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the bindings rubbed and worn and the joints weak, but
otherwise a very good to nice copy.
A fine prose partial translation, by the Oriental Secretary to the British
Embassy at Constantinople, of ‘The Romance of Antar’ (‘Sirat
Antaribn Shaddad’), an extensive poem, long handed down by oral
tradition only, centered on the Arabian poet and warrior, Antara ibn
Shaddad. A classic of Arabic literature, it is said to have inspired
William Gifford Palgrave to embark on missionary work among the
Arabs. In this issue all volumes are dated 1820 and the 8-pp intro is
paged (li) to lviii.
(4)
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
884
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HAMILTON (Wm.).
The exemplary life and character of
James Bonnell, Esq; late accomptant general of Ireland. The
third edition, with additions from Mr. Bonnell’s private papers.
Printed and sold by Joseph Downing.
1707
With the fine folding engraved portrait and a folding plate, pages
xxiii, (1, blank),278, (8), (2, adverts), 8vo, contemporary black
morocco, gilt panelled sides, fully gilt spine, with contrasting
label, gilt, edges gilt, with only very slight wear at the headband,
but still a fine copy in a very handsome contemporary binding
A handsome presentation copy: inscribed “J. Campbell / The gift of
Mrs Bonnel[sic]”, i. e Jane (died circa 1754), daughter of Sir Albert
Conyngham of Mount Charles, Co. Donegal. With the engraved
armorial (Cawdor arms) book plate of John Campbell of Stackpole
Court on the front endpaper. Includes: ’Of the intermediate state of
blessed souls. A sermon... by Edward Lord bishop of Killmore and
Ardagh’ with a separate title-page.
€180-€250 (£144-£200 approx.)
885
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HARBOUR PILOT, WEST INDIES, &c.
Remarks on
Bays, Harbours, &c. (binding title).
Circa
1798
A legible ms harbour pilot in notebook form, with a partial
index. Twenty-seven harbours and bays in the West Indies
(pages 1-63) and Europe (Falmouth and Brest only) (pages 64 to
end) are described, and, for the largest harbours, details listed
include marks for anchoring and wooding and watering.
A legible manuscript harbour pilot in notebook form, with a partial
index. Twenty-seven harbours and bays in the West Indies and Europe
(Falmouth and Brest only) are described, and, for the largest harbours,
the details listed include marks for anchoring and wooding and
watering. The section on Falmouth harbour is signed “J. Bowen (A
Copy)”.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
WHEELER (Wm. H.).
A
practical manual of tides and waves. 1906. FIRST (ONLY)
EDITION, with a portrait, a folding map and other
illustrationis, pages viii, (1),201, roy 8vo, original cloth: a very
good copy. (2)
€100-€120 (£80-£96 approx.)
886
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HARDY, (Thomas)
Wessex Poems and Other Verses
London, Harper & Brothers, 1898.
8vo. Original publishers white cloth (worn). First edition.
€180-€250 (£144-£200 approx.)
887
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[HARRIS (James)].
Three Treatises. The first concerning
art. The second concerning music, painting, and poetry. The
third concerning happiness. By J. H.
Printed by H. Woodfall, jun.
For J. Nourse, and P. Vaillant,
1744
FIRST EDITION, pages (4), 357, 8vo, contemporary calf, with
label, gilt: with a little wear at the headband, but still a very
good to nice copy with the contemporary armorial bookplate
and signature of the archdeacon of Raphoe and fellow of
Trinity, Michael Kearney.
The scarce first edition of ‘Hermes’ Harris’s first book.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
ALISON (Archibald).
Essays on the
nature and principles of taste.
Dublin: Printed for Messrs. P. Byrne,
J. Moore, Grueber and M\’Allister, W. Jones, and R. White,
1790.
FIRST IRISH EDITION, pages xiii, (3), 384, 8vo, pleasantly
bound in recent calf-backed marbled boards, antique gilt ruled
spine, with contrasting label, gilt: with some very light marginal
staining, but still a very good copy.
Alison’s aesthetic theories were first published at Edinburgh in 1790 and
exercised an immediate and widely-felt influence. “A book which was to
revolutionize aesthetic speculation in Britain and which exhibited an
originality, complexity and logical coherence unmatched in British
aesthetics. “ - Hipple.
(2)
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
888
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HART (Henry Travers).
The Family History of Hart of
Donegal.
Mitchell Hughes & Clarke,
1907
FIRST EDITION, with a double-page map, a folding leaf of
pedigree and 4 plates, pages vii, (1),24, (8, blank),25-32, (8,
blank), 33-46, (8, blank), 47-60, (8, blank), 61-72, (8, blank), 73-
154, (8, blank), (155)-158, (2, blank), 8vo, original cloth, gilt: an
unnumbered copy of an unspecified number printed: a nice,
fresh copy of an exceptionally scarce book.
COPAC has BL only, though there is a copy in D on-line but not in Dt.
Inscribed on flyleaf “Sir M. M. Chambers / from W. E. Hart / May
1914” and with a long additional manuscript note on Cary and
Chambers on the blank recto of the folding “key pedigree”. “In this
extensive genealogy, the family of HART is traced from Thomas HART
of Devonshire in England, through his great-grandson Henry who
settled in Donegal, Ireland, shortly after 1600, and on through
descendants of Henry to the time of writing. This is a well documented
work, with many transcripts and extracts from the original documents.
Not only is this documentary evidence presented to the reader, it is also
explained and placed in its historical setting. Also included is a section
titled “Short Histories and Pedigrees of Families connected by Marriage
with the Hart Family, “ which includes a great deal of information on
the Beresford, Chichester, Ellerker, Frere, Hume, Murray, Sampson,
Travers and Vaughan families. “ - Morris, Genealogical Resources.
€250-€350 (£200-£280 approx.)
889
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HARTLIB (Samuel).
Samuel Hartlib his legacie: or an
enlargement of the Discourse of Husbandry used in Brabant &
Flaunders: wherein are bequeathed to the common-wealth of
England, more outlandish and domestick experiments and
secrets, in reference to universall husbandry. The second edition
augmented with an appendix. Entered according to the late act
concerning printing.
London: Pinted by R. & W. Leybourn, for
Richard Wodenothe, in Leaden-Hall Market, next door to the Golden
Hart,
1652
Pages (8), 88, 73 - 77, 86 - 87, 80, (6), 103-18 [i. e. 118], (28),
complete thus, in spite of erratic pagination, 4to, old calf, neatly
rebacked: the extreme lower outer corner of leaf R3 torn off
affecting only a portion of the catchwords, otherwise a very
good copy.
Wing H 900. “This edition contains a great deal of additional matter. ”
– Rothamsted 57. “An appendix to the legacie of husbandry” and “An
interrogatory relating more particularly to the husbandry and naturall
history of Ireland, 1652” (the latter not included in Sweeney), each
have separate dated title pages with imprint “Printed for Richard
Wodenothe, “; pagination and register are continuous. The Discourse of
husbandry written by Richard Weston. Hartlib (c. 1600–62),
educational reformer, writer, German-British polymath, active promoter
and expert writer in many fields, iinterested in science, medicine,
agriculture, politics, and education, contemporary of Robert Boyle
whom he knew well, and a neighbour of Samuel Pepys in Axe Yard.
His proposed reformation of learning induced Milton to write his
treatise On Education (1644), which was dedicated to Hartlib. His
advocacy of a world of correspondency unfettered by monopolist
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