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sound and strong and otherwise a very good copy.
Sabin 28792. Neal’s History found a wide audience. There were four
English editions in the 18C and more than ten editions and reprints in
the 19C, including several American editions. Anglican clerics, however,
assailed Neal’s history. Isaac Maddox and Zachary Grey denounced the
work in several pamphlets. They were encouraged to do so by Maddox’s
patron Edmund Gibson, Bishop of London, and by Thomas Sherlock,
Bishop of Salisbury. -(ODNB).
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
COLLIER (Jeremy).
Several
discourses upon practical subjects. The arguments of which may
be collected from the contents.
London: Printed by W. Bowyer, for
the Author,
1725. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, pages (4),
412, 8vo, recent boards: the title-page lightly and evenly dusty,
otherwise a very good copy.
Twelve sermons by the bishop and theatre critic (1656-1726) which were
also published separately.
(2)
BRITTAIN (Louis).
Principles of the christian religion and
catholic faith investigated.
Printed by J. P. Coghlan,
1790. FIRST
(?ONLY) EDITION, pages xi, (1, blank),253 (i. e. 353) and
advert leaf, with the half-title, small 8vo, original sheep, with
label, gilt: with some light internal soiling, the joints cracked
and the backstrip worn: a good to very good copy
(3)
O’LEARY (Arthur).
I. A defence of the divinity of Christ
… II. Loyalty-asserted … III. An address to the common people
of Ireland … IV. Remarks on a letter written by Mr. Wesley …
V. Rejoinder to Mr Wesley’s reply … VI. Essay on toleration …
To which is added an apology; occasioned by Thunderstruck’s
remarks on the mode of giving absolution to popish criminals
under sentence of death. Third edition, enlarged and corrected.
1782. a nice copy.
Important and influential tracts: O’Leary (1729-1802), Cork-born
Capuchin friar and controversialist, remembered for his ‘An Essay on
Toleration’ (1780), making the case for liberty of conscience. He was by
far the most brilliant and popular writer on the catholic side, but
provoked much criticism by his acceptance of a government pension.
(4)
MERMILLOD (Gaspard), Cardinal.
A. M. D. G. The
Mission of Woman … a discourse … to the Children of Mary,
in the Convent Chapel of the Sacred Heart, Brussels, May 18,
1867. Translated from the French. By M. A. MacDaniel.
Burns
and Oates,
1881. 35-pages, cr 8vo, original green cloth, gilt: a
very good to nice copy.
There was another edition, on 28-pages, in 1873. Mermillod,
successively bishop of Hebron and of Geneva.
(5)
MANNING (Henry E.), Cardinal.
The Four Great Evils of
the Day.
Burns, Oates,
1871. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION,
pp (4), 142 & advert leaf, 8vo, original cloth: nice copy
Four lectures: the revolt of the intellect against God, the revolt of the
will against God, the revolt of society from God, and, the spirit of
antichrist.
(6)
MAHAFFY (Sir John P.).
The decay of modern preaching.
An essay. 1882. FIRST EDITION, pages (8), 160, 8vo, original
cloth: a very good copy.
Mahaffy (1839-1919), scholar and Provost of TCD, tutor, mentor and
collaborator of Oscar Wilde. The mocking similarity of the title used by
Wilde for ‘The Decay of Lying’ is unlikely to have been lost on either
author.
(7)
HAY (Wm.).
Religio Philosophi: or, the principles of
morality and christianity illustrated from a view of the universe,
and of man’s situation on it. The second edition.
Printed for R.
and J. Dodsley,
1754. Pages (8),232, 8vo, recent wraps: old light
marginal stain in places, still very good.
First published 1753 and reprinted as late as 1831. Hay (1695-1755),
barrister, M. P. for Seaford 1734-55, commissioner for victualling the
navy 1738, introduced measures for poor relief, and, in 1753, was keeper
of the Tower records.
(8)
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
871
.
GRIBBLE (Francis).
The Early Mountaineers.
T. Fisher
Unwin,
1899
FIRST EDITION, with 48 plates, pages xiv, 338, 8vo, original
cloth, gilt, top edges gilt: an attractive and very good to nice
copy.
“Authoritative record of pre-’Golden Age’ mountaineering. “ - Neate
333.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
BONNEY (Thomas G.), FRS.
The
Alpine Regions of Switzerland and the neighbouring countries.
A pedestrian’s notes on their physical features, scenery, and
natural history. With illlustrations by E. Whymper.
Cambridge:
Deighton, Bell, and Co.,
1868. FIRST EDITION, with 5 plates
and 15 other illustrs, pp xvi, 351, (1, adverts) and errata slip,
with half-title, 8vo, original green pictorial cloth, gilt, neatly
repaired: a very good copy.
A scarce book by one of the most distinguished figures in British geology
through-out the last quarter of the 19C. He acquired an intimate
personal knowledge of almost the whole of the Alpine chains and was
one of the pioneers in Dauphin.
(2)
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
872
.
GRIMM: - Ussher (Arland) and Metzradt (Carl von).
Enter these Enchanted Woods. An interpretation of Grimm’s
Fairy Tales.
[Dublin:] Sandymount Press,
1954
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, 79-pages and tipped-in errata
leaf, 8vo, original fancy paper wrappers, with printed paper
labels: with some very light foxing on the endleaves, but still a
very good or better copy.
Copy No. 63 of only 75 copies printed. Five of these fourteen essays,
each one on a particular tale, were previously published in The Dublin
Magazine and in World Review: the remaining nine are here first
published.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
HYDE (Douglas).
Love Songs of
Connacht, being the fourth chapter of The Songs of Connacht.
Introduction by Micheal O hAodha.
Irish University Press,
1969.
Pages x, (8), 158, 8vo, a fine, uncut copy in recent paper
wrappers.
A reprint of the original edition of 1893 with a new introduction.
(2)
SYNGE (John M.).
to Lady Gregory and W. B. Yeats.
Selected by Ann Saddlemyer. 1971. a nice copy.
Limited edition of 500 numbered copies.
(3)
STRONG (Rupert).
Jonathan of Birkenhead and other
poems. With a preface by Kenneth S. Woodroofe.
The Runa
Press, Monkstown, Dublin,
1953. FIRST EDITION, pages 75, (1),
8vo, original cloth, gilt: very good in dust wrapper.
Strong’s first published collection, published by the press he founded
together with his wife and fellow poet, Eithne. Hogan observes that
Bertrand Russell found Rupert Strong’s poems remarkable.
(4)
ROWLEY (Richard).
Apollo in Mourne. A play in one act.
With woodcuts by Lady Mabel Annesley.
Duckworth,
1926.
FIRST EDITION, with 8 woodcut illustrations (2 full-page),
pages 38, (2, blank), small 4to, original yellow cloth: a very good
copy.
Rowley, pseudonym of Belfast-born Richard V. Williams, excelled at
dialect verse. Mabel Annesley was one of the most gifted exponents of
the woodcut in her time.
(5)
STEPHENS (James).
Julia Elizabeth. A comedy in one act.
New York, Crosby Gaige,
1929. FIRST EDITION, pages 25, (1),
4to, original cloth-backed fancy boards, with printed paper
labels: some very light foxing and the binding just a little dull,
but still a very good copy.
Limited edition of 861 numbered copies, signed by the author.
(6)
DEVLIN (Denis).
The Heavenly Foreigner. Edited and
introduced by Brian Coffey.
(Dublin: ) Dolmen Editions VI,
1967.
FIRST EDITION THUS, with 2 plates (a portrait of Devlin and
a plate by Anne Yeats), pp 71, (1) and erratum slip, folio,
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