Wood-Martin, W.G.

The Lake Dwellings of Ireland. Or Ancient Lacustrine Habitations of Erin, commonly called Crannogs.

First Edition. Dublin & London, Hodges, Figgis & Co./ Longmans, Green & Co., 1886. 25 x 16 cm. xxi, (2), 268 pages. Illustrated. Complete with all Plates, as listed. Later fine green half morocco over ‘marbled’ boards. Dark green end papers. Raised bands and gilt decorations. Spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. With a stamp of the ‘Kildare Street Club’ on half title and title page. Otherwise internally bright and clean. A very nice copy in an attractive sturdy binding.

Boileau Despreaux, [Nicolas] (1636-1711).

The Works of Monsr. Boileau Despreaux. Containing: 1 Longinus’s Treatise of the Sublime. With Critical Reflections on some Passages out of Longinus, wherein Answer is occasionally made to some Objections of Monsieur Perrault against Homer and Pindar: Likewise further Remarks and Observations by Dacier, Boivin &c. / 2. Miscellanies, with a Discourse upon Satire. [Incl. Epistles / New Epistles / An Ode on the Taking of Namur, Anno 1692 / A Discourse Upon Ode / Epigrams and Other Pieces / A Treatise of the Sublime / Index].

Volume 2 Only. London, Printed for E. Sanger, and E. Curll, 1711. 19 x 12 cm. Frontispiece, Title page, 189 pages [ Epistles / New Epistles] / Odes / Epigrams and Other Pieces] / 267 pages [Treatise of the Sublime], (16) [Index and Errata]. Contemporary calf. Spine labels with gilt title. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and age darkened. Joints cracked, but binding remains sound. Name of previous owner (‘JohnGeoBoileau’) on first blank. Internally age darkened, but clean.

Plutarch.

The Fifth and Last Volume of Plutarchs Lives. Translated from the Greek by Several Hands. [Includes: The Lives of Demetrius Poliocretes, Marcus Antonius, Demosthenes, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Aratus, Artaxerxes, Dion, Marcus Brutis, Galba & Otho].

London, Printed for Jacob Tonson at the Judges-Head in Chancery-lane, near Fleet-street, 1686. 17.5 x 11 cm. 764 pages (some sections misnumbered). With a frontispiece and nine plates. Contemporary panelled calf. Blind decorations. Red speckled edges. Raised bands. Interesting armorial blind stamp with two lions (?) on front and rear boards (see images). Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened throughout. An impressive little book in a sound contemporary binding.

Butler, Rev. Alban.

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and other Principle Saints. Compiled from original Monuments, and other authentic Records; illustrated with the Remarks of Judicious Modern Critics and Historians.

12 Volumes bound into four Books. Dublin & London, R. Coyne & Joseph Booker, 1838. 24.5 x 15.5 cm. Vol.1 with a frontispiece and engraved title page, lxiv, 1145 pages in four volumes, incl. 12 titel pages. Each volume contains three months. Uniform contemporary polished calf. Black spine labels with titles and volume numbers. Gilt decorations. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Sound bindings. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and occasionally foxed / damp stained. See images.

The Rev. Matthew Kelly (editor).

Cambrensis Eversus. Seu Potius Historica Fides in Rebus Hibernicis Giraldo Cambresi Abrogata … edited, with translation and notes by the Rev. Matthew Kelly.

Three Volumes in Four Volumes – as published. Dublin, Printed for the Celtic Society, 1848, 1850, 1851 & 1852. 23 x 15 cm. Vol. 1: xvi, 515 pages / Vol. 2: 793 pages / Vol. 3: 304 (8) / Vol.4: pages 305 to 575, (16). Original hard covers with elaborate blind decorations. Gitlt titles on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally clean.

Abbott, John S.C.

The History of the Civil War in America. Comprising a full and impartial account of the origin and progress of the rebellion, of the various naval and military engagements, of the heroic deeds performed by armies and individuals, and of touching scenes in the field, the camp, the hospital, and the cabin.

Two Volumes – Complete. New York, Published by Henry Bill, 1866. 24 x 16 cm. Vol.1: xiii, 507 pages, four pages publishers list. Frontispiece showing Lincoln plus 19 Maps and 17 Plates. / Vol.2: xvi, 629 pages, four pages publishers list. With a frontispiece showing U.S. Grant, 28 Maps & Diagrams plus nine Plates. Uniform dark brown leather bindings. Appears to be rebound using old boards, but adding a new spine in matching leather. Boards are extensively blind decorated. Pieces of the original spine are losely inserted in the book. Marbled edges and end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Sound bindings. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Gift inscription in volume 1. Name of previous owner (‘Denis M. Tierney’) in volume 2. Otherwise internally clean. A very nice set.

Otway, Caesar.

A Tour in Connaught: Comprising Sketches of Clonmacnoise, Joyce Country, and Achill. With Illustrations engraved on Wood.

First Edition. Dublin, William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1839. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. xi, 412 pages. Complete with eight illustrations. Contemporary dark green calf over marbled boards. Gilt and blind decorations. Black spine label and gilt title. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Front hinge cracked. Internally clean with occasional mild foxing (see images).

Beattie, William (text) / Bartlett, W.H. (illustrations).

Switzerland. Illustrated in a Series of Views taken expressly for this Work by W.H. Bartlett; Esq.

First Edition. London, George Virtue, 1836. 27 x 21 cm. Vol.1: (4), 188 pages, engraved title plus 57 Plates (see comments!) / Vol.2: (2), 152 pages, engraved title plus 48 Plates, plus a folding map of Switzerland in the back. Contemporary half morroco over marbled boards. Marbled end papers and edges. Gilt titles and decorations on spine. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. Rear free end paper of Vol.1 and front free end paper of Vol.2 missing. Some tissue guards missing. Names of previous owners neatly inscribed in ink. Internally with some browning, foxing and large visible damp stains on most pages, incl. Plates. (see images).

Wagner, Richard / Corder, H.&F. (translators).

Text Books / Librettos for Nine Wagner Operas bound in four Volumes. Consisting of: Vol.1: Das Rheingold (The Rhine-Gold) & Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) / Vol.2: Siegfried & Götterdämmerung (The Dusk of the Gods) / Vol.3: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Master-Singers of Nuremberg) / Vol.4: Parsifal / Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg / Der Fliegende Holländer / Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen. Volumes 1-3 in GERMAN & ENGLISH. Volume 4 Plays are in GERMAN only!

Four uniform volumes. Mainz (Mayence) & Dresden, B.Shott’s Soehne & C.F. Meser. 1882, 1882, 1880, ND. c. 16 x 10 cm. Vol. 1: 75 & 75, 84 & 84 pages. Vol.2: 98 & 98, 86 & 86 pages. Vol. 3: 135 & viii, 135 pages. Vol. 4: 62, 42, 40 & 48 pages. Uniform red morroco with gilt titles on front boards. Blind and gilt line decorations. Name of previous owner (‘Queenie Mason’) on all four front boards in gilt. Decorative end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Some plays slightly age darkened. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed. A very nice set in uniform bindings.

Claudii Ptolemaei [Ptolemy or Ptolemaeus] / Carolus Fridericus Augustus Nobbe (Editor).

Geographia.

Editio Stereotypa. Three volumes in one. Lipsiae [Leipzig], Sumptibus et Typis Caroli Tauchnitii (Tauchnitz), 1843, 1845, 12.5 x 8.5 cm. xxiv, 284 pages / 269 pages / (2), 206 pages. Few illustrations and a small folded Map in the back. Contemporary morroco. Black morroco label with gilt title. Gilt and blind decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Libris (T. Gaisford) on front paste down. From the Library of Howth Castle, Dublin, Ireland. Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean. Front hinge and front joint open.

Thomson, George (Editor), Burns, Robert, Scott Sir Walter et al.

Thomson’s Collection of the Songs of Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Bart. And other eminent lyric Poets Ancient and Modern. United to the Select Melodies of Scotland, and of Ireland & Wales. With Symphonies & Accompaniments for the Piano Forte by Pleyel, Haydn, Beethoven &c. The Whole composed for & collected by George Thomson F.A.S. Edinburgh.

Volumes 1 & 2. London, Printed & Sold by Preston, Hurst, Robinson & Co., [1822]. 25 x 18 cm. Each volume contains 50 song lyrics with accompanying musical notation, and a leaf of index at the end. Vol.1 also a Preface (ii) and a 19 page ‘Dissertation concerning the National Melodies of Scotland’. Later fine half calv over marbled boards. Gilt decorations. Red spine label with gilt title. See images. Very good condition. Fine bindings with minimal shelf wear. Internally age darkened. Some edge wear and occasional mild foxing. See images. Name of previous owner on both title pages. Neat gift inscription in volume 1, dated 1828. Overall a very attractive set.

The Rev. John Francis Shearman.

Loca Patriciana. An Identification of Localities, Chiefly in Leinster, visited by Saint Patrick and his Assistant Missionaries and of some contemporary Kings and Chieftains. With an Essay on the Three Patricks, Palladius, Sen Patrick, and Patrick Mac Calphurn. Apostles of Ireland in the fifth Century.

