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Four works, all but one in verse, in one volume 8vo, nineteenth
century half calf, gilt lettered spine: some minor staining but all
in very good state and all entirely uncut.
Four rare related satires on what would appear to have been a daring
party game. Authorship of the second work has been attributed to John
Wilson Croker, the first person to use the term ‘Conservative’ in reference
to a political party. “An amusing history could be written of the doings
in Dublin Castle, especially in the last century, when there was less
outward decorum than prevails in our time. From the old memoirs we
learn that the Vice-Kings were oftentimes jovial, and permitted
somewhat of a saturnalia to prevail - as when the game of
Cutchacutchoo was introduced, and was in high favour at the Castle.
Two recesses were fitted up at the end of the grand saloons, and here
behind a curtain the ladies prepared their toilet for the sport. In a
moment the floor was crowded with ‘belles’, ‘dowagers’, and ‘beaux’,
hopping about in the sitting attitude required by the game. Great was
the laughter when a gentle dame of high degree was capsized by the
heavier assault of a stouter rival. Presently, as the fun waxed more
furious, dresses were torn, hair disordered, paint on the fair faces began
to rub off; and the whole became a romp. “‘ - Chapters of Dublin
History.
€400-€500 (£320-£400 approx.)
716
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CYRIL, St., Bishop of Jerusalem.
… (Greek) Opera quae
exstant omnia … cum nova interpretatione & copiosis indicibus.
Cura & studio … A. A. Touttée …
Venetiis, ex typographia
Sansoniana,
1763
The text in Greek and Latin in parallel columns, the apparatus
in Latin, with an engraved plan of the Basillica of the
Resurrection, pp (4), xiv, cols ccl, pp ccli-cclxii, 411, cols 412-
419, pp 420-473, (3), folio, contemporary mottled calf, fully gilt
spine, with label, gilt: a little wear to the upper board, but the
binding strong and attractive, otherwise a nice copy.
St Cyril of Jerusalem (c. 315-386?), Bishop of Jerusalem, fostered the
development of the “holy city” as a pilgrimage centre for all
Christendom. His primary surviving work is a collection of 23
catechetical lectures (Catecheses): they provide a full and very
illuminating picture of the preparation for baptism then in use and
much material for reconstructing the Palestinian liturgy of the 4th
century. Touttée’s edition, first published at Paris in 1720, is highly
regarded.
€100-€120 (£80-£96 approx.)
717
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D. (C.).
John Bull, ou, Londresiana: recueil d’originalités
et de singularités anglaises, avec les anecdotes, bons mots,
plaisanteries, sarcasmes, et railleries particulieres à ce peuple?
Paris, chez Tiger, circa
1820
FIRST (?ONLY) EDITION, with an engraved frontispiece,
pages vi, (7) - 108, 12mo, contemporary half calf over marbled
boards, gilt ruled and lettered spine: a very good copy
A wry and extremely rare look at English humour, custom and language
from a French perspective. WorldCat locates two copies and COPAC has
BL only.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
MONTGAILLARD (Maurice),
comte de.
State of France, in May, 1794. Translated... by Joshua
Lucock Wilkinson …
Printed for B. Crosby …
[1794]. FIRST
ENGLISH EDITION, pages viii, 63, 8vo, recent paper wrapper:
with a marginal tear in one leaf without loss: , otherwise a very
good copy.
This prediction by the French political agent (1761-1841) of the fall of
Robespierre was first published in French at London in 1794. The issue
with first word of the title-page in roman lettering and the title divider
after “1794. “ a diamond rule: ESTC90 notes only D and PPL.
(2)
[MULOCK later CRAIK (Dinah M.)].
Fair France.
Impressions of a traveller. By the author of ‘John Halifax,
Gentleman’, etc.
Hurst and Blackett,
1871. FIRST COLLECTED
EDITION, pages (4), 313, 8vo, contemporary half calf, gilt
ruled spine, with contrasting label, gilt: a strongly bound and
very good copy
Incorporates accounts of two separate trips, “La Belle France: A
Glimpse”, first published in Good Words in 1867 and “We Four In
Normandy” from Saint Pauls, 1870-71.
(3)
STOKES (Margaret).
Three Months in the Forests of
France.
G. Bell,
1895. FIRST EDN, with 78 illustations, pp
(51),291, small 4to, original cloth, gilt: very good.
“A pilgrimage in search of vestiges of the Irish saints in France”.
(4)
€150-€180 (£120-£144 approx.)
718
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DARTON, (Nicolas).
The True and Absolute Bishop:
With the Converts Returne unto Him. Wherein is also shewed
how Christ is our only Shepheard, As well as our truest Bishop;
And also, how lamentable and miserable the condition of those
Men doth appeare to bee, which are out of Christs Fold, Or, out
of Christs Diocesse. London, Printed by Tho. Badger, for
Humphrey Mosley ——-. 1641. [10],51, [1 blank]. 4to.
Disbound. First Edition. ESTC, R10864. Wing, D273. Lower
margin closely shaved, very good.
[10],51, [1 blank]. 4to. Disbound. First Edition. ESTC, R10864.
Wing, D273. Lower margin closely shaved, very good.
€250-€350 (£200-£280 approx.)
719
.
DARWIN (Charles).
The origin of species by means of
natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the
struggle for life. Sixth edition, with additions and corrections.
(Forty-first thousand.)
John Murray,
1891
With a folding table, pages xxi, (1, blank), 432 and leaf of
adverts, 8vo, original green cloth: a bright, attractive copy.
Freeman 438. The source of much controversy in its day, thiss seminal
text remains one of the most important works of the 19C. First
published in 1859, it had gone through six editions by 1872. The sixth,
final “life-time” edition is of importance, since it is the first to use the
term “evolution” in its text.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
REID (Mayne).
Quadrupeds.
What they are and where found. A book of zoology for boys.
Illustrated by William Harvey.
T. Nelson and Sons …,
1867.
FIRST EDITION, with 20 plates, 168-pp, 12mo, original green
cloth, gilt: very good copy.
(2)
WOOD (John G.).
The common objects of the sea shore;
including hints for an aquarium. The second edition, with
coloured illustrations.
G. Routledge & Co …
1858. With 12
attractive colour printed wood-engravings by E. Evans after
Sowerby and 22 text illustrations, pages (8),204, large 12mo,
original cloth by Bone, with ticket: binding a little dull and
lightly worn at corners but sound and strong, otherwise clean
and very good.
(3)
[KNAPP (John Leonard)].
The Journal of a Naturalist.
London: John Murray,
1839. FIRST EDITION, complete with a
fine folding aquatint frontispiece of the Shellard’s lane oak and
6 engraved plates (4 of which are double-page), pages xii. 403,
(1, adverts), 8vo, contemporary half calf over marbled boards,
gilt ruled spine, with label, gilt: a fresh copy, with the armorial
bookplate of L. H. King-Harman, Newcastle.
Abbey, Life, 445. Knapp (1767–1845), botanist, Between 1820 and
1830 he wrote a series of articles for the Time’s Telescope under the title
of ‘The naturalist’s diary’. These formed the germ of his most successful
work,
The Journal of a Naturalist. (4)
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
720
.
DAVIE (W. Galsworthy).
Architectural studies in France.
Batsford,
1877
FIRST EDITION, with 89 plates (16 coloured), (8)-pages, folio,
half calf, gilt, over the original cloth, gilt, top edges gilt: the
168