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FIRST EDITION, with 3 engraved plates, pages xvi, 313: viii,
343, without the half-title to volume two - none issued with
volume one,2 vols bound in 1, 8vo, near contemporary full
purple morocco, gilt, gilt panelled sides, fully gilt and lettered
spine, inside gilt borders, edges gilt: a rather attractive copy
Garston, an ‘adventurer’ and philhellene, had witnessed much that
grieved him in 1825 and here he compares his experiences in Greece
before and after the revolution. He travelled to Athens from Corfu and
went on to Hydra. He discusses various political figures in some depth,
whilst in the second volume he concentrates on Egyptian antiquities.
€400-€500 (£320-£400 approx.)
829
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GATTY née SCOTT (Margaret).
The Old Folks from
Home; or, a holiday in Ireland in 1861. By Mrs Alfred Gatty.
Bell and Daldy,
1862
FIRST EDITION, pages viii,255, 8vo, original green blind-
stamped cloth: very good
Letters describing her tour embracing Dublin, Limerick, Killarney,
Aran, Kerry and Cork. A successful work which ran to a second edition
within the year. Both editions are uncommon.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
[POWER (Sir Alfred), MD ??].
[Drop-title:] Cruise of the Olivia, 1866.
[Dublin ?], circa
1874.
Drop-title, 16-pages, 8vo, unbound, sewn with silk ribbon with
two other pieces: with contemporary inscription dated 5. 9. 74:
a little dusty but very good.
In verse throughout and probably privately printed. Not found in
WorldCat or on-line in NLI. Found with Sir Alfred Power’s “Stray
Pieces”, and almost certainly by him. ‘The Olivia’, a 25-ton cutter,
skippered by William A. Power, sailed from Dublin to such places as
Norway, Scotland and Spain. A facsimile of the ship’s log was
published in 1983. Bound with: (1) Grana Wail, drop title,5-pages verse
and pages 6-16 appendix of notes, Dublin, Thom, circa 1870. (2)
Corrected Edition. Precautionary Hints on the threatened Approach of
Cholera. Drop-title, verse, 16-pages, Dublin, Printed by Alexander
Thom.
(2)
CORKEY (Alexander).
The truth about Ireland, or through
the emerald isle with an aeroplane. With an introductory
chapter showing the bright future of Ireland by Hon. William
Jennings Bryan.
Oskaloosa, Iowa, Shockley Bros & Cook, London,
Richard J. James,
(1910). With 10 plates, 135-pp, 8vo, original
cloth: clean but lightly waterstained: a good copy.
An account of the author’s aerial adventures around Ireland.
(3)
CUMMING (Joseph George).
The story of Rushen Castle
and Rushen Abbey, in the Isle of Man.
Bell & Daldy,
1857.
FIRST EDITION, with frontiispiece, a folding map and 6 plates
(1 folding), pages viii, 63; 24, including a (4)-page subscriber list,
8vo, original unlettered stiff paper wrappers: wanting backstrip,
stitching weak, a little dusty, but a very good copy.
Cumming (1812–68), geologist and Church of England clergyman,
spent fifteen years on the island, studying its geology and antiquarian
remains with great care. His ‘ The Isle of Man: its History, Physical,
Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Legendary’ remains a work of value (ODNB).
(4)
€150-€180 (£120-£144 approx.)
830
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GAULTRUCHE or GAUTRUCHE or
GALTRUCHE(Pierre), SJ.
Mathematicae totius, h. e. 1
Arithmetica,2 Geometriae, 3 Astronomia, 4 Chronologiae,5
Gnomonicae, 6 Geographiae, 7 Opticae, 8 Musicae, clara, brevis
& accurata institutio, in gratiam studiosae juventutis adornata.
Cantabrigiae, excudebat Joan. Field, impensis Edwardi Story,
1668
FIRST UK EDITION, with additional engraved title and 20
engraved plates, pages (4), 304, (4), small 8vo, contemporary
blind-ruled unlettered calf: light signs of use and lower corner of
leaf H2 torn off affecting the endings of the last four lines of
text but not seriously: a very good unsophisticated copy with
contemporary ownership inscription of “Will: Pike”.
Wing G 382. The first of two English printings of this university text-
book by this French humanist & jesuit(1602-81) - both are uncommon
and rarely occur for sale.
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
831
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GEORGE III: -.
Report from the Committee of the House
of Lords, appointed to examine the physicians who have
attended His Majesty, during his illness, touching the state of
His Majesty’s health.
Dublin: Printed by P. Byrne,
1788
FIRST IRISH EDITION, pp 22, (2, adverts), with half-title, 8vo,
recent wrapper: very good
The only Irish edition: ESTC locates copies at D, Di, C / MdBJ-p,
DNLM and CoU. This, the second of George III’s five attacks, is the
best documented and most important, not only for the political issues it
raised but also for the stimulus it gave to psychiatry.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
ELLIOT (Gilbert), Earl of
Minto.
The Speech of Lord Minto, in the House of Peers, April
11, 1799, on a motion for an address to His Majesty, to
communicate the resolutions of the two houses of parliament,
respecting an Union between Great Britain and Ireland.
Dublin:
Printed for John Exshaw,
1799. Pages 155, (1, blank), 8vo, recent
paper wrapper: a very good to nice copy
(2)
WOODWARD (Richard).
The present state of the Church
of Ireland: containing a description of it’s precarious situation
… and a general account of the origin and progress of the
insurrection in Munster. The seventh edition.
Dublin: Printed by
W. Sleater,
1787. Pp 131, (1), 8vo, recent wraps: very good copy
with contemporary signature of Sam. Cooper
This pamphlet, which argued for the retention of the established status
of the church of Ireland, caused a sensation. It was written as a
reaction to the provocative activities of the Rightboys, an agrarian
movement in Munster and parts of south Leinster.
(3)
IRELAND.
A few thoughts on the present posture of affairs
in Ireland.
Dublin: Printed in the year
1755. Pages 23, (1, blank),
8vo, recent paper wrapper: a nice copy.
Also published as part of
‘The patriot miscellany’.
(4)
PITT (Wm.).
The speech of … in the British House of
Commons, on Thursday, January, 31, 1799.
Dublin: Printed by
George Grierson,
1799. 53-pages, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: a
very good to nice copy. (5)
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx.)
832
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GEORGIAN SOCIETY.
The Georgian Society Records
of Eighteenth-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin.
Introduction by Desmond Guinness.
Dublin: Printed for the
Society at the Dublin University Press, 1909-13, reprinted,
1969
With some 600 plates & 200 other illustrs,5 vols, large 4to,
original cloth: nice, fresh set.
A fine reprint of the scarce, and now rather expensive, original edition.
It represents a valuable collection of photographs of surviving eighteenth
century domestic architecture in Dublin. Several of the buildings
described were already empty and awaiting demolition at the time, as
after the Act of Union the city rapidly deteriorated from European
capital to provincial town and many large houses were turned into
tenements. The Georgian Society was formed expressly to compile a
definitive record while this was still possible.
(5)
€180-€250 (£144-£200 approx.)
833
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GERMANY & ITALY, MAP, 1821: - Traux (Max. de).
Neueste general und post-karte von Deutschland und Italien mit
inbegriff aller provinzen der Oesterreichischen Monarchie, des
grössten theils von Preussen, der Niederlande, Frankreich,
Russland, der Türkey, England und Dänemark … Carta
novissima della Germania e dell’ Italia …
Vienna, Artaria e
Compag.,
1821
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