The Georgian Society / Sadleir, Thomas U. / Dickinson, Page L.

The Georgian Society Records of Eighteenth-Century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Dublin Volumes 1 to 5 & Georgian Mansions in Ireland.

First and Limited Editions. See comments below. Six Volumes in Total. Dublin, Printed for the Society at the Dublin University Press by Ponsonby & Gibbs, 1909 to 1913 & 1915. c. 30 x 25 cm. Vol.1: xix, 101 Plates, 43 pages [Notes & Index] / Vol.2: xxii, 144 pages, 115 Plates / Vol.3: Frontispiece, xxv, one Plate, 135 pages, 103 pages / Vol.4: Frontispiece, xxx, one Plate, 126 pages, 122 Plates / Vol.5: Frontispiece, xxvi, one Plate, 129 pages, 129 Plates / Georgian Mansions in Ireland: Frontispiece, xx, 103 pages, 80 Plates. Original cloth bindings with black titles and decorations on front board and spine. See images. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Free end papers missing in volumes 1 and 2. Hinges cracked in volume 5. Occasional mild foxing to text pages. Bright and clean Plates. A very nice set.

Hardiman, James.

The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway. From the earliest Period to the Present Time, Embellished with several Engravings. To which is added a Copious Appendix, containing the Principle Charters and other Original Documents.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by W. Folds and Sons, 1820. 26.5 x 21.5 cm. xvi, 320 pages, lvi [Appendix], (4) [Index]. Complete with all Plates and Maps, some folding. Later dark green half morroco. Cloth covered boards. Black spine label with gilt title. Gilt decorations. Raised bands. New end papers. Very good condition. Sound binding. Edges dust dulled. A little dust dulling and occasional mild damp staining. A very nice copy of this now scarce first edition.

Nelson, E. Charles (text) / Brown, Patrick (text) / Walsh, Wendy (illustrations).

Flowers of Mayo. Dr Patrick Browne’s Fasciculus Plantarum Hiberniae 1788. Introduced, Transcribed & Edited by E. Charles Nelson F.L.S. Original Watercolours & Vignettes by Wendy Walsh.

First and Limited Edition. No. 3 / 150. Dublin, Eamonn De Burca for Edmund Burke Publisher, 1995. Folio. (10), 275 pages, (4). With 15 tipped in colour Plates and other Illustrations. Quarter goatskin on handmade paper, title inset on printed label on upper cover and in gilt on spine; red and maroon endbands. Bevelled boards. Decorated end papers. Please see images. Fine. Inside original green and brown slip case. A very nice copy. Numbered by hand (No. 3) and signed by the Editor, Artist and Publisher.

Ware, James.

The Works of Sir James Ware concerning Ireland. Revised and Improved. In three Volumes. Vol 1. Containing, The History of the Bishops of that Kingdom, and such Matters Ecclesiastical and Civil, in which they were concerned, from the first Propagation of Christianity therein to the present time. Vol.2. Containing, the Antiquities of Ireland. Vol.3. Containing, The Writers of Ireland. In two Books. All written in Latin by Sir James Ware, Knight, now newly translated into English, and Revised and Improved with numerous and material Additions. Embellished with Copper Plates.

Three volumes bound in Two. Dublin, Printed for the Author, by E. Jones, S. Paul (Vol 2) & A. Reilly (Vol.3), 1739, 1745 & 1746. 32 x 21 cm. Vol.1: Engraved frontispiece, Title page, (10) [Preface, Dedication etc.], 660 pages, (16) [Index]. With 16 folding Plates. [Collation: (14), A2-Z2, Aa2-Zz2, Aaa2-Zzz2 Aaaa2-Zzzz2, A2-Z2, A2-Z2, A2-Z2, A2-Z2, E-M]. / Vol.2: Engraved Frontispiece, Title Page, (8) [Dedication, Preface, Subscribers etc.), 284 pages, (4) [Index], Title Page, (2) [Preface], 263 pages, (5) [Index]. [Collation: (14), A2-Z2, Aa2-Zz2, Aaa2-Zzz2, Aaaa2-Cccc2, (4), A2-Z2, Aa2-Zz2, Aaa2-Zzz2, A2-Z2]. New (2024) half cloth over marbled boards. Red morocco spine labels with gilt titles and volume numbers. New end papers. See images. Very good condition. New sound bindings. Inscription on both title pages reads ‘Kildare St. Club Library presented by the Hon. Judge Townsend’. Blind stamps of the Kildare Street Club Library on title pages and in other places throughout both volumes. Armorial Ex Libris on first blank of volume 2. Internally both volumes are mildly age darkened. Some edgewear and a few missing corners, none affecting text or images. Overall a very nice copy.

Carr, John.

The Stranger in Ireland. Or, A Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of that Country, in the Year 1805.

First Edition. London, Printed for Richard Phillips, 1806. 26 x 21 cm. xiv, (2), 530 pages. Complete with 17 Plates, as listed, incl. four folding Plates. Later half calf over marbled boards. Later end papers. Black spine label with gilt title. Gilt and blind decorations. Marbled edges. Very good condition. Binding, as new. Edges age darkened. Occasional mild foxing. A very nice copy in an attractive solid binding.

Borlase, William Copeland.

The Dolmens of Ireland. Their Distribution, Structural Characteristics, and Affinities in other Countries; together with the Folk-Lore attaching to them; Supplemented by Considerations on the Anthropology, Ethnology, and Traditions of the Irish People. With four Maps, and eight hundred Illustrations, including two coloured Plates.

