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found complete. Important for its influence on the young Isaac Newton.
Apparently, the first work to describe and illustrate a flying kite.
€300-€400 (£240-£320 approx.)
545
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BEAMISH (North Ludlow), FRS.
The Discovery of
America by the Northmen, in the tenth century, with notices of
the early settlements of the Irish in the western hemisphere.
T.
and W. Boone,
1841
FIRST EDITION, with 2 folding maps, a folding plate, a folding
table and 4 text illustrs, pages (16), 239, (11), 8vo, contemporary
dark blue morocco, broad gilt bordered sides, fully gilt and
lettered spine, edges gilt, silk marker, with “ALINE” in gilt on
upper board: the binding rubbed and worn at corners but strong
and still attractive: a very good copy.
A scarce work by this Sligo-born author. Without inscription or
bookplate, but the name of Beamish’s wife on the upper board confirms
the volume’s provenance.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
HOWLEY (Michael F.).
Ecclesiastical history of Newfoundland.
Boston [: Mass.] Doyle
and Whittle,
1888. FIRST AND BEST EDITION, with 2 folding
maps, 8 plates and 14 other illustrationss, pages 426 and errata
slip, 8vo, with some light marginal staining, but a very good
copy, handsomely bound in recent quarter calf, gilt, top edges
gilt.
(2)
CAIRNES (John E.).
The Slave Power: its character, career
and probable designs: being an attempt to explain the real issues
involved in the American contest. Second edition. Much
enlarged and with a new preface.
Macmillan and Co.,
1863. BEST
EDITION, pages xliv, 410, bound without the half-title, 8vo,
recent quarter calf, gilt, with label, gilt: with the occasional finger
mark but still a very good, finely bound copy.
Though he was already well respected in academic circles it was the
publication of this book that secured his public reputation. It’s analysis
of the social and economic consequences of a state based on slavery did
much to influence public opinion both in England and America in
favour of the cause of the Northern States.
(3)
€120-€220 (£96-£176 approx.)
546
.
BEATTIE (Wm.), M. D.
Switzerland. Illustrated in a
series of views taken expressly for this work by W. H. Bartlett,
Esq.
George Virtue
1836
FIRST EDITION, with additional engraved title-pages, a folding
map and 106 attractive engraved plates of views, pages (2), iv,
(2), 188: (4), 152, 2 vols, 4to (28 by 22 cms), contemporary pale
brown morocco, the spines lettered in gilt “Switzerland” and the
volume number, inside gilt borders, edges gilt, embossed overall
in blind, signed on both boards “I. Dobson / London”: a little
wear at head of both spines but the headbands strong and intact,
with a small light stain in the extreme blank margin of some
plates (well clear of the engraved surfaces in all but ten of the
plates): nonetheless, a large and attractive copy.
The first of Bartlett’s collaborations with Virtue, as well as the first
major travel book by the company. The design for the spine or the boards
is not included in Jamieson’s English Embossed Bindings, 1825-1850,
though the spine design is similar to her number 38, though ours has at
foot a lyre and two trumpets which she notes as being present on an
album by G. Rowley of London, in the Bodleian.
(2)
€120-€160 (£96-£128 approx.)
547
.
BEATTIE (Wm.), M. D.
Switzerland. Illustrated in a
series of views taken expressly for this work by W. H. Bartlett,
Esq.
George Virtue
1836
With additional engraved title-pages, a folding map and 106
attractive engraved plates of views, pages (2), iv, (2), 188: (4),
152, 2 vols, 4to, contemporary pale brown calf, gilt, edges gilt:
the bindings lightly rubbed at corners but sound and strong,
though wanting the spine labels: a small light stain in the
extreme blank margin of some plates (well clear of the engraved
surfaces): nonetheless, a large and quite fresh copy. (2)
€120-€160 (£96-£128 approx.)
548
.
BECKETT (Samuel).
Come and go. Dramaticule.
Calder
and Boyars,
1967
FIRST EDITION, with 4 photo illustrations, pages (6), 10, 8vo,
original cloth, gilt: a nice copy in the original slip-case.
Number 81 of 100 numbered copies, signed by Beckett.
€300-€400 (£240-£320 approx.)
549
.
BEEKE (Henry).
Observations on the produce of the
income tax, and on its proportion to the whole income of Great
Britain: including important facts respecting the extent, wealth,
and population of this kingdom. Part the first.
Printed for J.
Wright,
1799
FIRST EDITION, ALL PUBLISHED, pp (4), 88, with half-title,
8vo, recent wraps: nice
Kress B. 3785. “An able defence of the tax, showing the economic state of
Great Britain at the time. “ - Palgrave I. 129. “Criticizes government
estimates. Considers low production of the income tax no evidence of
low national income. Natural advantages and machinery have caused
progress. In discussing wages says ‘It is not the rate of daily wages given,
but their proportion to the value of the work executed, which constitutes
the dearness or cheapness of labour. ‘“ - Williams I. 355. “An excellent
tract, affording the best example of the successful application of
statistical reasonings to finance than had then appeared. “ - McCulloch
336.
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx.)
550
.
BEETHOVEN (Ludwig van).
Sonate fur das Piano-Forte
gewidmet dem Hochgebornen Herrn Grafen Moritz von
Lichnowsky... 90tes Werk.
Wien, bey S. A. Steiner
[1815]
FIRST EDITION, engraved on pages (1), 16, oblong folio,
disbound: very good to nice
Plate Number: S. et C. 2350.
€300-€400 (£240-£320 approx.)
551
.
BEGLEY (John).
The Diocese of Limerick. Ancient and
Medieval. (with: ) … in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.
(and: ) … from 1691 to the Present Time.
Dublin, Browne and
Nolan,
1906-27-38
With folding map, 27 plates and some other illustrations, pages
xxiv, 468, (2, errata leaf), (2, blank), 72(adverts): xii, 569: xii,
651, (2, blank), (1), 3 vols, 8vo, original green cloth, gilt: with a
little wear to the headbands of the second volume, but a sound
and very good set.
The standard work.
(3)
€100-€180 (£80-£144 approx.)
552
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BENNETT (George).
The History of Bandon, and the
principal towns in the West Riding of County Cork. Enlarged
edition …
Cork: Francis Guy, printer and publisher, 1869, reprinted
Fercor Press, Cork,
1973
With 3 full-page illustrs, pp viii, (2), 572, (1), 8vo, original cloth:
very good to nice copy.
Number 187 of 300 copies printed of this reprint of the second and best
edition of 1869.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
CORK PRINTING.
Discourses
on points in controversy between the Roman Catholic and
reformed churches, delivered in Christ Church, Cork, during the
Lent of 1830. By ministers of the established church.
Cork:
Published by David R. Bleakley …W. Curry … James M. Leckie and
R. M. Tims, Dublin; Hamilton, Adams… J. Nisbet, London; W.
Oliphant, and Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh
1830. FIRST
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