Dublin, M.H. Gill & Son, 1882. 25 x 15 cm. xiii, 495 pages. With a frontispiece. With folding Plates. Modern fine half morroco over marbled boards. Spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Binding as new. New end papers. Edges dust dulled. First few pages mildly foxed and damp stained. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy in a solid binding.

Anon.

Acta physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae naturae curiosorum. Exhibentia ephemerides sive observationes historias et experimenta a celeberrimis Germaniae et exterarum regionum viris habita et communicata singulari studio collecta. Volumen Secundum cum Appendice.

[First Edition]. Nuremberg, Apud Haeredes W. M. Endteri & J.A. Engelbrechti, 1730. 20 x 16 cm. Engraved frontispiece, title page, (18), 470 pages, 64 pages [Supplement], (2) [Index], 15 Plates, incl. nine folding Plates. Contemporary calf boards. Rebacked with a new matching cloth spine. New red morroco label with gilt title. Both hinges reinforced. Very good condition. Original boards rubbed and bumped. New spine and spine label. Edges and end papers age darkened. Ex Libris of previous owner on front free end paper. Strong edge wear to first few pages. Stamp on title page (‘Duplicate Copy’). Ink signature on title page. Internally clean. New sound binding.

Pitts Capper, Benjamin.

A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom. Compiled from Parliamentary, and other authentic Documents and Authorities; containing Geographical, Topographical, & Statistical Accounts of every District, Object, and Place in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the various small Islands dependant on the British Empire. Accompanied by Forty-Six Maps, drawn purposely for this Work, on an original Plan.

First Edition. London, Printed for Richard Phillips, 1808. 21 x 13 cm. Both volumes unpaginated, c. 1000+ pages. Illustrated with 45 Maps, including 6 folding (Ireland x 2 / Scotland x 2 / Wales & Yorkshire). Note: Wales is shown on one map only, not two, as described in the ‘List of Maps’. Modern half leather over marbled boards. Black spine labels with gilt titles. Gilt decorations. Plain end papers. Very good condition. Binding as new. Internally mildly age darkened. Very few small annotations. Name of previous owner with small pencil drawing on verso of half title page. A very attractive set in a nice modern binding.

[Wilson].

The Post Chaise Companion or Traveller’s Directory through Ireland. Containing a new & accurate Description of the direct and principal Cross Roads, with particulars of the Noblemen & Gentlemen’s Seats, Cities, Towns, Parks, Natural Curiosities, Antiquities, Castles, Ruins, Manufactures, Loughs, Glens, Harbours &c &c. Forming An Historical & Descriptive Account of the Kingdom, to which is added a Travelling Dictionary, or Alphabetical Tables, showing the Distances of all the Principal Cities, Boroughs, Market & Sea Port Towns in Ireland from each other. The 3rd Edition, corrected and enlarged, with an entire new set of Plates.

Third Edition. Dublin, Printed & Published by J. & J.H. Fleming, 1803. 20 x 12 cm. xxvii, 660 pages, (19) [Index]. With a frontispiece, a map and four additional plates, some folding. Modern quarter morroco. Gilt title and decorations to spine. Spine label. New end papers. Speckled edges. Very good condition. Sound new binding with minor shelf wear. Overall age darkened. Some foxing/browning. Map in poor condition. Overall a very good, complete copy of this reference book.

Haliday, Charles / Prendergast, John P. (editor).

The Scandinavian Kingdom of Dublin.

First Edition. Dublin, Alex. Thom & Co, 1881. c. 24.5 x 15.5 cm. cxxiii, 300 pages. Complete with seven folding maps / plates, as listed. Contemporary textured brown cloth. Blind decorations and gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine ends frayed. Front free end paper missing. Binding weak, but holding. Mild foxing to first and last few pages. All maps in excellent condition.

F. Ternisien D’Haudricourt.

Fastes De La Nation Française [Records of the French Nation].

Two Volumes. Paris, au Bureau de l’Auteur, ND, [c. 1815]. 28 x 21 cm. Unpaginated. Engraved throughout. No title page in either volume. First volume: blank, coloured plate [Les Princes Allies], frontispiece [Plan de Paris, 1814], 34 engraved plates, blank / Second volume: blank, 33 engraved plates, blank. Contemporary fine full calf. Gilt and blind decorations. No spine labels. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Binding tight. Rubbed and bumped (see images). One of the volumes lacks the front free end paper. Blank Ex Libris sticker on front paste downs of both volumes. Some dust dulling. Very clean plates (see sample images).

Boulter, Hugh.

Letters written by His Excellency Hugh Boulter, D.D. Lord Primate of All Ireland, &c. to several Ministers of State in England and some Others. Containing an Account of the most interesting Transctions which passed in Ireland from 1724 to 1738.

Two volumes bound in one. Oxford, At the Clarendon Press. Sold by D. Prince. Sold also by R. Horsfield in Ludgate Street, London; and by George Faulkner in Dublin. 1769 & 1770. 21 x 13 cm. viii, 360, (4), 254 pages plus 16 unnumbered pages of Index. Half calf over marbled paper boards. Speckled edges. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping to corners, boards and spine. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Front and rear joind cracked, front hinge weakened, but boards still firmly attached. Ex Libris of previous owner (Sir Robert Johnson Eden Bart.) on front paste down. Internally slightly age darkened and some very mild foxing. A very clean copy.

Fitzgerald, Rev. P. / M’Gregor, J.J.

The History, Topography, and Antiquities, of the County and City of Limerick. With a preliminary View of the History and Antiquities of Ireland. By the Rev. P. Fitzgerald. Vicar of Cahircorney in the Diocese of Emly and J. J. M’Gregor, Author of “The History of the French Revolution” &c.

First Edition. Two NON-UNIFORM Volumes. Dublin, Printed for George M’Kern, Limerick. Also by Baldwin, Chadock, and Joy, London, 1826 & 1827. 21 x 13.5 cm. Vol.1: ii, 424 pages. With a large folding Map of the County of Limerick, a folding distance Table and two engraved Plates. / Vol.2: x, 623 pages, lxvi [Appendix], (20) [Index]. With a Frontispiece and two more engraved Plates. The folding Map of Limerick is not present. Vol.1: Stiff card boards held together by spine tape. Front board almost disconnected. Ex Libary with a library stamp on the title page and three further pages (209,0301 & 361). / Vol.2: Contemporary red half calf over marbled boards. Gilt title and line decorations on spine. Fair condition. Rubbed, bumped and dust dulled. Small book sellers stamp on front past downs. Name and Address of previous owner in pencil on front free end paper. Occasional mild foxing / damp & ink staining, otherwise internally clean. Rear hinge cracked, but binding sound. A good reding copy or candidate for rebinding.

Dibdin, Thos. Frognall.

Reminiscences of A Literary Life. With Anectodes of Books, and of Book Collectors. By the Reverend Thos. Frognall Dibdin, D.D.

First Edition. London, John Major, 1836. 21 x 13.5 cm. Vol.1: xxxii, (4), 556 pages. / Vol.2: pages 557 to 982. With 10 Plates and additional Illustrations in text. New (2021) half cloth over decorated paper boards. Hard cover. Spine labels with gilt title. New end papers. Very good condition. Edges trimmed. Mild browning to some pages, otherwise a very clean set.

Agricola, Ignatio.

Historia Provinciae Societatis Jesu Germaniae Superioris. Pars Secunda Ab Anno 1591. ad 1600. Authore Ignatio Agricola, Societatis Jesu Sacerdote. Superiorum Permissu.

Auguste Vindelicorum / Monachij [Augsburg / Munich], Martini Happach & Franc. Xaver Schlueter / Mariae Magdalenae Riedlin, 1729. Folio [33 x 20 cm]. Title page with Vignette, (2) [Facultas R.P. Provincialis and Praefatio], 352 pages, (10) [Index], (1) [Errata]. [2, A2-Z2, Aa2-Zz2, Aaa2-Zzz2, Aaaa2-Xxxx, 1]. Some woodcut vignettes and leading letters. See comments below. Contemporary full calf. Good condition. Binding worn and spine missing (see images). Binding weak with first few pages being lose. Some edgewear. Mild foxing and occasional damp staining. See images.

Anon.

Sotheby’s. The Wardington Library Sales Catalogues. Complete Set. Important Atlases and Geographies [Two Volumes] / Bibles / Incunabula and the Wardington Hours.

Four Volume Set. London, Sotheby’s, 2005 – 2006. 28 x 22 cm. 344 pages / 368 pages / 282 pages / 124 pages. All volumes illustrated throughout. Aution results for one of the auctions losely inserted. Uniform red cloth with gilt titles on front boards and spine. See images. Illustrated end papers. Fine condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. A very nice set.

Haydock, The Rev. Geo. Leo (Editor).

The Holy Bible Translated from the Latin Vulgate. Diligently compared with the Hebrew, Greek, and Other Editions in Divers Languages and First Published by the English College, at Doouay, A.D. 1609, With Useful Notes, Critical, Historical, Controversial, and Explanatory, selected from the most eminent Commentators, and the most Able and Judicious Critics by the Rev. Geo. Leo Haydock. Enriched with Engravings.

