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Christian Association in connexion with the United Church of
England and Ireland, in the Metropolitan Hall, January 11th,
1861.
(Dublin)
(1861). Drop-title, 40-pp, 12mo, recent quarter calf:
light pencil markings, but a very good copy.
(3)
[STEBBING (Henry)].
A defence of the Scripture-History so
far as it concerns the resurrection of Jairus’s daughter; the
Widow of Nain’s Son; and Lazarus. In answer to Mr. Woolston’s
fifth discourse on our Saviour’s miracles. With a preface,
containing some remarks on his answer to the Lord Bishop of St.
David’s.
London: Printed for John Pemberton, at the Buck, against St.
Dunstan’s Church, in Fleet-Street,
1730. FIRST EDITION, pages
xii, 68, 8vo, recent neat calf-backed marbled boards: very good.
(4)
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx.)
1038
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LENNOX (Lord William (Pitt)).
The Tuft-Hunter. In
three volumes.
Henry Colburn,
1843
FIRST EDITION, pp (2),250: (2),257, (1): (2),240, half-titles not
called for, 3 vols in 1, 8vo, pleasantly bound in quarter calf, with
label, gilt: a very good, well-margined copy.
Sadleir 1392. Not in Wolff. NUC notes DLC copy only. Lennox (1799-
1881), godson of William Pitt and a cousin of Charles James Fox, served
as aide-de-campe to the Duke of Wellington and was parodied in ‘Vivian
Grey’ as Lord Prima Donna. He acted as aide-de-campe to his father
while he was governor-general of Canada (1818-18) and portions of this,
his second novel, are set in Canada.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
[FERRIER (Susan Edmonstone)].
The Inheritance. By the author of “Marriage. “ In three volumes.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood …,
1824. FIRST EDITION, pages
(4), 387: (4), 415: (4), 359, (1, adverts), with the half-titles, 3 vols,
8vo, near contemporary half calf, gilt ruled spines, with labels,
gilt: a nice copy.
(2)
JAMES (George P. R.).
Rose d’Albert; or, troublous times.
Richard Bentley,
1844. FIRST EDITION, pages vii, 311, (1): (2),
315, (1): (2), 300, bound without the half-titles, 3 vols, 8vo, neat
old half calf, gilt ruled spines: a very good copy.
Wolff 3544. Not in Sadleir.
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€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
1039
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LEON (Luis de).
De los nombres de Christo. In tres libros.
Quarta impression, en que va añadido el nombre de Cordero, con
tres tablas, la uva de los nombres de Christo, otra de la perfecta
Casada, la tercera de los lugares de la Scriptura.
Salamanca. En
casa de Iuan Fernandez.
1595
Two parts in 1 volume, separate titles, signatures and pagination,
each with a large (different) woodcut on its title-page, repeated on
the otherwise blank verso of the final leaf in the first part, folios
(2),271 (i. e. 261), (3): 64, pagination erratic in places but
complete, 8vo, neatly bound in recent paper boards: with a small
and rather faint stamp on the first title-page and a small paper
fault in two leaves, neither with any loss, otherwise a well-
margined and very good to nice copy.
The prose materpiece of the greatest Spanish prose writer of the 16th
century: a treatise, in the dialogue form popularised by the followers of
Erasmus, on the various names given to Christ in the Scriptures. No
edition is represented in Adams.
€600-€800 (£480-£640 approx.)
1040
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LEONARD (Wm.).
Reports and Cases of Law: argued
and adjudged in the Courts at Westminster, in the times of the
late Queen Elizabeth, and King James. In four parts. The second
impression, carefully corrected, with the addition of many
thousand of references, never before printed. Collected by... W.
Leonard... Published by W. Hughes of Grays-Inn …With
alphabetical tables …
Printed by W. Rawlins...,
1687-87-86-87
BEST EDITION, pages (12), 336, (8): (8),226, (4), (2, blank):
(12),279, (52): (8),252, (12), complete with the preliminary
licence leaf, 4 vols bound in 1, small folio, finely bound in recent
quarter calf: a large and very good to nice copy.
Wing L. 1104, 1105, 1106 and 1102. Leonard, professor of law and a
member of Gray’s Inn. His reports, always highly regarded, were
translated by Hughes from the original French.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
[SHOWER (Sir Bartholomew)].
Resolved and Adjudged, upon Petitions and Writs of Error. 1698,
with some light browning, but still a very good copy.
Wing S. 3650. The first edition of the first reports of cases in the House
of Lords, published at a time when it had become the final court of
appeal from courts of law and of equity yet finally found by the House
Lords itself to be in breach of privilege, with the result that no further
reports were published for nearly a century.
(2)
€300-€400 (£240-£320 approx.)
1041
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LESLIE (John).
Killarney: a poem.
Printed for George
Robinson,
1772
FIRST LONDON EDITION, with engraved vignette title-page,
pages (4),50 and errata leaf, large 4to, pleasantly bound in recent
marbled boards, with label: a nice, fresh copy.
A fine piece of Irish topographical verse, perhaps published
simultaneously with the identically-paged Dublin edition of the same
year. Additional support for the idea of simultaneous publication comes
from the fact that a few surviving copies of the London edition (not this
one, nor copies at Yale, Columbia, Rice, etc.) have a bifolium of
subscribers more usually found in the Dublin quarto. Perhaps British
subscribers received the London edition with the list, and copies for retail
sale were left without it. The poem also appeared in a Dublin octavo
edition during the same year - quite a wide distribution for a
topographical poem, perhaps explained by Leslie’s connection to the Irish
Lord Clanwilliam as family tutor.
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
1042
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LESSIUS (Leonardus), S. J.
De iustitia et iure … libri
quatuor. Editio tertia, auctior et castigatior.
Antverpiae, ex officina
Plantiniana, apud viduam et filios Io. Moreti,
1612
With engraved title, pp (16), 803, (69), the final leaf blank but for
large Plantin device, folio, near contemporary panelled calf, with
label, gilt: boards with a few fine wormholes which penetrate to
text but not seriously, fore-edge of upper board neatly repaired:
very good copy
First published 1605. Kress has the 1617 edition only. Leonard de Leys
(1554-1623) taught philosophy at Douay and Louvain. This, his most
important work, one of the earliest treatises to investigate the ethics of
economics, is particularly notable for its analysis of contemporary
commercial practice - his opinions on the morality of various business
arrangements exercised considerable influence on the thinking of
statesmen and church leaders alike. ‘Combining a full command of
earlier scholastic authorities with a hitherto unprecedented grasp of
market phenomena, Lessius provided fresh insights that challenged
traditional economic doctrine in authoritative fashion. He is, certainly,
the foremost continuator of the Spanish school of economic thought.
Further, he has claims for consideration as a major contributor to the
development of economic analysis. ‘ - Gordon, Economic Analysis before
Smith. “This great work, composed with great accuracy, shows best the
soundness of judgement, the common sense, and the clearness of mind
which distinguishes Lessius. The chapters on interest and other
commercial subjects are epoch-making in the treatment of those difficult
questions; Lessius was especially consulted by the merchants of Antwerp
on matters of justice”- Cath. Ency.
€800-€1,000 (£640-£800 approx.)
1043
.
LETTER.
A letter to the author of an examination of the
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