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As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.
Dublin:
Printed for Messrs Exshaw, Sleater, Potts (and eleven others),
1775.
FIRST IRISH EDITION(?), pages 82, (2, blank), 12mo, recent
wrapper: very good copy.
With epilogue by Garrick. There were two Dublin issues of this date:
the present has the imprint date in Roman numerals.
(4)
O’KEEFE (John).
Sprigs of Laurel: a comic opera. In two
acts. As performed, with universal applause, at the Theatre-
Royal, Covent-Garden …
Dublin: Printed for Messrs. P. Wogan, Old
Bridge, P. Byrne, W. Jones, and W. Porter,
1793. FIRST IRISH
EDITION, pages (6), 51, (1, blank), bound without the half-title,
12mo, recent paper wrapper: a very good to nice copy.
(5)
COLMAN (George), the younger.
Inkle and Yarico: an
opera. In three acts. As performed at the Theatre-Royal in the
Hay-Market, on Saturday, August 11th, 1787.
Dublin. Printed for
Messrs. H. Chamberlaine …,
1788. FIRST IRISH EDITION(?),
72-pages, 12mo, recent paper wrapper: one leaf cut close with
text just touched (no loss) on one page, otherwise a clean and
very good copy. (6)
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx.)
683
.
COMERFORD (T.).
The History of Ireland, from the
earliest account of time, to the invasion of the English under
Henry II. Being a series of the principal transactions in that
kingdom, for upwards of 3000 years. Also an account of the
most eminent men who flourish’d... and of those famous Irish
who converted to the Christian Faith.... Likewise of those
famous Irish who founded the universities of Oxford, Paris, and
Pavia, and others of less note. With a dissertation on the laws,
customs, and manners of the antient Irish. And the genealogies
of their principal families.
Dublin: Printed by Bart. Corcoran,
1766
Pp xii, 228, 209(bis) - 232; 35, (1), 12mo, contemporary sheep,
with label, gilt: nice copy.
Probably the third Irish edition, it was first published in 1742 and - as
far as one can tell - reissued several times and reprinted once previously.
The dedication is to the People of Ireland, and the text appears to be
aimed at children; the last 35 pages are questions and answers about
Irish georgraphy. All editions are very rare; ESTC records two copies
(National Library of Ireland and Royal Irish Academy) of an issue
“Printed by James Williams. ” This Corcoran issue is not in ESTC, but
OCLC records a single copy of it at Boston College.
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx.)
684. CONCANEN (Matthew). Poems, upon several
occasions. By the author of, The Match at Foot-Ball.
Dublin:
Printed by A. Rhames, for E. Dobson, at the Stationers-Arms, in
Castle-Street,
1722
FIRST EDITION, pages xx, 99, (1, blank), 8vo,
contemporary speckled calf, the boards panelled in gilt, with
fleurons at corners and a darker central rectangular onlay, the
spine gilt and a little rubbed, all edges gilt: a fine copy of the
fine paper issue, watermarked with a fleur-de-lys on a shield,
the paper stock significantly thicker than that for ordinary
copies, with the signature of Sarah Barton and date, 1747, on
the title-page and the later armorial bookplate of Oliver Brett,
Viscount Esher.
Only one other copy on fine paper recorded. The Esher copy of the
fine paper issue. Foxon page 135, locating only one other copy (BL)
on fine paper. Our copy does not contain the list of subscribers. The
fact that the only other copy recorded on fine paper is also without
this list almost certainly implies that its omission was deliberate.
Foxon describes the BL copy as being in a presentation binding; the
binding here is also rather more elaborate than one would expect to
find on a book of this sort. This was Concanen’s principal collection
of poems: his name appears at the end of the dedication to the
Duchess of Grafton. Concanen (1701-49) was born in Ireland, but
nothing is known of his origins. Shortly after this book was
published he moved to London and embarked upon a career in
literary and political journalism. He chose to side with the Whigs,
and wrote essays attacking both Pope and Swift; in return he was
ridiculed by Pope in the Dunciad (1728), and by Swift in On Poetry:
A Rhapsody (1733). For his efforts on behalf of the government he
was awarded the governorship of Jamaica, where he served
effectively for ten years (1733-43), before returning to London an
affluent man. This volume contains a number of occasional poems,
such as “On a Lady Throwing Snow-Balls, “ or “On Struggling for
a Kiss. “ Of greater interest is “A Letter to a Critick, in Vindication
of the Modern Poets, “ in which he praises both Pope and Swift (he
had not yet changed sides); there are laudatory passages as well on
such contemporaries as Congreve, Young, Gay, and Sewell, and even
the hapless poet laureate, Laurence Eusden. The text concludes with
The Match at Foot-Ball, a mock-heroic description of a game
between the six men of Soards [sic], and those of Lusk; this
curiosity had been published separately in 1720. He was sufficiently
successful as a writer to be mentioned by Swift as a contender for the
poet laureateship in 1730, though elsewhere he ridiculed Concanen’s
literary abilities (IDNB).
€1,000-€1,500 (£800-£1,200 approx.)
685
.
CONNELLAN (Owen), transl.
The Annals of Ireland,
translated from the original Irish of the Four Masters. With
annotations by Philip Mac Dermott, Esq., M. D., and the
translator.
Dublin: Published by Bryan Geraghty,
1846
With additional decorative coloured title-page and the large
folding engraved map, pages (16), 736, large 4to, original blind-
stamped cloth, by Bellew of Dublin (signed on both boards): old
neat rebacking, retaining most of the original spine, new
endpapers: the binding rubbed and lightly stained but sound and
strong and still a good-very good copy.
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx.)
686
.
CONNERY (James).
The Reformer; or, an infallible
remedy to prevent pauperism & periodical returns of famine,
with other salutary measures for the support of the destitute
poor, the enforcement of cleanliness, suppression of usury, and
establishing the futility of the plan of William Smith O’Brien,
Esq. (formerly Member of Parliament for Ennis, and now for
Co. Limerick,) to mitigate any of those grievances in Ireland.
Also, several amendments, and most important hints to
Landlords, and to the Government, which lay open at one view
the evils of the Irish nation, and their remedies, never treated of
in any former publication whatsoever. Sixth edition. Containing
three appropriate engravings, and several additional pages of
very useful and important matter.
London: John Murray … and J.
Cumming, 16, L. Ormond-Quay, Dublin,
1837
With 3 woodcut plates, pages 51, 53-60, 62-72, complete thus in
spite of pagination errors, large 12mo, original grey printed
paper boards, edges uncut: nice copy in original state.
There was another issue of this 6th, and apparently final, edition, same
date, but which did not include “London: John Murray” in the
imprint. The three plates illustrate exterior and interior views of “a mud
Cabin or Wigwam”.
€
180-€220 (£144-£176 approx.)
687. CONNOR (Bernard), FRS. Evangelium Medici: seu
medicina mystica; de suspensis naturae legibus, sive De
Miraculis..
Londini, sumptibus bibliopolarum Richardi Wellinton
… Henrici Nelme … & Samuelis Briscoe,
1697
FIRST EDITION, pp (2), vi, viii, 208; 38, (10), small 8vo,
159