Burkes Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, ed. by L.G. Pine. Thick roy 8vo L. 1958. Fourth Edn., text illus., orig. green cloth. (1)

Lot 748/0217

Genealogy: Bourke (Sir B.) A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, roy 8vo L. 1904. Tenth Edn., Frontis arms, text illus., orig. cloth gilt, v. good copy. (1)

Lot 749/0217

Irish Music: Smith (R.A.) The Irish Minstrel, A Selectin from the Vocal Melodies of Ireland, Ancient & Modern, Sm. folio Edin. n.d. [1825] First Edn., engd. title, 106pp. of engd. music recent mor. backeed cloth boards. Good. V. Scarce. (1)

Lot 750/0217

Simon (James) An Essay towards an Historical Account of Irish Coins, and of the Currency of Foreign Monies in Ireland, 4to D. 1810. 11 engd. ful page plts., later cloth. Good. (1)

Lot 751/0217

Architecture: D’Aviler (C.A.) Cours D’Architecture Qui Comprend Les Ordres de Vignole,.. 4to Paris 1738. New Edn., engd. frontis (loose) numerous engd. plts. some loose, cont. calf, worn. S.N.S.R. (1)