Volume 2 (of Two) ONLY! Dublin & Manchester, Printed and Published by Thos. Haydock, at his original Catholic Publications-Warehouse and at his shop, Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin, 1815 & 1814. 42 x 26 cm. Frontispiece, title page, pages 1015 – 1383 (Old Testament), (4) [Index], title page (New Testament), xii, 446 pages, (13) [Index, References, Maps]. This volume complete with 12 Plates and two Maps on one page. New (2021) half cloth over marbled boards. Gilt title and decorations. New end papers. Very good condition. New binding. Internally age darkened and in places edgeworn. Some dog ears and minor tears. Last few pages show a damp stain. Overall a nice volume in a sturdy modern binding.

Wood-Martin, W.G.

The Rude Stone Monuments of Ireland. (Co. Sligo and the Island of Achill).

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis, & Co., 1888. c. 25.5 x 15.5 cm. xvii, 268 pages. Later cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Only minor shelf wear to binding. First pages, incl. the old wrapper very edge worn (see images), otherwise very bright and clean internally. Last few Index pages missing (Index ends at ‘N’).

Scott, Sir Walter.

The Waverley Novels. Vol. I, II, III, IV, VI, VII,IX, XIII, XVI, XVII, XIX, XXI, XXII, XXIV & XXV. Set consists of the following Novels: Waverley, Guy Mannering, The Antiquary, Rob Roy, The Black Dwarf. A Legend of Montrose, Heart of Mid-Lothina, Ivanhoe, The Pirate, Quentin Durward, St. Ronan’s Well, The Betrothed, Woodstock, The Fair Maid of Perth, Count Robert of Paris, The Surgeon’s Daughter, Castle Dangerous, Glossary.

15 Volumes. Edinburgh, Adam and Chalres Black, 1851, 1852. 16.5 x 10 cm. 421, 360, 349, 385, 315, 470, 398, 390, 401, 360, 434, 424, 394, 341, 370 pages. Each volume with an engraved title page. Volume 1 also contains a Portrait of the Author and a folding Facsimile Sample of his Handwriting. Uniform half calf over marbled boards. Raised bands and red morroco spine labels (some missing). Black and gilt decorations to spine (see images). Brown end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled throughout. Minor material losses to some corners / spine ends. Two spine labels missing. Some damp staining to some volumes.

Hallam, Henry.

The Constitutional History of England [George Bellew Binding]. From the Accesion of Henry VII to the Death of George II.

Fifth Edition. Two Volumes. London, John Murray, 1846. 21 x 14 cm. Vol.1: xv, 719 pages / Vol.2: viii, 624 pages. Uniform green morroco by G. Bellew, Dublin. Binders stamp in gilt on front past down. Elaborate gilt decorations. Decorated end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubing and bumping. Occasional mild staining to edges. Prize paper label on front paste donw. Internally bright and clean. Overall a very nice set in a lovely sturdy binding.

Anon.

Early Victorian Album. [A well executed Victorian Album with prose and poetry, and neat original drawings and water colours].

C.1840s. 20 x 16 cm. 106 pages; some coloured, some embossed, with tipped in images and letters, some drawings in colour and B&W. Contemporary cloth. Front board covered with blind stamped leather cover. Red textured end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Binding shaky, but holding. Some remnants of early tape repairs. Internally dust dulles, a few mild stains and closed tears. A fascinating piece.

Addison, C.G. [Charles Greenstreet].

The Knights Templars.

Second Edition. London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1842. 20 x 13 cm. xv, 559 pages. With a Frontispiece, title page vignette and four additional Plates. Modern quarter morroco over marbled boards. Black spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear to binding. Text block with some edgewear and minor paper losses to first and last few pages. A few pages protruding. Small sticker with name and address of previous owner on front paste down. Occasional mild foxing and damp staining. See images.

Wilson, John Marius (Editor).

The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland; or Dictionary of Scottish Topography. Compiled from the most recent Authorities. And forming a complete Body of Scottish Geography. Physical, Statistical, and Historical. Illustrated with a complete County Atlas, various chorographical Maps, Plans of Ports, Harbours, and interesting Views.

Two Volumes – Complete. London and Edinburgh, A. Fullarton & Co., ND (c. 1860). 25 x 16.5 cm. Vol.1: lxviii, 816 pages / Vol.2: 872 pages. Both volumes with coloured maps, and B&W plates. Volume 1 with a large folding map of Scotland (repaired in the back). Contemporary half calf over cloth covered boards. Marbled edges. Gilt and blind decorations. Spine labels. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. folding map with long closed tear, which has been repaired in the back. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy with interesting Maps and Plates. See images.

Freeman, Edward A.

The Historical Geography of Europe. In two Volumes. Volume 1: Text & Volume 2: Maps.

Second Edition. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1882. 21 x 14 cm. Vol.1: xlviii, 629 pages / Vol.2: viii, 65 coloured maps. Full contemporary calf. School Prize Binding (‘Schola Civitatis Londinensis’). Gilt titles and decorations. Marbled edges and end papers. Dentelles. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Small losses to spine labels of volume 2. Edges dust dulled. End papers age darkened. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed in ink in both volumes. Internally bright and clean. A very nice set.

Various Authors: Inglis, Henry David / M’Lean, Archibald / Anon.

24 Tracts: The Society for diffusing Scriptural Knowledge by the distribution of Tracts. 1. Essay on the Nature of Divine Grace / 2. Doctrine of the Grace of God (William Mills) / 3. The Way of Forgiveness / 4. The Revealed Character of the True God / 5. A Suitable Remedie for Human Wretchedness / 6. A Letter to six Men under Sentence of Death / 7. Essay on the Most important of all Subjects / 8. Poor Joseph / 9. The Nature and Importance of Christ’s Salvation / 10. Christian Confidence / 11. The True Riches / 12. The Prophet and the Widow / 13. The Pharisee and the Publican / 14. The important Question answered / 15. The Fisherman / 16. Sin. No Trifle / 17. Atheism and Christianity Contrasted / 18. Doctrine of the Cross of Christ / 19. Israel healed by the Brazen Serpent / 20. Effectual Remedy / 21. Divine Grace Exemplified / 22. Poor Sarah / 23. Doctrine of three divine Persons / 24. Dialogue between a father and his son.

London, Printed by Benjamin Bensley, J. Haddon & Sold by W. Jones, 1819 – 1824. c. 13 x 8 cm. 6, 36, 15, 12, 16, 8, 14, 6, 8, 12, 18, 12, 24, 8, 8, 6, 30, 18, 12, 14, 8, 16, 16 & 20 pages. Contemporary full calf. Black spine label and gilt decorations. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Bottom of front joint cracked. Edges and end papers age darkened. Neat gift inscription on front free end paper. Most of spine label missing. Bookworm channel on front end papers. Internally dust dulled, but otherwise clean.

Anon. [Otway, Caesar].

A Tour in Connaught: Comprising Sketches of Clonmacnoise, Joyce Country, and Achill. By the Author of “Sketches in Ireland”. With Illustrations engraved on Wood.

First Edition. Dublin, William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1839. 16 x 10 cm. xi, 442 pages. Complete with eight Illustrations, as listed. Later quarter green morroco over marbled boards. Black spine label with gilt title. Gilt decorations. Very cood condition. Minor shelf wear. Mild staining to bottom of spine and rear board (see images). Edges age darkened. Some of the Plates age darkened and damp stained. Name of the Author inscribed twice, but most likely not by the Author, as the name is misspelled.

[Campbell, Thomas].

A Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland. In a Series of Letters to John Watkinson, M.D.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed for W. Whitestone, W. Sleater, D. Chamberlaine et al. 1777. 20.5 x 12.5 cm. xvi, 478 pages. Engraved frontispiece plus five further plates, two of which are folding. Plate 3 (Rock of Cashel, folding) appears to be a later facsimile. Contemporary calf. Gilt decorations, title label and five raised bands. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine decorations and label worn. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Armorial Ex Libris of previous owner (‘Thomas Bond’) on front paste down. Internally occassional mild foxing and damp staining. Overall a sturdy clean copy.

Weld, Isaac.

Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding Country.

London, Printed for Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1812. 25 x 15 cm. vii, 293 pages. With a title vignette, two maps (one folding), one folding panoramic view & 17 plates. Modern fine quarter calf over marbled boards. Red spine label with title in gilt. gilt and blind decorations to spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Some dust dulling to edges. Occasional very mild spotting. Very few descriptive pencil annotations. Internally very clean. A lovely copy in an attractive sturdy binding.

Robida, A. [Albert].

La Vieille France: La Touraine & Normandie. Texte, Dessins et Lithographies.

Two Volumes. Paris, A La Librairie Illustree, ND [c. 1890s]. c. 32 x 22 cm. La Touraine: 336 pages / Normandie: 331 pages. Illustrated. Contemporary uniform half leather. Fore and tail edge deckle. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled. Two ex Libris (Lady Ardilaun & Benjamin John Plunket) in both volumes. See images. Internally bright and clean.

Miss Corner.

The History of China and India, Pictorial and Descriptive. By Miss Corner, Author of “The Historical Library”, “Questions on the History of Europe” &c&c.

London, Dean & Co., ND [1846]. 22.5 x 16.5 cm. iv, ii, iii, iii, iii, iii, 393 pages. Complete with two folding Maps, 31 Plates and Illustrations in Text, as listed. Fine contemporary calf with gilt decorations to boards and spine. Morocco spine label with gilt title. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Front joint just starting to crack at top. Ex Libris of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally a little dust dulled. Some edge wear and nicks.