First Edition. In three Volumes – Complete. London, Chapman & Hall, 1897. 26 x 17 cm. Vol.1: xxxvi, 312 pages / Vol.2: pages numbered 313 to 712 / Vol.3: pages numbered 713 to 1234. Complete with the four folding coloured Maps and the two Frontipiece Plates. Original green cloth. Gilt titles and decorations. Top edge gilt. Black end papers. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Some discoloration (see images) to Bindings. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small stamp of previous owner (‘Rosturk Castle’) on half title page of all three volumes. Internally very bright and clean. A lovely set.

[Cornelius Goggin, Dublin, Ireland]

Rare Irish Hand Carved Bog Oak Book Slide. The adjustable base with allround Laurel Leaf decoration and a central split carving depicting a view of a Church or Abbey (Muckross Abbey, Killarney?). Two hinged folding bookends, one carved depicting an Irish Celtic Cross, the other as an Irish Harp surrounded by shamrocks.

Ireland, 19th Century. Folded dimensions: c. 53 x 18 x 4 cm / Expanded dimensions: c. 76 x 18 x 21 cm. Excellent condition. See images.

Ware, James.

The Antiquities and History of Ireland. By the Right Honourable Sir James Ware, Knt. Containing 1. His Inquiries into the Antiquities of Ireland, Illustrated with Copper Cutts: To which are annexed Catalogues of all the Chief Governors, of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in the Present Parliament; the Mayors, Lord Mayors and Sherrifs of the City of Dublin; the Present Establishment of Ireland, with Lists of the Principal Officers Civil and Military, the Commissioners of the Revenue &c. 2. His Annals of Ireland from the first Conquest by the English, a great part of which is now first Published, together with a Chronological Account of the most memorable Events continued from the Reign of Queen Elizabeth to this present time. 3. His Commentaries of the Prelates of Ireland from the first Planting of Christianity there, to the year 1665: to which is now added a Continuation therof to 1704; and a Catalogue of all the Chancellors and Provosts of Trinity College, Dublin, from its Foundation; together with the present Fellows. 4. His two Books of the Writers of Ireland, wherein are many remarkable Pieces of Antiquity, much Augmented from the Author’s Original Manuscripts. 5. By way of Appendix is added that rare and Admirable Discourse of Sir John Davis, Knight, of the Cause why Ireland was no sooner reduced to the Obedience of the Crown of England. Very useful for all Persons who are desirous of being acquainted with the ancient and present Estate of that Kingdom. Now first Published in one Volume in English; and the Life of Sir James Ware prefixed.

First Edition in this Format. Dublin, Printed by A. Crook for E. Dobson and M. Gunne, 1705. 32 x 20 cm. 2 x blank, engraved frontispiece, title page in black and red, (16) [Dedication, Preface, Life of James Ware, TOC], 4 [Rules of Dublin], (2) [Prefaces to Latin Editions], 172, (12), Title page, 76, 164, 62, pages 175 to 196, (6), 70, 44, 55, 28, 42, (4), 59, (2) [Errata]. Collation: (24), A2-Z2, Aa2 – Zz2, Aaa – Ccc, A2, A2 – T2, B4 – Y2, A*2 – Q*2, Aa*2 – Ff*, (2), A2 – S, A2 – C2, Dd2 – Ll2, A2, Bbb2 – Iii2, (2), Kkk2 – Ooo2, Aaaa2 – Gggg2, A2 – N2, A2 – P2, (4). With 5 Plates (see notes below). Contemporary full calf binding with panel design. Blind decorations. Raised bands and spine label (partially missing). Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with minor losses to spine ends and corners. Both joints cracked. Binding remains sound. Name of previous owner on front paste down. Internally clean with some edgewear, some occasional mild foxing and age darkening. Generally a very good copy in an attractive contemporary binding.

Temple, John / Tichborne, Henry.

The Irish Rebellion. Or, an History of the Beginnings and first Progress of the General Rebellion, Raised within the Kingdom of Ireland, 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. And also the whole Tryal of Connor, Lord MacGuire …

The Sixth Edition. Dublin, Printed by and for Aaron Rhames, 1724. 21 x 16 cm. Engraved frontispiece, title page in red and black. xvi, 245 pages. Later half leather over cloth. Raised bands. Gilt title on morroco spine label. Gilt line decorations. Pale green textured end papers and blanks. Binding with only minor shelf wear. Internally age darkened. A very clean complete copy. See images.

Musgrave, Sir Richard.

Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland. From the Arrival of the English: Also, A particular Detail of the which broke out the XXIII D of May MDCCXCVIII; with the History of the Conspiracy which preceded it, and the Characters of the principal Actors in it. To this Edition is added, A concise History of the Reformation in Ireland and Considerations on the Means of extending its Advantages therein.

The Second Edition. Dublin, John Milliken, 1801. 26 x 21 cm. viii, (2), 636 pages, 210 pages (appendices), (6)-Index. With ten folding maps and views. Later half calf over cloth. Gilt decorations and author’s name on spine. Gilt title on red label on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to exteriors. Edges age darkened. Last page of Index missing. Interior age darkened. Mild foxing / browning internally. Some water stains. Maps complete. Some small closed tears, some repaired. Overall a very nice copy.