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complete but for the initial blank leaf, small 8vo, old roan-backed
boards: a very good copy
Finet (1570/71–1641), courtier and writer, become a fixture at court,
renowned for writing and singing bawdy songs with Zouche and Goring,
no examples of which are preserved, but his wit and polish stand out in
his surviving work. Following his widow’s death in 1652, a portion of
his notebooks, mainly concerned with incidents during the reign of James
I, was edited and published by James Howell as Finetti philoxenis: Some
Choice Observations (1656), which became a major source for Wicquefort
and others. Only in 1987 was the bulk of the remainder published, edited
by Albert Loomie (ODNB).
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
[KAVANAGH (James W.)].
Mixed Education. The catholic case stated: or principles,
working, and results of the system of national education; with
suggestions for the settlement of the education question. Most
respectfully dedicated to the Catholic Archbishops and Bishops
of Ireland. By a catholic layman.
Dublin: John Mullany,
1859.
FIRST EDITION, pp xvi, (9)- 447, (1, errata), 8vo, original cloth,
gilt: small stamp in two places, tear without loss in a blank
flyleaf, little wear at headband, otherwise very good.
(2)
[CROKER (John Wilson)].
A sketch of the state of Ireland,
past and present. Second London edition.
London: Printed for
James Carpenter, Old Bond Street; and M. N. Mahon, Dublin,
1808.
Pages (8), 64, (6, adverts for books published by Carpenter), with
the initial blank leaf and the half-title, and, tipped in before title,
a 3, (1) page prospectus for Bryan’s Dictionary of Painting, and,
tipped in opposite front endpaper, a (3)-page advert for the
Shaftesbury Subscription Library, 8vo, old half calf, worn,
rubbed and wanting backstrip, but the cords strong and otherwise
a very good to nice, uncut copy.
(3)
PARNELL (Henry Brooke), first Baron Congleton.
A
history of the penal laws against the Irish Catholics, from the
Treaty of Lmerick to the Union.
Dublin: Printed by H. Fitzpatrick,
1808. FIRST EDITION, pages (2),226, xxxii, 8vo, original
boards, uncut, neatly rebacked, with label: a very good copy. (3)
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
804
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FITZGERALD (C.).
The Gambia and its proposed cession
to France.
Unwin Brothers, printers …,
1875
FIRST EDITION, folding map,27-pp, 8vo, recent wraps: small
stamp on title but very good
Observations based, says the author, “upon a residence of over two years,
some time past, and a short visit during the present year to the West
Coast of Africa. “. It would be nice to think so, but we feel this is not the
Charles Edwards Fitzgerald (1791–1887), native of Kilkee, County
Clare, Governor of The Gambia from 1844-4 and of Western Australia
1848-55.
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CLARK (Gavin Brown), MD,
FRCSE.
The Transvaal and Bechuanaland.
Juta, Heeles, and Co.,
[1881?]. FIRST EDITION, 78-pp, 8vo, recent wraps: 2 small
stamps on title, otherwise very good
Mendelssohn 1. 554 includes a Dutch translation of 1885, cross-
referencing it to the original edition but omits it entirely. Presenting the
Becuanaland question from the Boer point of view. Clark, a strong
supporter of the Boers (said to have been present in their camp at Majuba
Hill in 1881), represented the South African Republic in London as
consul-general after independence was gained in 1881, a postion he held
until 1891.
(2)
CLARK (Gavin Brown), MD, FRCSE.
Our fuuture policy
in the Transvaal; a defence of the Boers.
William Ridgway,
1881.
FIRST EDITION, 32-pp, 8vo, recent wraps: 2 small stamps on
title, otherwise very good
Mendelssohn 1. 343.
(3)
IRVINE (James).
The Ashantee Difficulty. A paper read to
the Birkenhead Literary and Scientific Society … on 6th
November, 1873.
Liverpool: Printed by Benson and Holme,
1873.
FIRST EDITION, 34-pp, 8vo, recent wrapper: small stamp on
title, otherwise very good
(4)
EGYPT.
The War in Egypt. Why are we fighting? An
epitome of events, culminating in the bombardment of
Alexandria. Compiled from parliamentary blue books and other
authentic sources.
W. R. Cremer,
1882. FIRST SEPARATE
EDITION, pages 15, (1, adverts), 8vo, recent paper wrapper:
small stamp on title-page, otherwise a very good copy.
NSTC and
COPAC both have the BL copy only. Prepared for the Workmen’s Peace
Association but first published in the “Echo” newspaper.
(5)
€120-€150 (£96-£120 approx.)
805
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FITZGERALD (George Robert), ‘Fighting Fitzgerald’: -.
[Published with the Approbation of the Judges.] The trials of
George Robert Fitzgerald, Esq. Timothy Brecknock, James [sic]
Fulton, and others; for the murder of Patrick Randal
MacDonnell, and Charles Hipson, Esquires. Also the trial of
John Gallagher, and others, for an assault on George Robert
Fitzgerald, in the goal [sic] of Castlebar … from the notes of a
barrister …
Dublin Printed: and London Reprinted, for G. Kearsley,
1786
FIRST LONDON EDITION, pages iv, 88, *81 - *88, 89 - 183, (1,
advertisements), 8vo, recent quarter morocco, gilt, gilt lettered
spine: a very good to nice copy.
An uncommon issue, with the interpolated signature *L: NSTC has
NLS, CUL and Boston Athenaeum only (none in Ireland). “Fighting
Fitzgerald”, one of the most interesting of the Irish rakes, was involved
in a complicated dispute with his family, and was finally hanged at
Castlebar for the murder of an attorney and his servant.
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
806
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[FLOCCUS (Andreas D.)].
De magistratibus,
sacerdotiisque Romanorum. Pomponius Laetus itidem de
magistratibus et sacerdotiis, et praeterea de diuersis legibus
Romanorum.
Lutetiae, ex officina Roberti Stephani typographi Regii,
1549
With woodcut device on title-page, pages 112, (6), (2, blank),
small 8vo, neatly bound in recent paper boards: side notes on
eight pages just touched without serious loss and with some very
light staining: a very good copy
Adams F603, CUL and Magdalene only. A scarce edition of this treatise
on the Roman magistracy from the time of the kings to Julius Caesar,
written by Floccus under the pseudonym of Lucius Fenestella.
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[BONHOURS (Dominique)].
La
maniere de bien penser dans les ouvrages d’esprit. Dialogues.
Nouvelle edition.
Paris, chez Charles-Nicolas Poirion …,
1756. Pages
viii,526, (4), large 12mo, contemporary French mottled calf, fully
gilt spine, with label, gilt, silk marker: old circular stamp on title-
page and the binding, though sound and very strong, evenly
rubbed and worn, otherwise a fresh, attractive copy.
(2)
DUVOISON (Jean-Baptiste).
L’autorité des livres de Moyse,
établie et défendue contre les incrédules.
Paris, chez Charles-Pierre
Berton,
1778. FIRST EDITION, pages (12),512, large 12mo,
contemporary mottled calf, fully gilt spine, with label, gilt: with a
small oval stamp on the half-title, otherwise a nice copy.
Duvoisin
(1744-1813), Bishop of Nantes, in his later writings developed a theory of
the social contract similar to Barruel’s, extolling tradition, as Burke was
later to do.
(3)
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
807
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FONTENELLE (Bernard le Bovier), Sieur de.
Conversations with a lady, on the plurality of worlds …
Translated by Mr. Glanvill. The fifth edition. With the addition
of a sixth conversation. To which is also added, a discourse
concerning the antients and moderns. Written by the same
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