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1742-1791: Early issues of The Dublin Chronicle and Dublin News-
Letter
The Dublin News-Letter 17-21 August 1842 Vol VI Number 589. The Dublin
Chronicle 5 March 1791 Vol. IV No. 603 and 6 July 1790 Vol. IV No 499.
Scarce early Dublin printed newspapers.
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80-
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120 (£70-£100 approx)
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1745 (30 April) Battle of Fontenoy eyewitness account in letter to
London.
Letter written a few hours after the Battle of Fontenoy while the English
army was retreating. This was the England’s last battle in the War of the
Austrian Succession. An interesting and well written account of the Duke
of Cumberland’s command - “he exposed his person every where the same
as the most private soldier”. Single sheet folded with postal markings.
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200 (£130-£170 approx)
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1760 (10 July) Irish Legion letter from Lt. Richard Haly to Chevalier de
Warren a the Camp near Corbach
An interesting letter from this Stuart renegade and exile “We are giving
the enemy a sample of what we can do: the enemy lost about 2,000 men
every way, mostly English and 40 ps. Brass Cannon, the Swiss who were
sent by St. Germains behaved to admiration ….the loss to our side is not
spoken of, tis so small, the enemy are retired to rising ground this side of
Waldeck…..the march our army stole on them is called a very fine one by
the Connoisseurs and as St. Germains is on their skirts we expect to force
them to a general action.”
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700 (£420-£580 approx)
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Acts of Parliament. Anno Regni Georgii II Regis Magnae Britannia,
Francia, & Hibernia Vicesimo Quarto.
London: Baskett, Folio. Pp 1187 + a Table of the Statutes Public & Private.
Circa 60 Acts 1750-51 including Duties upon, Malt, Mum, Cyder & Perry; A
Lottery & Sinking Fund granting 2 million one hundred thousand pounds
to His Majesty; Bill enabling the king to raise substantial sums of money
by Exchequer Bills; An Act for punishing Mutiny & Desertion & better
payment of the Army; Land Tax Bill; Thames River Navigation Act; An Act
enabling the rebuilding of the Church of St. Mary, Islington; Various Acts
re Road Repair; An Act Regulating the Yearly Calendar; An Act for better
Regulation of Linen & Hemp Manufacture in Scotland, etc. Full calf. Covers
and spine worn & scuffed. Some internal staining. Good overall
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18th-19th Century: Irish promissory notes and banking receipts
Irish promissory note for £150 dated 2 August 1770 signed by the Earl of
Ludlow. Unissued £20 19th Century ‘Messrs. Thomas Finlay, Robert Law &
Michael Law’ Dublin promissory note. Also Irish Church Temporalities, Irish
Land Commission bank rent receipts and Irish Emigrant Society 1889
cheque. (6 items)
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150 (£80-£130 approx)
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1763-1900: Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin church record microfilms
A collection of microfilmed Roman Catholic Church registers recording
births, marriages and some deaths for the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin
covering the period 1763 to circa 1900. Areas covered include Carlow,
Wicklow, Wexford, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Kildare, Curragh Camp etc.
Complete with the exception of reel 1336. Also with parish search aid and
a book giving a history of the diocese.
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300 (£170-£250 approx)
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Quincy Jr, Josiah. Observations on the Act of Parliament, Commonly
Called the Boston Port Bill...
... with Thoughts on Civil society and Standing Armies. London: Boston, N.
E. Printed. London: Reprinted for Edward and Charles Dilly, in the Poultry,
1774. First Edition. 8vo. Navy Blue Mo.. Good first English edition after the
American ed. issued in the same year. Pages, [2], 80. Decorative gilt spine
with black label. Title gilt. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed.
Scuffed along cover & spine edges and at spine ends. Boards showing at
bottom corner of rear cover. Interesting association copy with bookplates
of Thomas Addis Emmet, with his signature, and the Marquis of
Lansdowne. Overall good. Thomas Addis Emmet (1764-1827) was the
second son of Robert Emmet, physician to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,
and elder brother of Robert Emmet. He was an Irish American lawyer &
politician, a member of the Irish revolutionary group The United Irishmen
in the 1790s and Attorney General of New York State 1812-13. The Boston
Port Bill was the British response to the Boston Tea Party of 1773. It was
designed to secure Britain’s jurisdiction over her American Dominions. The
Port of Boston was effectively outlawed and blockaded by the Royal Navy.
This resulted in economic & social hardship, leading to the American War
of Independence (1775-1783). Josiah Quincy was a Boston patriot &
lawyer. In this treatise he argued against the bill, but his efforts were
unsuccessful. A scarce item with interesting associations.
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1,500 (£830-£1,250 approx)
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1775 (25 March) Engraving of Sir Thomas Wharton
Large framed mezzotint by Valentine Green, published by John Boydell,
Cheapside, London, after Josiah Boydell, after Sir Anthony Van Dyck,
published 25 March 1775. 26 x 20in. (66 x 51cm)
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250 (£130-£210 approx)
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circa 1733: Carolus Allard map of Ireland ‘Hyberniae Regni in
Provincias...’
...Ultoniam Connacham, Lageniam, Momoniama divisi Tebula
Accuratissima’ A large hand-tinted map, attractively decorated and scarce.
Framed. 23 x 20in. (58 x 51cm)
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800 (£500-£670 approx)
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Scale, Bernard. An Hibernian Atlas; or General Description of the
Kingdom of Ireland: Divided Into Provinces…..
….with Its Sub-Divisions of Counties, Baronies &c.. London: Laurie &
Whittle, 1776. First Edition. 4to. Hard Cover. Very Good Shewing their
Boundaries, Extent, Soil, Produce, Contents, Measure, Members of
Parliament, and Numbers of Inhabitants; also the Cities, Boroughs, Villages;
Mountains, Bogs, Lakes, Rivers and Natural Curiosities Together with the
Great and Bye Post Roads. The Whole taken from actual Surveys and
Observations by Bernard Scale, Land Surveyor and beautifully engraved on
78 Copper Plates by Messrs. Ellis and Palmer. Engraved title and dedication
page and 37 full page hand-coloured maps including map of Ireland, a
map of each of the four Provinces of Leinster, Munster, Ulster and
Connaught and a map of each of the 32 counties of Ireland. Full calf.
Professionally rebacked with decorative gilt spine & title on red label.
Previous owner’s bookplate on front pastedown. This is the rare first
edition.
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1,200 (£830-£1,000 approx)
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circa 1750: Thomas Bowen Map of Ireland
“A new and accurate map of Ireland drawn from the best authorities by
Thos. Bowen.” Hand tinted, framed. 12 x 8in. (30 x 20cm)
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150 (£80-£130 approx)
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Taylor, George and Skinner, Andrew. Maps and Roads of Ireland
Surveyed 1777
Taylor and Skinner. Dublin: Published for the Authors as the Act Directs
14th November 1778, 1778. First Edition. Royal 8vo. Hard Cover. Very
Good Pp. xvi, 288. With folding map of Ireland as frontispiece and 288 pp.
of road maps. Some staining to upper edge of early page margins at
corners, not affecting the maps. Maps themselves not affected. Else very
good. Original calf.
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600 (£330-£500 approx)
