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ROGERS (Jasper W.).
Facts for the kind-hearted of
England ! as to the wretchedness of the Irish peasantry, and the
means for their regeneration … James Ridgway, 1847 [with:]
The Potato Truck System of Ireland the main cause of her
periodical famines and of the non-payment of her rents. Second
edition. James Ridgway, 1847 [and:] An Appeal for the
Peasantry of Ireland, and objects of the Irish Amelioration
Society. Second edition, with heads of the amended act.
Effingham Wilson, 1847. 1847
Pages 39, (1, adverts): (2), 18: 108, 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt,
edges gilt: with some light foxing of preliminary leaves, but still
a very good to nice copy.
“This Edition (500 copies printed) has been presented by the Author, as
a donation; - to be sold at the Ladies Bazaar, for relief of the famine in
Ireland, and distress in Scotland. “ - First title-page statement.
Highlighting the miseries of Irish peasant life and proposing remedies.
Rogers, a civil engineer, was employed by the Irish Relief Commission.
€150-€180 (£120-£144 approx.)
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ROGERS (Thomas).
Observations on the reports laid
before the Right Hon. and Hon. the Directors General of Inland
Navigation in Ireland, for the improvement of Dublin Harbour.
This work contains, a correct view of the tides and currents in
the bay and harbour, etc. etc. With their influence on the sands
of the bar, etc. etc. Assisted by ten engravings. With the general
outlines of a plan for the improvement of the Harbour of
Dublin, and that at Ireland’s Eye.
Dublin: Printed by T. Burnside,
1805
FIRST (ONLY) EDITION, with 10 folding tidal charts, pages
(2), xvii, (1, blank), 74, 8vo, contemporary half calf: with a
small paper flaw in three leaves with the loss of only a very few
letters: a very good copy.
Inscribed on title-page “Vice Admiral Bowen / to Captain Fisher. Aid
de Ca[mp] / to His Grace the Duke / of Richmond”, a full-page
manuscript note concerning the book, dated March 9th, 1808 signed
“Geo. Bowen” on the blank leaf facing title-page and manuscript notes
in the same hand in two places. COPAC locates copies only at C and L,
but there is a copy on-line at D, a presentation copy, also from Bowen, to
Henry Grattan. Rogers, superintendent of Howth lighthouse also wrote
on a proposed harbour at Howth, recommending a ship canal through
the isthmus.
€600-€800 (£480-£640 approx.)
1241
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ROSINI (Joannis).
Antiquitatum Romanarum corpus
absolutissimum: cum notis doctissimis ac locupletiss. Thomae
Dempsteri J. C. …
Luugduni Batavorum, apud Hackios, parentem &
filios,
1663
With additional engraved title-page, printed title-page with
device, a large double-page folding engraved bird’s-eye view and
7 other engraved plates (2 folding), pages (6), 956, (32), 4to,
contemporary vellum, yap edges: a very good to nice copy.
A voluminous compendium of Roman antiquities, with a long and
detailed index. Rosi (1551-1626), a Protestant theologian from
Eisenach. First published in 1585, the work was revised by Thomas
Dempster, a Scottish nobleman and sholar who taught in Paris and
Bologna and was the author of the first scholarly book on the Etruscans.
€150-€180 (£120-£144 approx.)
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ROSS (Alexander).
Pansebeia (Greek): or, a view of all
religions in the world: with the several church-governments,
from the creation, to these times. Also, a discovery of all known
heresies in all ages and places: and choice observations and
reflections throughout the whole. The fourth edition, enlarged
and perfected by Alexander Ross. To which are annexed, the
lives, actions, and ends of certain notorious hereticks. With their
effigies in copper-plates.
[London]: Printed for John Williams at the
sign of the Crown in Cross-Keyes-Court in Little-Brittain,
1672
With engraved frontispiece and 17 engraved portraits in text,
pages (32),544; (32), 78, (2), with blank leavs Aaa1 (blank but
for signature) and aaa1,2 leaves misbound but complete, small
8vo, strongly bound in contemporary calf, old crude rebacking
in vellum, the spine worn but strong, one leaf with an old repair
to a short tear (no loss): a very good copy.
Wing R 1975 (and R 1945B), variant issue. Sabin 73316. European
Americana 672/198. Section three contains an account of the religions
of America. The second part, entitled “Apocalypsis: or, The revlation
[sic] of certain notorious advancers of heresie” was translated by John
Davies of Kidwelly, from an anonymous Latin work. It contains the
earliest written account of the life of Michael Servetus, covering pages
51 to 54, together with an engraved portrait.
€150-€180 (£120-£144 approx.)
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ROSS, Mrs.
The Balance of Comfort; or the old maid
and married woman. A novel … Third edition.
Printed at the
Minerva Press for A. K. Newman and Co.,
1817
Pages (2),247, (1, adverts): (2),271, (1, adverts): (2),272, half-
titles not preserved, 3 vols, large 12mo, contemporary half dark
green straight-grained morocco, gilt over marbled boards, gilt
ruled and lettered spines: an attractive copy.
Blakey 257. A frank, cynical examination of matrimony,
demonstrating the impossibility of young girls assessing the true
character of their betrothed and describing the consequent misery of the
marriage of unsuited partners. The heroine conducts her own
investigation, subjecting the unhappy marriage of her two sisters to cool-
headed scrutiny, concluding that, her own case apart, “generally
speaking, a single life is the happiest” and gives the “Balance of
Comfort” to celibacy. “Mrs Ross, obscure but remarkable author of at
least 13 novels … not afraid to treat sexual irregularity or the seamy
side of life, but can be harshly moralistic as well as satirical … “ -
Blain, Feminist Companion to Literature in English.
(3)
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
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[ROTTENBURG (Francis de), Baron] et al.
Regulations
for the exercise of riflemen and light infantry, and instructions
for their conduct in the field.
Dublin: Printed for M. Neary Mahon,
109, Grafton-Street, and John Watson Stewart, No. 1, King’s-Inns-
Quay.
1807
SECOND DUBLIN EDITION(?), with 9 engraved plates (three
of music for bugles), pages iv, 70, (1, leaf of plate list), 8vo, an
exceptionally fine copy, bound with five other related pamphlets
(see below) in a handsome full navy morocco, gilt ruled and
lettered spine.
An unrecorded edition. The oonly other Dublin printing was in 1803 for
the same publishers and it is recorded in the British Library catalogue
without mention of plates. Rottenberg, the original author of the
German text here translated, served in America in the wars of the
1750s: a modern scholarly paper on his authorship of the present work
is loosely inserted. [WITH:] (1) REGULATIONS FOR THE
EXERCISE of riflemen and light infantry and instructions for their
conduct in the field: a new edition containing the light infantry exercise
according to his Majesty’s regulations. London: Printed and sold by
William Clowes, 14, Charling Cross, no date [1819]. 8vo, with 8
engraved plates (including three of bugle music), 72—pages. WorldCat
locates only a single copy, calls for eight plates and dates it 1819.
[AND:] (2) [CALVERT (Sir Harry)] Information and instructions for
commanding generals and others. [London:] Printed for T. Egerton by
C. Roworth, Bell-Yard, Fleet-Street. No date[?1803]. 8vo, pages 42, (2,
blank). WorldCat gives this to Calvert, who subscribes the preface dated
1803. [AND:] (3) DALBIAC (Sir James Charles) A military catechism
for the use of young officers of the cavalry. Published with the
approbation of His Royal Highness … London: Printed for T. Egerton,
Military Library, Whitehall. 1806. Pages xvii, (1, blank, 67, (1, blank),
300