Petrie, George / Stokes, Margaret (editor).

Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language. Chiefly Collected and Drawn by George Petrie and Edited by M. Stokes.

First Edition. Dublin Printed for the University Press, for the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 1872 & 1878. C. 28 x 21 cm. Vol.1: 86 pages followed by 74 Plates / Vol.2: 187 pages, v [Corrigenda], 54 Plates. Original blind stamped dark cloth. Volume 1 rebacked with a new spine and end papers in 2023. Please see images. Spine design is NOT uniform. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Library with a few library stamps.

Hartmann Schedel / [Koberger, Anton – Printer].

The Nuremberg Chronicle. A Facsimile of Hartmann Schedel’s Buch der Chroniken. Printed by Anton Koberger in 1493.

New York, Landmark Press, 1979. 35 x 25 cm. As published: green morocco-grained cloth with black labels. Gilt title on front board and spine. Dark grey end papers. Near fine condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Slipcase rubbed and bumped with a small stain. See images.

Ritter, Lorenz (artist) / Dohme, Dr. Robert (text).

Malerische Ansichten aus Nürnberg.

Berlin, Verlag von Ernst Wasmuth, 1876. 42 x 32 cm. Engraved title page, title page, (4) [Dedication], 12 text pages (with Illustrations), followed by 25 tissue guarded engraved Plates – complete. Original textured cloth with elaborate gilt and black decorations. Gilt titles. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with small material losses. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Blank Ex Libris sticker on one of the text pages. Foxing throughout, heavy in places (see images).

Tillotson, John.

Ireland and its Scenery. Illustrated by Thirty-five Engravings on Steel by Various Artists. With Descriptions by John Tillotson, Author of “Picturesque Scenery in Wales” et al.

First Edition. London, T.J. Allman, ND [1863]. 24 x 19 cm. 80 text pages interspersed with 35 Plates, as listed. Original textured red cloth with elaborate gilt and blind decorations. Bevelled boards. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Rebacked in 2024 with new matching cloth spine. Gilt title on spine. New end papers. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to boards. Prize label on first blank page, dated 1866. Occasional mild foxing. Tissue guards age darkened. Internally clean. Plates in excellent condition.

The Beauties of the Press. With an Appendix containing the Speech of Arthur O’Connor, on the Catholic Question, in the House of Commons of Ireland on Monday, May 4, 1795. Also his Letter to Lord Castlereagh.

London, [no publisher – privately printed for John Stockdale?], 1800. 21 x 12 cm. vi, 602 pages, 48 pages (Letter to Lord Castlereagh). Full brown calf. Small gilt decorations to spine. Blind stamp on front board (St. Patrick Library). Good condition. Binding worn. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. Spine label missing. Ex Library: Ink writings on title page and TOC, number 394 on spine and TOC. Head and tail bands damaged. Joints cracked, but boards attached and binding sound. No front free end paper. No half title. Half of rear free end paper missing. Otherwise text block complete. Title page creased. Internally age darkened with some stains and occasionally foxed.

Murphy, Rev. Denis (editor).

The Annals of Clonmacnoise. Being Annals of Ireland from the earliest Period to A.D. 1408. Translated into English A.D. 1627 by Conell Mageoghagan and now for the first Time printed.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed at the University Press for the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1896. 25 x 16 cm. ix, 393 pages, 4. Original dark green cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional very mild foxing / age darkening. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Mrs. [Annie Jane] Harvey.

Turkish Harems & Circassian Homes.

First Edition. London, Hurst & Blackett, 1871. 22 x 14 cm. x, 307 pages plus 147 pages publishers list. With a frontispiece and title page in colour. Original green cloth. Bevelled boards. Black and gilt decorations. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Yellow end papers. Very good condition. Binding heavily rubbed and bumped with cloth being damaged in places. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Both hinges open. Binding shaky, but holding. Ex Libris of previous owner on front free paste down. Stamp of previous owner on top of title page. Internally bright and clean. See images.

Homer / Edward Earl of Derby (Translator).

The Iliad of Homer. Together with: Translations of Poems Ancient and Modern. Rendered into English Blank Verse by Edward Earl of Derby.

Fifth Edition, Revised / Third Edition. Two Volumes – Complete. London, John Murray, 1865 / 1868. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Vol.1: x, (2), 402 pages / Vol.2: (2), 432 pages plus 88 pages [Translations of Poems]. Fine contemporary calf. Two spine labels with gilt titles and volume numbers. Gilt decorations. Dentelles.Raised bands. Marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Very good + condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Small book dealer sticker on verso of front free end paper (Henry Sotheran – Booksellers & Bookbinders). First and last pages in each volumes mildly foxed. Internally bright and clean. A lovely set.

Busenbaum, Hermann / P. Claudio La Croix [Claude Lacroix] / Colendall, Leonardo.

[Theologiae Moralis] Index Locupletissimus Resolutionum omnium, quae continentur, tam in Medulla R.P. Hermanni Busenbaum, S.J. Quam in Omnibus ad illam a Reverendo et Eximio P. Claudio La Croix, ejusdem Societ. Jesu, SS, Theologiae in Unversitate Coloniensi Doctore & Professore publico, Factis additamentis, secundum ordinem Alphabeti digestus a R.P. Leonardo Colendall, ejusdem Societatis Sacerdote. Tomulus IX.

Cologne, Apud Servatium Noethen, 1717. 1014 pages. Contemporary full vellum with blind decorations to both boards. Leather and metal clasps. Handwritten author and volume number on spine. Raised bands. Blue coloured edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Mildly age darkened throughout, otherwise clean. Name of previous owner on top of title page. A lovely copy in an attractive sturdy contemporary binding. See images.

Fischer, Frederick Augustus.

Travels in Spain in 1797 and 1798. With an Appendix on the Method of Travelling in that Country. Translated from the German.

First English Edition. London, Printed by A. Strahan for T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1802. 21 x 13 cm. xv, (1) [Publishers List], 405 pages, (2) [Publishers List / Blank]. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Red spine label with gilt title. Good condition. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped (see images). Marbled boards faded. Edges age darkened. Ex Libris of ‘Fullerton of Carstairs’ and paper label of ‘Coupar Angus Library’ on front paste down (see image). Bookworm tracks on first 20 – 25 pages, not affecting text. Mild damp staining to rear end papers and last few pages. Text complete and binding sound. A good reading copy or candidate for rebinding.

Betham, Rev. William.

The Baronetage of England. Or the History of the English Baronets, and such Baronets of Scotland, as are of English Families; with Genealogical Tables, and Engravings of their Armorial Bearings…

[First Edition]. Ipswich, Printed by Burrel and Bransby, for William Miller et al., 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804 & 1805. 26 x 21 cm. Vol.1: xiv, 513, (3), four Plates / Vol.2: 455, 30, (4), six Plates / Vol.3: 451, Frontispiece and 11 Plates / Vol.4: 425, 24 [Appendix], (5) [Subscribers], 17 Plates / Vol.5: Pages 426 to 600, 83, [Appendix], xl [List of Baronets], 104 {Index], (8), 11 Plates. Later uniform brown cloth. Five hard covers. Matching morroco labels with gilt titles. New end papers. Very good condition. Age darkened and damp stained in places. Overall a nice copy of this scarce reference book.

O’Connor.

Chronicles of Eri; Being the History of the Gaal Sciot Iber: or, The Irish People; Translated from the original Manuscripts in the Phoenician Dialect of the Scythian Language.

First Edition. Volume 2 only! London, Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1822. 23 x 14 cm. Folding coloured frontispiece, title page with vignette, folding map of Eri, folding plate, 509 pages plus three pages publishers list. New (2023) dark blue half cloth over marbled boards. Spine labels with gilt titles. New end papers. Fore and tail edge deckle. Very good condition. New binding. Edges dust dulled. A very nice copy in a new sturdy binding.

Southwell Bourke, Richard.

St. Petersburg and Moscow. A Visit to the Court of the Czar.

First Edition. Two Volumes – Complete. London, Henry Colburn, 1846. 20 x 12 cm. Vol.1: xvi, 274 pages plus 24 pages Publishers List / Vol.2: x, 276 pages. Original green cloth with armorial gilt decorations on front boards. Gilt title and blind decorations. Professionally rebacked using the original boards and spine. New plain end papers. Very good condition. Rebacked – sound binding. Boards and spine rubbed and bumped. Spine and edges age darkened. Losely inserted Library paper label (British and Foreign Library, Dublin) and small name plate for Rev. [?] Power (see images). Internally clean. A nice set in very good condition.

Anon. [Katherine Sophia Baily, Lady Kane].

The Irish Flora comprising the Phaenogamous Plants and Ferns.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges and Smith, 1833. 18 x 11 cm. xi, 220 pages. Original dark cloth. Hard cover. Paper label with title and original price. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened / browned. Name of previous owner on front free end paper, dated 1833. Small sticker with name of another owner on front paste down. Internally bright and clean.

Seddall, Rev. Henry / The Most Rev. Lord Plunket (Introduction).

Edward Nangle: The Apostle of Achill. A Memoir and a History.

