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re-printed for Weaver Bickerton,
1732
FIRST LONDON EDITION, pages (4), 60, complete with the
half-title/advert leaf, 8vo, recent paper wrapper: with some light
browning, but a very good copy.
Kress 4016. Goldsmiths’ 6932. Hanson 4165. Wagner 135. Although
based on Prior’s ‘List of Absentees’, this is evidently by another author.
First published, at Dublin, during the previous year.
€80-€120 (£64-£96 approx.)
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IRELAND.
State of Ireland considered, with an enquiry
into the history and operation of tithe: and a plan for modifying
that system, and providing an adequate maintenance for the
Catholic and Presbyterian clergy. Second edition: with an
appendix, containing the Rev. Mr. Howlett’s plan of
commutation, and a proposition for taxing absentees. Dedicated
to the members of the imperial parliament.
Dublin: Printed by
Downes and Reilly: sold by Gilbert and Hodges …,
1810
With 4 plates of cottage plans and elevations, pages xxiv, (4),
154, 8vo, recent quarter calf: a very good copy: plate 4
duplicated with the loss of plate one: inscribed on vero of title-
page “To the / Earl Fitzwilliam / From the / Author”, with
two of the three errata corrected and further corrections in the
same hand on pages 118 and 135.
Goldsmiths’ 19963. The four plates illustrate three types of cottage: “the
cot [plate 1], the cottage, and the small farm house”.
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
252
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IRELAND.
The evidence taken before the Select
Committees of the Houses of Lords and Commons, appointed
in the sessions of 1824 and 1825, to inquire into the state of
Ireland.
London: John Murray,
1825
Pages (6), 580, 8vo, finely bound in recent calf-backed marb; ed
boards, gilt ruled spine, with label, gilt: a nice copy.
Including extensive evident by Daniel O’Connell, and from Richard
Shiel, Hugh O’Connor, Anthony F. Blake, and others.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
LAW (James Sylvius).
The
wrongs of Ireland historically reviewed, from the invasion to the
present time, a national poem, in six cantos, with copious
illustrations; to which is prefixed, an Eulogium to Ogygia.
Dublin: published by R. Grace …,
1831. FIRST (?ONLY)
EDITION, pages (4), xx, (5) - 239, (1), 8vo, original green cloth,
uncut: the binding worn and stained, lacking one inch from
head of backstrip, the printed title label heavily worn, but still,
the binding strong and internally a very good to nice, uncut
copy.
(2)
SAINTHILL (Richard).
The Old Countess of Desmond
[Katherine Fitzgerald, d. 1604]: an inquiry, did she ever seek
redress at the court of Queen Elizabeth, as recorded in the
journal of Robert Sydney, Earl of Leicester ? And did she ever
sit for her portrait ? From the proceedings of the Royal Irish
Academy, Vol. VII.
Dublin: Printed for private distribution only, at
the University Press, by M. H. Gill,
1861. With a folding table (two
closed tears, no loss), 76-pp, roy 8vo, original cloth: very good.
(3)
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
253
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IRISH CONVENTION.
Report of the proceedings of the
Irish Convention. Presented to parliament …
Dublin: H. M. S. O.
… [Cd. 9019. ],
1918
176-pages, folio, original blue printed paper wrappers: a nice,
fresh, unmarked copy.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
IRELAND, AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS, 1875.
The Agricultural Statistics of Ireland for
the year 1875. Presented to both houses …
Dublin: Printed by
Alexander Thom … for H. M. S. O. [C. -1568],
1876. Pages 55, (1),
folio, original blue printed paper wrappers: the wrappers lightly
chipped, otherwise a very good to nice copy.
(2)
SANITARY ORDERS.
Sanitary Order No. 1 [-2, 3 and 4].
(Dublin: A. Thom & Co.
(1900). Together 4 parts, pages 10: 11: 9:
9, unbound, sewn as issued, with the small stamp of the Royal
College of Physicians and ‘office copy’: very good copies, loose
in folder.
Rules and regulations for Sanitary Authorities in Rural Districts issued
under the signatures of G. W. Balfour, H. A. Robinson, Wm. L. Micks,
and, T. J. Stafford.
(3)
SAUNDERS’S NEWS-LETTER.
Saunders’s News-Letter
and Daily Advertiser. No. 17, 498. Wednesday, May 12, 1813.
(Dublin: Printed for the Proprietors by D. L. Molyson, No. 74 Dame-
street)
1813. Single issue, with revenue stamp, (4) -pages, folio: in
nice state. (4)
€80-€120 (£64-£96 approx.)
254
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JENKINSON (Charles), Earl of Liverpool.
A Treatise on
the Coins of the Realm; in a letter to the King.
Oxford, at the
University Press …
1805
FIRST EDITION, pages (4), 268, 4to, original boards, uncut,
neatly rebacked: very good
A valuable and accurate survey, considered by Palgrave as “of great
and deserved authority; and comprises in a reasonable compass a
greater amount of information respecting the coins of the kingdom...
than is perhaps to be met with in any other publication. “
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
BILLING (Archibald), FRS, MD.
The Science of Gems, Jewels, Coins, and Medals, ancient and
modern.
Bell & Daldy,
1867. FIRST EDITION, with 18
mounted photo plates and a few other illustrations, pp xi, 221
and leaf of adverts, 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt, small oval
photo onlay on upper board, edges gilt, by Burn, with ticket:
binding stained but sound and strong: a good to very good copy.
(2)
€60-€80 (£48-£64 approx.)
255
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[JENKS (Sylvester) ].
The Blind Obedience of an Humble
Penitent. The best cure for scruples. Second edition, revis’d.
No
printer or place [?Paris]
1699
Pages (12), 190, (2, blank), 12mo, contemporary sheep, wanting
upper cover, spine worn, stitching weak, a very good
unsophisticated copy in a fitted cloth folding book-type case.
Wing J 629A. Clancy 542. A remarkably scarce devotional book by this
Roman Catholic divine, professor of philosophy at Douay and preacher
in ordinary to James II. “Scrupulosity is a Disease of the Mind, which
many people have more or less of; although few believe it, and fewer are
willing to own it... “ - Preface.
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
256
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[JENYNS (Soane) ].
Every man his own law-maker; or,
the Englishman’s complete guide to a Parliamentary reform:
wherein the road to national confusion is made plain and easy
to the meanest capacities. Fourth edition, with additions.
Dublin: Printed by P. Byrne, No. 35 College-Green.
1785
FIRST IRISH EDITION, pp 27, (1, blank), wanting half-title,
8vo, recent wraps: very good.
Apparently, the only Irish printing.
ESTC locates nine copies, only one of which is in the USA: CaBviV.
Apparently not in L, O or C. There were thee London editions during
the same year. “Translations of this Work into the Welch, Manks,
Cornish, and Erse Languages, are earnestly requested from the dignified
Clargy in those Parts … the Lord Bishop of Derry, is expected to
undertake for Ireland. “ - printed note on verso of title-page.
€80-€120 (£64-£96 approx.)
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JUSTINIAN.
Institutionum libri quatuor. The four books
of Justinian’s Institutions, translated into English, with notes, by
George Harris, LL. D.
Printed for C. Bathurst and E. Withers,
1756
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