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Taylor & Skinner’s Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777.
Another example. Royal octavo; contemporary roan over marbled boards
with gilt tooling at spine, covers split from spine.
€
400-
€
600 (£330-£500 approx)
55
18th Century: Irish sea charts including Cork and Dublin
Three Irish sea charts. The first A New and Correct Chart of the Harbour
of Corke By The Revd. J. Lindsay Late of His Majesty’s Ship Fougneux.
Sold by W. & I. Mount T. & T. Page on Tower Hill, London. The second,
The Harbour of Corke by George Grierson, Essex Street, Dublin. The third
an undated and unattributed map of Dublin Bay with scale in English
miles. All three framed (3 items)
€
150-
€
250 (£130-£210 approx)
56
1782: ‘A New and Accurate Map of the World...’
‘...Comprehending all the New Discoveries, in Both Hemispheres, carefully
brought down to the Present Year 1782.’ Published by Millars New and
Universal System of Geography. Hand tinted. Framed. Produced by an
anonymous cartographer. 13 x 19in. (33 x 48cm)
€
200-
€
300 (£170-£250 approx)
57
Pool, Robert and Cash, John. Views of the Most Remarkable Public
Buildings Monuments and Other Edifices in the City of Dublin
Dublin: Printed for J. Williams, No. 21, Skinner Row, 1780. First Edition.
4to. Half Calf and Marbled Boards. Good Pp.xii, (2), 118. Illustrated with
4 folding & 29 single plates.
€
300-
€
400 (£250-£330 approx)
58
1783: A Narrative of the Loss of the Royal George
A Narrative of the Loss of the Royal George at Spithead 1782 bound in
the wood of the wreck. 4½ x 2½in. (10 x 5cm)
€
80-
€
120 (£70-£100 approx)
59
1786: Irish legal document relating to a challenge to fight a duel
with pistols
An early manuscript jury return relating to Thomas Byrne of Rathdaniel
and stating that Byrne “...wickedly and unlawfully did endeavour to
provoke and incite Henry Bunbury Esquire to fight a duel against him
with pistols with intent to kill and murder the said Henry Bunbury to the
evil example of all others in the like case offending and contrary to the
peace of our Lord the King his Crown and Dignity...” 3 x 10in. (8 x 25cm)
€
150-
€
250 (£130-£210 approx)
60
1788: Estate Map by Joseph Lanigan for Mr. Lambert Cotter Co.
Kilkenny
Concerns land at Kilfain, Barony of Gowran, part of the Estate of Gervas
Parker Bushe. Hand drawn in ink and watercolour, 13 by 8 inches. Also
with a 1902 map by AT Ashe for Lady Emily Berry, concerning
conveyance of land between Kilbeggan Road and Thornsberry Lane,
Tullamore, hand drawn in ink, 12 by 14. Both framed.
€
150-
€
200 (£130-£170 approx)
61
1793: Joseph Deane Bourke Archbishop of Tuam letters
Two manuscript letters both sent in August 1793 handwritten, signed
and sealed by Joseph Deane Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo, Church of Ireland
clergyman and Archbishop of Tuam and Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin.
Both with original envelopes and wax seals.
€
120-
€
150 (£100-£130 approx)
62
1796 (31 December) eyewitness account of the failed French invasion
at Bantry
Letter from Colonel Thomas Balfour of the North Lowland Fencibles to
his wife in Orkney. “We have been marched here in consequence of an
alarm spread by a French fleet appearing off Bantry Bay....one officer
and four seamen ... landed have been made prisoners” . With postal
charges “via Donaghadee” [to Portpatrick].
“Expedition d’Irlande” was a 15,000 strong invasion force gathered by
the French Directory. for landing in Ireland in December. The fleet left
France on 15 December 1796 but the operation was abandoned at
Bantry on 29 December. This is a rare eyewitness account of the failed
invasion.
€
200-
€
300 (£170-£250 approx)
63
18th Century: Silhouette of Theobald Wolfe Tone
A framed silhouette of Wolfe Tone with a contemporary note on the
reverse stating “T. W. Tone, Irish Volunteers. G. N. Plunkett 1797” An
interesting item worthy of further research. 4½ x 3in. (10 x 8cm)
€
80-
€
120 (£70-£100 approx)
64
1798 Rebellion: Henry Joy McCracken centenary Staffordshire figure
A large figure of Henry Joy McCracken produced by Staffordshire, with
his hand resting upon a plinth with the words “Who Fears To Speak of
98, 1798-1898. 14 x 5in. (36 x 13cm)
€
200-
€
300 (£170-£250 approx)
65
1798 Rebellion: Collection of newspapers carrying news of the
rebellion
A collection of 10 newspapers including The Hull Packet, The London
Packet, The Courier carrying various news pieces relating to the 1798
Rebellion Including the execution of Michael Byrne, the arrest of Lord
Edward Fitzgerald, the trials of Arthur O’Connor Matthew Tone etc.,
prisoners pardoned and deported, reward for James Napper Tandy etc.
€
120-
€
150 (£100-£130 approx)
66
1798-99 Rebellion: Letter from June Fraser daughter of Major James
Fraser of the Fraser Fencibles
Dated 16 October 1799. Although addressed to Donald Davison, the
letter starts “Dear Ann” and appears to be a “dear friend” of the writer.
Content mainly concerns marriage arranged between a Colonel and a
lady of great wealth, and the prospect of both June and Ann finding
rich young men to marry, all reminiscent of a Jane Austen novel. Some
mention of the Rebellion. It mentions her father printing proclamations
offering the rebels a pardon if they surrendered but “the leaders will
suffer at all events - there are double rewards offered for them”. “I made
many people laugh at the story of the officer who used to kill them by
the dozen”. A scarce letter from the daughter of an officer involved in
“mopping up” exercises after the Rebellion. The Fraser Fencibles had
been part of the British force defeated at the Battle of Castlebar by
General Humbert.
4pp quarto, written both ways to save postage, sent as a Soldier’s Letter
and therefore rated one penny.
€
500-
€
700 (£420-£580 approx)
67
1798 Rebellion: ‘98 In Carlow by Peadar MacSuibhne
The Nationalist Carlow, 1974, 299pp. Signed by the author. A scarce
book also with short single sheet note handwritten and signed by the
author
€
80-
€
100 (£70-£80 approx)
68
Murphy, L., An Impartial and Succinct View of Real Rebellion, in Six
Reflections.
Dublin: Printed By James Byrn 25, Bachelor’s Walk, 1815. Small 8vo. Half
calf with marbled boards. Dedicated, by permission to Daniel O’Connell
Esq. Barrister at Law. Pp. viii, 118. Title page in facsimile. Later
professionally rebound. Scarce.
€
150-
€
200 (£130-£170 approx)