First Edition. London & Dublin, Hatchards Piccadilly & Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1884. 18 x 12 cm. xxxv, 380 pages plus four pages publishers list. Complete with Frontispiece and four additional Plates. Original brown cloth with black and gilt line decorations. Gilt title on front board and spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Binding weak, but holding. Both hinges cracked. Paper label with name and address of previous owner on front free end paper. Red ink stamp with name and address of another previous owner on half title page and Preface page. Top corner of half title page cleanly cut out. Signature of another previous owner on verso of frontispiece. Frontispiece cleanly cut off, but present. Underlining and interesting neat annotations in pencil.

Seddall, Rev. Henry / The Most Rev. Lord Plunket (Introduction).

Edward Nangle: The Apostle of Achill. A Memoir and a History.

First Edition. London & Dublin, Hatchards Piccadilly & Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1884. 18 x 12 cm. xxxv, 380 pages plus four pages publishers list. Complete with a Frontispiece and four additional Plates. Dark cloth hard cover with gilt title and author’s name on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Both hinges cracked. Name of previous owner on verso of front free end paper. Top part of half title page missing (see image). Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean.

Walpole, Spencer.

A History of England. From the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815.

First Edition. Five Volume Set – Complete. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1878, 1878, 1880, 1886 & 1886. c. 22 x 14 cm. xviii, 647, 24 [publishers list] / xvii, 705, (2) / xxiv, 679, 24 / xxii, 611 / xvi, 560 pages plus 24 pages publishers list. Uniform dark brown cloth. Hard covers with gilt titles on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping (see images). A little dust dulled. Ex Libris of Castle Pollard on all front paste downs. Internally clean. A nice set.

Beattie, William (text) / Bartlett, W.H, Allom, T (drawings).

Scotland / Caledonia. Illustrated In A Series Of Views Taken Expressly For This Work By Messrs. T.Allom, W.H.Bartlett, and Others.

Two Volumes – Complete. London and New York, George Virtue, ND (c. 1840). 27 x 21 cm. Vol.1 : 200 pages / Vol.2: 172 pages. Illustrated with steel plates. Complete with all Plates, as listed. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Marbled edges and end papers. Gilt titles and decorations. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Some foxing / browning. Gift inscription in ink in both volumes. A nice set in good sturdy bindings.

Locke, John.

Some Thoughts Concerning Education.

The Fourth Edition Enlarged. London, Printed for A. and J. Churchill, at the Black Swan in Pater- noster- row, 1699. 19 x 11 cm. Blank, TP, (6) [Dedicatory], 380 pages, (2) [TOC]. Contemporary speckled calf. Blind line decorations. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped with some material losses to corners, spine ends and boards (see images). Front and rear hinge started, but binding remains sound. Raised bands. Edges and end papers age darkened. Faint name of previous owner on title page. Internally age darkened and occasionally foxed. Overall still a nice sound copy.

Laurentius Heisterus [Heister, Lorenz].

Compendium Anatomicum Totam Rem Anatomicam Brevissime Complectens Editio Quarta Prioribus Longe Auctior At2ve Emendatior.

Two volumes in bound in one. Norimbaergae [Nuremberg], Georg. Christoph. Weberi, 1736. 20 x 12.5 cm. Engraved frontispiece, title page vol.1 with title vignette, (2) [Dedication], xxvi [Prefatio], 205 pages, (2)[blank], title page vol.2, 190 pages, (38) [Index], nine folding plates [Tab I to Tab IX]. Complete. Contemporary calf with gilt decorations and title on spine. Five raised bands. Red speckled edges. Binding very worn with material losses to spine and spine ends. Joints and hinges cracked. Small paper losses to end papers. (see images). Internally in very good condition. Occasional mild browning and small damp stains, otherwise very clean.

Young, Arthur.

A Six Months Tour through the North of England. Containing an Account of the present State of Agriculture, Manufactures and Population, in several Counties of this Kingdom. (…) Also, Experiements on Rearing and Fattening of Hogs, As laid before the Society of Arts & c.

First Dublin Edition. Complete in Three Volumes. Dublin, Printed for Wilson, Exshaw, Saunders, Sleater et al., 1770. 21 x 12.5 cm. Vol.1: Title, (2), xvi, 395, (2) with eight plates, incl. 6 folding plates / Vol.2: Title, vi, 390 pages with 14 plates, incl. 7 folding plates / Vol.3: Title, vii, 403 pages with one plate and five folding tables. Contemporary full calf. Raised bands. Red labels on spine. Gilt title and volume number, some gilt line decorations on spine. Plain boards. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Minor fraying to spine ends. Edges and end papers age darkened. A few small nicks and closed tears. Armorial Ex Libris of previous owner in all three volumes. Internally bright and clean. A lovely set.

Betham, Sir William.

Irish Antiquarian Researches. [Contains papers on: Leabhar Dhimma, The Caah, The Meeshac, Book of Armagh, St. Patrick et al.]

Dublin, William Curry, Jun. and Co. and Hodges and M’Arthur, 1827. 21 x 13 cm. Coloured frontispiece, Title page, (2), 442 pages, lv. Complete with 12 Plates of which seven are hand coloured and some are folding. Contemporary hald calf over marbled boards. Rebacked in 2022 using the original boards and spine. Black morroco label with gilt title. Gild decorations. Speckled edges. Very good condition. Rebacked. New end papers. Rubbed and bumped. Occasional mild age darkening / browning. A very nice clean copy.

[Matthew Archdeacon].

Legends of Connaught, Irish Stories &c. &c. By the Author of “Connaught in 1798”.

First Edition. NOT A REPRINT ! Dublin, Published by John Cumming, Lower Ormond Quay, MDCCCXXIX [1839]. 20.5 x 13 cm. xv (List of Subscribers & Preface), 406 pages. Contemporary half leather over textured cloth. Gilt title and decorations on spine. Blind decorations on boards. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Rear hinge cracked. Front hinge started to crack. Binding shaky, but holding. Internally age darkened and mildly foxed.

O’Halloran, S. [Sylvester].

A History of Ireland. An Introduction to the Study of the History and Antiquities of Ireland, and Ierne Defended.

Dublin, Printed by J. Christie, 1819. 20. 5 x 13 xm. Vol.1: 581 pages, one Plate / Vol.2: 482 pages, (16 pages Index), three Plates / Vol.3: 550 pages, (10 pages Index), three Plates. Uniform textured full leather with gilt titles and decorations. Marbled end papers and edges. Name of previous owner in gilt on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste downs. Internally mildly foxed, otherwise very clean. Please review images.

Le Prince, Jean Baptist (artwork) / Abbe Chappe (artwork) / McIntyre, Archibald (engraver).

[A Collection of Engravings showing Habits & Dresses from Various Countries]. [Unknown Title and Publisher – No Title Page].

No publishing Information. c. 1790-1800. 21 x 13 cm. 35 engraved plates. No title or text pages. Contemporary leather. Front board detached. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Front board detatched. Dust dulled throughout. First three pages with edgewear and minor losses, not affecting the engravings. See images.

Las Cases, Comte de.

Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène / Journal de la Vie Privéé et des Conversations de l´Empereur Napoleón, a Sainte Hélène. Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène, ou journal ou se trouve consigné, jour par jour, ce qu’a dit et fait Napoléon durant dix-huit mois.

Two sets of four volumes each. Brussels & London, De L’Imremerie de H. Remy / Chez Henri Colburn et M. Bossange, 1822/23 & 1823. 350, 330, 319 & 324 pages / 361, 345, 314 & 304 pages. With folded plans and maps. See images. Uniform paper covered spine and corners over marbled boards. Black spine labels with gilt titles. Note the two sets are slightly different in size. See images. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Ex Libris of previous owner (‘Castle Pollard’) on front paste downs. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing / dust dulling, otherwise internally clean.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Evangeline, The Seaside and the Fireside & Poems on Slavery. Three Longfellow Poetry Books bound in One.

Seventh, First & Second Edition. Boston, Boston & Cambridge, William T. Tickner & Company / Tickner, Reed and Fields & John Owen, 1850, 1850 & 1842. 17 x 11 cm. 163, 141 & 31 pages. Fine dark green Morocco with gilt decorations and gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping (see images). Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Occasional very mild damp staining. Gift inscription on verso of front free end paper. Internally clean. A nice copy in an attractive sturdy binding.

Anon. [Defoe, Daniel].

The New Robinson Crusoe. An instructive and entertaining History, for the Use of Children of both Sexes; Translated from the French. Embellished with Thirty-two beautiful Cuts by Bewick. In two Volumes.

New Edition. London, Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1804. 17.5 x 10.5 cm. Vol.1: 328 pages. Vol.2: 303 pages. Complete with 32 Plates by Bewick, as called for. Uniform contemporary speckled calf. Red spine labels with gilt titles. Gilt decorations and volume numbers. See images. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Front joint of volume 1 started to crack. Mildly age darkened throughout. Missing pages 59 – 62 of volume 1. One plate (No. 25) with closed tear. Gift inscriptions on front paste down in ink. Occasional mild foxing and damp staining. Remains a very nice set.

Frederic Leopold Count Stolberg / Holcroft, Thomas (Translator).

Travels Through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Sicily. Translated from the German of Leopold Count Stolberg, by Thomas Holcroft.

