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himself.
Dublin: Re-printed by and for George Faulkner,
1740
FIRST IRISH EDITION, pp (12), 346, (2, adverts, including
Faulkner’s edition of Swift), 12mo, contemporary calf, with
label, gilt: binding a little worn but very strong, otherwise a very
good to nice copy, with contemmporary signature “Ca: Preston”
on the title-page.
First Dublin edition. “Cibber is, to those unacquainted with his real
character, simply the prince of dullards, whom Pope elevated to the
throne of Dulness in the second edition of the Dunciad. But this is a
misconception, for dulness is the last crime of which Cibber could be
accused, and it is indeed for levity rather than dulness that he is noted.
He was a good comedian, a clever dramatist, a successful manager, and
a keen and accomplished critit. “ - Lowe. This, his famous theatrical
autobiography, seems to have created the phrase ‘apology for the life
(conduct, opinions, etc)’, especially in relation to memoirs of the stage.
It was first published at London during the same year. A & R 2557 has
Faulkner’s fourth edition of 1740, not this present, the first Dublin
edition, also 1740.
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx.)
668
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CIBBER (Colley).
Love in a Riddle. A pastoral. As it is
acted at the Theatre-Royal, by His Majesty’s Servants.
Printed for
J. Watts,
1729
FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE, pages (4), 96, with the
music, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: lightly browned, but a very
good copy.
Rothschild 635. The first issue was incorrectly dated 1719 for 1729.
Cibber’s attempt at an imitation of ‘The Beggar’s Opera’ was
withdrawn following riots on the second night and not attempted again
in its original form: as an anonymous one-act afterpiece, entitled
Damon and Phillida, it proved highly successful.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
TEMPLE (Sir Wm.).
Miscellanea. The second edition, corrected and augmented.
[with:] Miscellanea. The second part. In four essays … 1681-90.
Pages (8), 232; (4), 72, (4, blank); 67; 136, (2, blank), 63, with
title-leaf to the second part duplicated without corresponding
loss, 2 vols in 1, 8vo, recent boards: in very good state.
Wing T 647 and 652.
(2)
[GARTH (Sir Samuel)].
The Dispensary. A poem. In six
canto’s.
Printed by J. Bradford …,
1709. With woodcut
frontispiece on verso of half-title, pp (4), 52, 8vo, recent boards:
the running headline on three pages just touched without any
serious loss, otherwise a very good copy
Foxon G24. A scarce edition
. (3)
€120-€160 (£96-£128 approx.)
669
.
CICERO: - Nizolius (Marius).
Thesaurus Ciceronianus.
Caelii Secundi Curionis labore iam olim auctus, Marcelli
subinde Squarcialupi studio mactus … I. Cellario …
locupletatus …
Basiliae ex officina Hervagiana
1583
With large printer’s device on title-page and on the otherwise
blank verso of the final leaf, pages (20), columns 1538, pages
(8), folio, contemporary vellum, the spine neatly repaired with
the original flyleaves and endpapers retained: a very good well-
margined copy.
An edition not in Adams (the collation being closest to his N 312). A
significant book, first published 1535, which enjoyed a high reputation
and was continually revised and enlarged well into the nineteenth
century.
€200-€300 (£160-£240 approx.)
670
.
CIVIS,
pseud.
enjoyed by Orangemen in the North of
Ireland, with the connivance thereat, of the Crown prosecutors,
as illustrated by the late Newtownlimavady riots, in two letters /
by “Civis”; reprinted from the Londonderry Journal. 1855
COPAC has L, C and Dt, and WorldCat adds UCD and Villanova.
Not found on-line in D.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
MacCOMB (Wm.).
The repealer
repulsed ! A correct narrative of the rise and progress of the
repeal invasion of Ulster: Dr. Cooke’s challenge and Mr.
O’Connell’s declinature, tactics, and flight. With appropriate
poetical and pictorial illustrations. Also, an authentic report of
the great Conservative demonstrations, in Belfast, on the 21st
and 23d of January, 1841.
Belfast: William M’Comb … Dublin, W.
Curry, Jun …,
1841. FIRST EDITION, with 6 plates (lightly and
evenly browned), 160-pages, 8vo, original blue printed paper
wrappers, uncut: the wrappers worn and chipped and with some
light marginal staining, but overall, a very good copy in original
state.
An account of Daniel O’Connell’s visit to Belfast in January 1840.
Written and published in haste to discredit O’Connell, this book has
been described as a foundation text of Ulster unionism. It contains one
of the earliest statements of the economic case for Ulster unionism,
provides valuable insight into the construction of political Protestantism
and is successful in providing a foundation text for Ulster unionism.
(2)
VINCENT (Henry).
The Irish Assassin, or the misfortunes
of the family of O’Donnel.
Falkirk: Printed for the Booksellers
[1835?]. With vignette title illustration, 24-pages, 12mo,
unbound as issued: with some light old marginal staining, but a
sound and very good copy in original state.
Loeber V7, noting the original edition, London, Tegg, circa 1800, and
Falkirk [?1835] and Glasgow [1840?] editions only. A tragic love story,
(3)
SHAW-LEFEVRE (George J.), Baron Eversley.
and
O’Connell. A review of the Irish policy of parliament from the
Act of Union to the death of … Peel. 1887. very good-nice.
In three parts: Catholic Emancipation, Whig Reforms, and, The Repeal
Movement.
(4)
HOLMES (Robert).
The Case of Ireland Stated. Second
edition, corrected.
Dublin: James McGlashan,
1847. 102-pages,
8vo, recent paper wrapper: the title-page soiled: a good to very
good copy.
Inscribed on title “Daniel Griffin, M. D. / Jany 20 - 1847”.
(5)
€250-€350 (£200-£280 approx.)
671
.
CIVIS,
pseud.
Observations on the impunity, enjoyed by
Orangemen in the North of Ireland, with the connivance
thereat, of the Crown prosecutors, as illustrated by the late
Newtownlimavady riots, in two letters / by “Civis”; reprinted
from the Londonderry Journal.
(Dublin) Nugent, Printer, Dublin,
1855
FIRST (?ONLY) SEPARATE EDITION, 12-pages, large 12mo,
original plain blue paper wrappers: a nice, fresh copy in original
state.
COPAC has L, C and Dt, and WorldCat adds UCD and Villanova.
Not found on-line in D.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
VINCENT (Henry).
The Irish
Assassin, or the misfortunes of the family of O’Donnel.
Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, circa
1840. With vignette title
illustration, the title within a decorative border with “77. “ at
foot outside the border, 24-pages, 12mo, unbound as issued: a
very good to nice copy in original state.
Loeber V7. A tragic love story, first published by Tegg at London circa
1800.
(2)
MacCOLL (Malcolm).
Is there not a cause ? A letter to
Colonel Greville-Nugent, M. P. on the disestablishment of the
Irish Church. With a vindication of Mr. Gladstone’s
consistency. Second edition.
Longmans, Green, and Co.,
1869.
Pages (4), 226, (2, adverts), 8vo, original printed paper wrappers:
the spine worn but the stitching strong and otherwise a very
good copy.
Characterised by Gladstone as “the best pamphleteer in England”.
(3)
HERON (Denis Caulfield).
The Constitutional History of
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