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.

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.

Robinson, J.C.

Memoranda on Fifty Pictures. Selected from a Collection of Works of the Ancient Masters. With Notices of some Italian, Spanish, German, Flemish and Dutch Painters.

First Edition. London, Privately printed, at the Chiswick Press, by Whittingham and Wilkins, 1868. 21 x 15 cm. 79 pages. Original cloth. Gilt title on front board. Bevelled boards. Inscribed by the author. Top edge unopened. Fore edge and tail edge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Boards faded (see images). Edges dust dulled. Internally clean. A very nice copy.

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.

Bayle St. John.

Purple Tints of Paris. Character and Manners in the New Empire.

Two Volumes – Complete. London, Chapman and Hall, 1854. 19 x 12 cm. xxii, 322 pages / xi, 330 pages. Contemporary black half morroco over marbled boards. Very good condition. Seriously rubbed and bumped with small material losses to spine ends and corners. Some foxing to first and last few pages of each volume. Library sticker on front board of volume 2. No further library marks or stamps. Ex libris of previous owner (‘Maurice Brooks’) on front paste down of both volumes. Top of front hinge of volume 1 started to crack. Bindings sound.

Hancock, Harriet.

Questions on The Scriptures, for Young Persons Attending Catechetical Examinations. Selected and Arranged from Commentaries and Other Works.

[First Edition]. Cork, George Purcell & Co., 1853. 17 x 11 cm. 132 pages. New (2021) black cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. New binding. Internally dust dulled. Few annotations / lines in pencil.

Kennedy, Patrick (Editor).

The Book of Modern Irish Anecdotes. Humour, Wit and Wisdom. Edited by Patrick Kennedy.

New Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill and Son, 1891. 16.5 x 11.5 cm. iv, 192 pages. New (2021) pale cloth. Facsimiles of the original paper covers are used on front and rear board. See images. Black title on spine. Hard cover. Very good condition. New binding. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.

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.

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.

Barker, William Burckhardt / Ainsworth, William Francis (Editor).

Lares and Penates: or Cilicia and its Governors. Being a short historical Account of that Province from the earliest Times to the Present Day.

First Edition. London, Ingram, Cooke and Co., 1853. 22 x 14 cm. xiv, 394 pages plus two pages publishers list. Original cloth with blind and gilt decorations. Later professionally rebacked using the original boards and spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped, age darkened and stained. Edges age darkened. New end papers. Single stamp (Franciscan Church Waterford) on title page. Closed tear to folding map (see image). Internally clean, no annotations etc.