First Edition. Two Volumes. London, Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1796. 26 x 21 cm. Vol.1: xx, 506 pages, with eight Plates / Vol.2: xi, 656 pages with eight Plates, plus Directions for the Binder. See Notes below. Contemporary tree calf. Raised bands. Red morroco labels with titles and volume numbers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Some material losses to spine ends (see images). Internally dust dulled and occasionally mildly foxed.

Petrie, George / Stokes, M. [Margaret] (Editor).

Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language. Chiefly Collected and Drawn by George Petrie and Edited by M. Stokes.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed for the University Press, for the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 1872. 28 x 25 cm. Vol.1: 86 pages followed by 74 Plates / Vol.2: 187 pages, v [Corrigenda], 54 Plates. Original dark cloth with celtic blind decorations. Gilt titles on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped, edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Library with faint numbers on spine and a few small stamps internally..

Locke, John / Rollin.

Some Thoughts Concerning Education / New Thoughts Concerning Education. [Rare Dublin Printing].

The Tenth Edition. Dublin, Printed by R. Reilly on Cork Hill; for G. Risk, G. Ewing, and W. Smith, Booksellers in Dame’s Street., 1738 / 1737. 17 x 10 cm. 237 pages, (2)[TOC] (Locke) / x, 84 pages (Rollin). Frontispiece. Contemporary full calf. Red spine label with gilt title. Raised bands. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Front hinge started to crack (c. 4 cm). Sound binding. Small ink notes on verso of ffep. Name of previous owner inked out on title page (see images). Internally age darkened, but clean. Two books in one.

Wright, Thomas.

The History of Ireland. From the Earliest Period of the Irish Annals to the Present Time. Illustrated with beautiful steel engravings, from original drawings, executed expressly for this work by H. Warren, Esq.

[First Edition]. London and New York, The London Printing and Publishing Company, ND [c. 1850s]. 27 x 18.5 cm. Vol1: xiv, 728 pages, with a Map and 18 Plates (incl. title page) / Vol.2: iv, 663 pages, with 12 Plates / Vol.3: (4), 592 pages, with 13 Plates (incl. title page). All Plates complete,as listed. Later fine quarter green calf over cloth covered boards. Black morocco spine label with gilt title. Gilt decorations and raised bands. Marbled edges. Very good condition. Strong bindings. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean, with occasional age darkening. A very nice set.

Musgrave, Sir Richard.

Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland. From the Arrival of the English: Also, A Particular Detail of that which broke out the XXIIID of May, MDCCXCVIII; with the History of the Conspiracy which preceded it.

The Third Edition. Dublin, Printed by Robert Marchbank and sold by J. Archer [and others], 1802. c. 20.5 x 12.5 cm. Vol.1: xviii, (2), 583 pages / Vol.2: vii, 552 pages, (16) [Index]. With nine out of ten listed Maps, lacking the ‘Ground-plan of the town of Antrim’ in volume 2. Contemporary tree-calf. Gilt titles and decorations. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Lacking one map. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name and Ex Libris of previous owners on front paste downs. Some long closed tears to other maps.

Stevenson, Sir John (music) / Moore, Thomas (text).

A Selection of Irish Melodies. With Symphonies and Accompaniment by Sir John Stevenson, Mus. Doc. and Characteristic Words by Thomas Moore, Esq’r.

[First Editions]. 5th & 6th Number bound into one Volume. London & Dublin, Printed and Sold at J. Power’s Music & Instrument Warehouse & at W. Power’s Music Warehouse, [1813 & 1815]. 34.5 x 24.5 cm. (2) [blank], tissue guarded engraved title page, (4) [dedication & index], 52 pages, engraved music scores / title page, advertisement, pages numbered 52 to 113. Full page engraving between pages 77 and 78. New half cloth over decorated paper covered boards. Contemporary red morroco label [‘Mrs. T. Moore’] from original binding on front board. Good condition only. New solid binding. Internally seriously age darkened and damp stained. See images for a clear idea of the condition. Gift inscription on first blank page (see comments below). Partially trimmed inscription on top of second title page (6th Number), possibly by the author?

Beattie, William (text) / Bartlett, W.H. (illustrations).

The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain. Illustrated by Views taken on the Spot, by W.H. Bartlett; with Descriptions by William Beattie.

First Edition in this Form. Two Volumes – Complete. London, George Virtue, 1842. 27 x 20 cm. Vol.1: 190 pages and 65 (out of 66) Plates. / Vol.2: 155 pages and 60 Plates, as listed. Including frontispieces and engraved title pages. Uniform contemporary dark morroco with gilt titles and gilt decorations. All edges gilt. Yellow end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Edges and end papers age darkened. Ex Libris sticker on front paste down of both volumes. Stamp of a previous owner on both title pages and on rear free end paper of volume one. Some foxing. Some tissue guards with a colour tinge. Otherwise a clean attractive copy in sturdy attractive bindings.

F.R. (Francis Russell).

A Short History of the East India Company. Exhibiting a State of their Affairs, Abroad and at Home, Political and Commercial; The Nature and Magnitude of their Commerce, and its relative Connection with the Government and Revenue of India, and a Discussion on the Question of Right to the conquered Territories in India; also…

The Second Edition, with some Additions. London, Printed for John Sewell, Cornhill, and John Debrett, Piccadilly, 1793. 26 x 20 cm. Half-Title, Title, (3) [TOC], 95 pages plus three pages publishers list. Recent half leather over marbled boards. Recent end papers. Red spine label with gilt title. Blue speckled edges. Very good condition. Binding shows only minor shelf wear. Spine label rubbed. Top edge age darkened. Occasional mild foxing, mainly to first few pages, incl. title (see image). Closed tear to one of the pages of publishers list has been repaired. A very nice copy of this scarce title.

Petrie, George.

The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland. Anterior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion; Comprising an Essay on the Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland, which obtained the Gold Medal and Prize of the Royal Irish Academy.

Second Edition. Dublin, Hodges and Smith, 1845. 26.5 x 17.5 cm. xxi, 525 pages. Illustrated throughout. Trinity College Dublin Prize Binding by George Mullen. College Crest on front and rear boards. Extensive gilt decorations on polished calf. Dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Prize label on front paste down. Occasional very mild foxing. A very nice copy in a very fine binding.

Temple, John / Tichborne, Henry.

The History of the General Rebellion in Ireland. Raised upon the Three and Twentieth Day of October, 1641. Together with the Barbarous Cruelties and Bloody Massacres which ensued thereupon. To which is added, Sir Henry Tichborne’s History of the Siege of Drogheda, in the Year 1641. As also the whole Tryal of Connor Lord Macguire, with the perfect copies of the Indictment, and all the Evidences against him. Together with the Pope’s Bull to the Confederate Catholicks in Ireland.

The Seventh Edition. Cork, Printed by Phineas and George Bagnell, in Castle Street, 1766. 21 x 13 cm. 1 Blank, Title, xxiv [TOC, Preface], (12) [Subscribers Names], 412 pages, 1 Blank. Contemporary full calf with black spine label. Gilt title and five raised bands. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened throughout. Rear joint started to crack from the top. Binding sound. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down (‘Thomas Brownrigg’). Small bookseller stamp, just below. Front hinge started to crack. Lower corner of page 1 missing, not affecting text. Internally clean. A very nice copy of this scarce Cork publication.

Dallas, Rev. Alex.

The Story of the Irish Church Missions. An Account of the Providential Preparation which led to the Establishment of the Society for Irish Church Missions to the Roman Catholics in 1849. Part 1 [all published].

First Edition. London, Published for the Society for Irish Church Missions and Sold by Hatchard et al., 1867. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. viii, 232 pages. Contemporary cloth. Hard cover with gilt titles on front board and spine. Gilt decorations. Dark end papers. Binding very good condition, internally fine. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine ends mildly frayed with minor material losses (see images). Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy of this scarce item.

Monck Mason, William.

The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, near Dublin. From its Foundation in 1190, to the Year 1819: comprising A Topographical Account of the Lands and Parishes Appropriated to the Community of the Cathedral, and to its Members; and biographical Memoirs of its Deans. Collected, chiefly, from Sources of Original Record, by William Monck Mason, Esq.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed for the Author, 1819. 26.5 x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, TP1, Dedication, TP2, (2)[TOC], 444 pages, xcvii [Appendix, Additional Notes and Illustrations]. With a Frontispiece and six additional Plates. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards (see images). Black spine label with gilt title. Blind and gilt decorations to spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Front hinge professionally reinforced. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild browning and mild damp staining to a few pages. Otherwise internally clean. A very nice copy in a sturdy contemporary binding.

Addison, Mr. [Joseph].

Maxims, Observations, and Reflections, Moral, Political, and Divine. The Second Part.

[First Edition]. London, Printed for E. Curll in Fleet Street, 1720. 18 x 12 cm. Title page with Vignette, (2) [TOC], Pages 91 to 187, (2) [blank]. Contemporary red morroco with fine gilt decorations. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Name of previous owner and neat gift inscription, dated 1765, on first blank (see image). A few underlinings, otherwise internally clean. A very nice copy of this rare little book in an attractive binding.

Lucanus, M. Annaei / Oudendorpio, Francisco (Editor).

M. Annaei Lucani Cordubensis Pharsalia : sive belli civilis libri decem : cum scholiaste, hucusque inedito, et notis integris Henrici Glareani, Jacobi Micylli, Joachimi Camerarii, Hugonis Grotii & c.

Two Volumes. Lugduni Batavorum (Leyden), Samuelem Luchtmans, 1728. 21 x 25 cm, Vol. 1: (74), 505 pages. With a fold-out map facing page 1. Vol. 2 (Tomus Alter): Counting continues at page 506 to 966. 192 pages of Index. Contemporary calf with plain boards. Six raised bands. Gilt decorations on spine. Volume numbers on spine. Name plates missing from both spines. Very good condition. Significant shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to spine, boarders and corners. Outer joints starting to crack open, but binding still sound. Papers age darkened and slightly browned and foxed. Some faint water staining. Book plates and shelf numbering attached to front pastedowns (Earl of Roden).

Howard, John Eliot.

“The Island of Saints;” or, Ireland in 1855.

First Edition. London, Seeleys, 1855. 16 x 10 cm. xxiv, 276 pages. With 10 (out of 11) Lithotint Plates and three woodcut Illustrations. Original green cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Elaborate blind decorations to boards and spine (see images). Very good condition. Binding with minor shelf wear. Spine faded into brown. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small Ex Libris on front paste down. Inscription on front free end paper reads : ‘From the Author Sept. 1855’. A few neat annotations. A very nice copy.

O’Flanagan, Rev. Michael (Editor).

Letters Containing Information Relative to the Antiquities of the County of Mayo. Collected during the Progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1838.

Two Volumes. Limited Edition of 75 Copies. Bray, No Publisher, 1927. 29 x 20 cm. Vol. 1: xxxiii, 244 pages. Vol.2: xxvii, 210 pages. Both volumes with a number of maps and line drawings. Original cloth. Hard cover. Gilt titles on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner on small sticker attached to front paste down. Small bookbinder label. Ex Library with some neat stamps in various places (see image of title page). Otherwise both volumes bright and clean. A very nice set.

O’Reilly, Edward.

Irish-English Dictionary. Containing upwards of Twenty Thousand Words that have never appeared in any former Irish Lexicon with copious Quotations from the most esteemed ancient and modern Writers, to Elucidate the Meaning of obscure Words; and numerous Comparisons of the Irish Words with those of similar Orthography, Sense or Sound in the Welsh and Hebrew Languages. In their proper Places in the Dictionary, are inserted the Irish Names of our indigenous Plants, with the Names by which they are commonly known in English and Latin… to which is Annexed, a compenious Irish Grammar.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by John Barlow, 1817. 26.5 x 21.5 cm. Eight unnumbered pages (Title, Dedication, Preface & Subscribers), 28 pages Irish Grammar followed by the complete Dictionary on unnumbered pages using double columns. Later quarter cloth over papered boards. Leather label with gilt title on spine. Red marbled edges. New end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and paper age darkened. Occasional very mild foxing and a few faint water stains. Name of previous owner on title page in ink.

Ledwich, Edward.

The Antiquities of Ireland. To which is Added A Collection of Miscellaneous Antiquities.

The Second Edition, with Additions and Corrections. Dublin, Printed by and for John Jones, 1803 / 1804. 26 x 21 cm. xxii [blank, frontispiece, engraved title, title page, dedication, preface, subscribers], 526 pages, (14) [Index]. Complete with 40 Plates as listed. Contemporary full calf with elaborate blind decorations. Black morocco spine label with gilt title. Marbled end papers. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges age darkened. Mild age darkening and foxing internally. Armorial Ex Libris on front paste down. Name of previous owner on title page (see notes on Provenance below). Overall a very nice copy.

Atkinson, Thomas Witlam.

Oriental and Western Siberia. A Narrative of Seven Years’ Exploration and Adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and Part of Central Asia. With a Map and Numerous Illustrations.

First Edition. London, Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1858. 25 x 15.5 cm. viii, (4) [TOC], 620 pages. Complete with 20 Lithographs, as listed, and numerous wood engravings in text. Original dark green cloth. Elaborate blind and gilt decorations. Gilt titles. Black end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Top of spine frayed with minor losses (see images). Binding weak with a few pages coming loose. Map shows some edge wear and closed tears. Internally clean with occasional mild foxing.

Connellan, Owen.

The Annals of Ireland. Translated from the original Irish of the Four Masters. With Annotations by Philip Mac Dermott, Esq. and the Translator.

First Edition. Dublin, Published by Bryan Geraghty, 1846. 28 x 22 cm. Coloured title page, title page, (14), 736 pages. Modern half leather over green cloth. Raised bands. Spine label with gilt title. Gilt decorations. Very good condition. Sound attractive binding. Internally dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing amd dust dulling. A nice copy. There is NO map included!

Brown, Richard.

The Principles of Practical Perspective; or, Scenographic Projection: Containing Universal Rules for Deliniating Designs on Various Surfaces, and taking Views from Nature, by the Most Simple and Expeditious Methods. To which is added, Rules for Shadowing, and the Elements of Painting. The whole treated in a Manner calculated to render the Science of Perspective and Art of Drawing Easy of Attainment to every Capacity.

First Edition. Illustrated with Fifty-One Plates. London, Printed for Samuel Leigh, in the Strand, 1815. 30 x 23.5 cm. xviii, 96 text pages and 51 Plates, as listed. Including one colour Plate (XXXIX) which is at times used as a Frontispiece, but is bound here in the correct position between pages 56 and 57. Dark green half calf over marbled boards. Dark red spine label with gilt title. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Binding severely rubbed and bumped. Corners worn with some material losses (see images), Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally dust dulled and mildly foxed. Small bookseller sticker on front pastedown.Name of previous owner in ink on verso of front free end paper.

Anon.

H Kainh Aiaohkh [The New Testament].

No publishing information. ND [C. 1650-1700?) 12 x 7 cm. 666 pages. Late 17th century style full calf with restrained blind panel decorations to boards. Red spine label with gilt title (‘GREEK TESTAM.’). Very good condition. Sound binding. Three raised bands. Spine leather dry and cracked (see images). Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end paper dust dulled. Internally clean without any writing / stamps etc. A very nice copy in a sturdy binding.

Abbe Raynal / Justamond, J.O. (Translator).

A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies. Revised, Augmented, and Published in ten volumes by the Abbe Raynal. Newly translated from the French, By J.O. Justamond, F.R.S. with a new Set of Maps, Elegant Engravings Adapted to the Work, and a Copious Index. In Six Volumes.

Dublin, Printed for John Exshaw, Grafton Street and Luke White, Dame Street, 1784. 21 x 12.5 cm. Vol.1: (10), 536 pages / Vol.2: (6), 564 pages / Vol.3: (8), 572 pages / Vol.4: (6), 543 pages / Vol.5: (6), 469 pages / Vol.6: (4), 573 pages plus 84 pages Index. For Illustrations, see comments below. Uniform contemporary full calf. Good condition only. Bindings severely rubbed and bumped with most spine labels missing. Material losses to spines and board. Age darkened and dust dulled. Some evidence of old bookworm. Bindings of text blocks sound. One plate lose. Portrait of Abbe Raynal and one map (East Indies) missing. Overall good reading copies or candidates for rebinding.

Musgrave, Richard.

Memoirs of the different Rebellions in Ireland. From the Arrival of the English: with a particular Detail of that which broke out the XXIII D of May MDCCXCVIII; the History of the Conspiracy which preceded it; and the Characters of the principal Actors in it. Compiled from original Affiidavits and other authentic Documents and illustrated with Maps and Plates.

Dublin and London, Printed by Robert Marchbank for John Milliken and John Stockdale, 1801. 27 x 20.5 cm. x, (2), 636 pages plus 166 pages Appendix plus 10 pages Index and Errata. With 10 Maps and Plates, nine of them folding. New (2021) dark green half calf over marbled boards. New end papers. New attractive binding. Internally age darkened throughout with occasional foxing / browning. Name of previous owner in ink on first blank. Internally clean. All 10 Plates present, however, Plates 1 & 3 appear to be facsimiles.

Hermannides, Rutgerus.

Rutgeri Hermannidae Britannia magna sive Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae & adjacentium insularum geographico-historica descriptio.

[First Edition]. Amstelodami, Jansonii Valckenier, 1661. 13 x 7.5 cm. (3) Blank, Title page with Vignette, 28 pages, 645 pages, (4), (36) [Index]. Includes 28 (out of 32) folded Maps. See list of maps below. New quarter morroco over marbled paper boards. Spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. New binding. Internally mildly age darkened. Missing four Maps and pages 347-350.

Willis, N.P & J. Stirling Coyne (text) / Bartlett, W.H. (drawings).

The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland. Illustrated from Drawings by W.H. Bartlett; The Literary Portion of the Work by N.P. Willis and J. Stirling Coyne, ESQRS.

Two Volumes. London, George Virtue, ND [1840s]. 27 x 21 cm. Vol.1: 170 pages & 62 Plates / Vol.2: 186 pages & 60 Plates. Lacks portrait of Mr. Willis, otherwise contains all Plates as listed. The Plates of ‘Carrickfergus Castle’ and ‘Carrigogunnell Castle’ are both present but are in each others place. Uniform contemporary half calf over cloth covered boards. Black spine label with gilt title. See images. Very good condition. Complete with all Plates with the exception of the listed Portrait of Mr. Willis, which appears to be missing from all copies. Sturdy bindings, but rubbed and bumped with minor losses. Internally clean, with occasonal mild foxing / age darkening. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed. Small name & address sticker of another owner on front paste downs. A very nice set.

Macknight, James / Owen, Henry / Balguy, Thomas / Samuel, Lord Bishop of St. David’s / Watson, Richard / Robert, Lord Bishop of Oxford,

Various Religious Publications: 1. A New Literal Translation, from the Original of the Apostle Paul’s First and Second Epistles to the Thessalonians / 2. The Modes of Quotation used by the Evangelical Writers Explained and Vindicated / 3. A Sermon Preached in Lambeth Chapel at the Consecrations of Richard Hurd and of John Moore, Feb. 12, 1775 / 4. A Sermon Preached before the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in the Abbey Church of St. Peter, Westminster, January 30, 1793 / 5. A Sermon Preached before the Stewarts of the Westminster Dispenary, April 1785 / 6. A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Landaff, June 1791 / 7. The Bishop of Oxford’s Sermon before the Right Honorable The House of Lords, January 30, 1767.

London, 1. Printed for the Author / 2. Printed by J. Nichols / 3. Printed for Lockyer Davis / Printed for J. Robson / Printed for T. Cadell / Printed for Thomas Evans / Printed for A. Millar & T. Cadell, 1789 / 1789 / 1775 / 1793 / 1793 / 1792 / 1767. 1. lxvi, 96 pages / 2. xxiv, 111 pages / 3. 17 pages / 4. 39 pages / 5. 31 pages / 6. 20 pages / 7. 20 pages. Half calf over marbled boards. Two red morroco labels with names of the Authors in Gilt. Five raised bands. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Front joint started to crack, but binding sound. Internally a little dust dulled. One sermon with a few small annotations, otherwise clean. A very nice copy.

Monck Mason, William.

The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, near Dublin. From its Foundation in 1190, to the Year 1819: comprising A Topographical Account of the Lands and Parishes Appropriated to the Community of the Cathedral, and to its Members; and biographical Memoirs of its Deans. Collected, chiefly, from Sources of Original Record, by William Monck Mason, Esq.

Large Paper Edition. Dublin, Printed for the Author, 1820. 34 x 27 cm. FP, Title page, (8), 478 pages, xcvii [Appendix]. With a Frontispiece and six additional Plates. Later dark green quarter morroco over marbled boards. Five raised bands. Fore and tail edge deckle. Unopened top edge. Gilt title and author on spine. Later end papers. Very good condition. Unopened. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Occasional very mild foxing, otherwise very clean. Small bookseller label on front paste down (‘Hodges Figgis, Dublin’). A very nice copy.

Bonartii, Oliverii R.P. [Bonaert, Olivier].

In Estherem Commentarius, Literalis & Moralis. Cum triplici Indice accuratissimo Documentorum, Rerum Et Argumentorum, Expositioni Euanggeliorum & Epistolarum rotius anni servientum.

Coloniae Agrippinae [Cologne], Sumptibus Cornelii ab Egmondt, & Sociorum, 1647. c. 33 x 21 cm. Engraved title page, Title page, (6), 456 pages, (26)[Index]. Contemporary full calf with elaborate blind decoration. See images. Gilt title and decorations to spine. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with material losses to boards and spine (see images). Age darkened throughout. A few signatures and small stamps on various pages. Overall still a very nice book.

Stewart, Alexander & O’Brien, Rev. Paul.

Elements of Gaelic Grammar & A Practical Grammar of the Irish Language. [Two Books Bound in One]. Subtitle for Stewart: In four Parts: 1. Of Pronounciation and Orthoraphy. 2. Of the State of Speech. 3. Of Syntax. 4. Of Derivation and Composition.

The Second Edition, Corrected and Enlarged / First Edition. Two Books bound into One. Edinburgh & Dublin, Printed by C. Stewart / Printed by H. Fitzpatrick, 1812 & 1809. 20 x 12 cm. xxiii, 200 pages one folding chart / x, 214 pages with one folding chart. Contemporary calf. Morroco spine label with git title. Gilt line decorations. See images. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and age darkened. Internally dust dulled and damp stained (see images). A few neat annotations. Small wormholes to some pages, not affecting text. Overall a very nice copy.

Carroll, Lewis.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alan Brooke’s Copy. With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel.

Sixty-Third Thousand. London, Macmillan and Co., 1880. 18 x 12 cm. (6), 192 pages. Illustrated. Original maroon cloth with gilt decorations and gilt title on spine. Black end papers. All edges gilt. Good condition. Binding well rubbed and bumped. Spine ends frayed. Front and rear free end papers missing. Half title age darkened. Name of previous owner on half title (‘Alan Brooke’). Gift inscription on front paste down (‘To Dear little Victor from his friend Charlie Rially ? 1880’). Front and rear hinge exposed and binding weak.

Grose, Francis.

The Antiquities of Ireland.

First Edition. London, Printed for S. Hooper, 1791 [1994]. 33 x 23 cm. Vol.1: 88 text pages and 141 Plates / Vol.2: 98 test pages and 133 Plates. Complete with all Plates, as listed. New (2024) half cloth over marbled paper boards. Black morocco spine labels with gilt titles and volume numbers. New end papers. Very good condition. New bindings and end papers. Ex Libris of previous owner transferred to new paste downs. Internally mildly age darkened, otherwise clean. A very nice set in a new sturdy binding.

Renan, Ernest.

Histoire des Origines du Christianisme. Volumes 1 – 8: Vie de Jesus / Les Apotres / Saint Paul / L’Antechrist / Les Evangiles et la Seconde Generation Chretienne, L’Eglise Chretienne, Marc-Aurele & Index General.

15th, 1st / 1st / 3rd / 1st / 1st and 1st Editions. Eight Volumes – Complete Set. Paris, Michel Levy Freres & Calmann Levy (vol.5). 1877, 1866, 1869, 1873, 1877, 1879 & 1882. c. 21 x 13 cm. cv, 552 / lxiv, 388 / lxxvii, 572 plus folding map / li, 569 / vii, 564 / vii, 564 / Index: iv, 297 pages plus folding Map. Non Uniform Bindings (see images) of contemporary half leather over marbled or cloth boards. Marbled edges in all volumes, except Index volume. Marbled end papers (vol.1, 2, 6-8). Spine labels with gilt title. Gilt titles and decorations. Please review images for different binding styles and materials. Very good condition. Volumes 1-5 and Index: Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Volumes 6 & 7 with some damage to bindings and damp damage (not affecting text) to first few pages of volume 6 (see images). Ex Libris of Castle Pollard (see image) on all eight front paste downs. No names of inscriptions. Occasional mild age darkening / dust dulling. Series: Histoire des Origines du Christianisme. Volumes 1 – 8.

Musgrave, Richard.

Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland from the Arrival of the English. Also, A Particular Detail of that which broke out the XXIID of May, MDCCXCVIII, with the History of the Conspiracy which preceded it.

The Third Edition. Two Volumes. Dublin, Printed for Robert Marchbank, 1802. 20 x 12 cm. Vol.1: xviii, 583 pages. With eight fold-out maps. / Vol.2: vii, 552 pages plus 15 pages Index. With one map and a view, both foldout. New (2018) dark green half calf over decorated boards. Gilt decorations. Gilt titles on red label on spine. Pale blue end papers. Very good condition. Binding new. Edges age darkened. Occasional mild browning / foxing, mainly to first and last pages. A few minor closed tears. Map X: ‘Movement of Marquis Cornwallis’ missing from volume 2. Otherwise a very nice copy from the library of publisher Edmund Downey (not inscribed).

Handel, G.F. [George Frederic] / [Händel, Georg Friedrich].

The Occasional Oratorio in Score. Composed in the Year 1745 by G.F. Handel.

No publisher information. Assumed to be: London, (No. 99-105) Arnold’s edition (Smith). ND: ca. 1791. 35 x 26 cm. 270 pages [TP, Score. TOC]. All pages engraved. Contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped with some material losses to spine ends and corners (see images). Internally mildly age darkened. Clean and complete score.

Leadbeater, Mary / Edgeworth, Maria (Notes and Preface).

Cottage Dialogues Among the Irish Peasantry. With Notes and A Preface by Maria Edgeworth, Author of Castle Rackrent, &c. [‘Glossary and Notes’ from page 269 to 343].

First Edition. London, Printed for J. Johnson and Co., 1811. 17 x 10 cm. v, (4) [TOC], 343 pages. Rebacked in 2022 using the original boards. New matching green cloth spine and black spine label. Gilt title. See images provided. Very good condition. New spine and end papers. Rebacked in 2022. Original boards worn, rubbed and bumped. Internally dust dulled. Faint blind stamp (’ Birkbeck College Library’) on first blank and title page. Numbers in pencil on verso of title page. Corner of page 73/74 missing, not affecting text. Small paper losses to page 103/104, not affecting text. A very nice copy of this very scarce publication. WorldCAT lists only one copy of the 1811 First Edition.