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KELLY (Hugh).
The Romance of an Hour, a comedy, of
two acts, as it is performed, with universal applause, at the
Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden.
Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Exshaw,
Sleater, Hay, Potts … (and ten others),
1775. FIRST IRISH
EDITION, 40-pp, 12mo, recent wraps: some light staining but
very good. (6)
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
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[SHERIDAN (Thomas), FRS ].
Some revelations in Irish
history; or, old elements of creed and class conciliation in
Ireland. Edited by Saxe Bannister.
Longmans, Green, Reader, and
Dyer, (Chiswick Press printed),
1870
FIRST EDITION THUS, pages lxxi, 255, (6, bibliography of
books by Saxe Bannister), (2, blank) and errata slip, 8vo, original
green cloth, gilt: a very good to nice copy.
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BLOOD (Thomas): -.
Remarks on
the life and death of the fam’d Mr. Blood: giving an account of
his plot in Ireland, to surprize Dublin Castle … Published for
public information.
London: Published for Richard Janeway … 1680.
Reprinted by G. Smeeton …,
1817. With a portrait frontispiece and
a woodcut portrait of Thomas Venner in text, pages (2), 34, 33-34
(bis, i. e. the final leaf duplicated with, one presumes, the loss of
an advert leaf at end), small 4to, original printed paper wrappers:
the wrappers browned, a pale old waterstain on portrait and title-
leaf, wanting backstrip, stitching broken, otherwise a very good
copy.
Colonel Blood, 1618-80, born in Sarney, Co. Meath, adventurer,
attempted, perhaps at Buckingham’s instigatiion, to assassinate the Duke
of Ormonde, formed an elaborate plot in 1671 to steal the crown jewels,
and actually made off with the crown and globe, but was arrested. He
was pardoned through the intervention of Charles II.
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IRISH WARS.
A history or brief chronicle of the chief
matters of the Irish Warres, with a perfect table or list of all the
victories obtained by the Lord Generall Cromwell, Governor-
Generall of Ireland and the Parliaments forces under his
command there. From Wednesday the first of August 1649 to the
twenty sixth of this present July 1650. Published by Authority.
Printed at London: for Robert Ibbitson, dwelling in Smithfield
neer Hosier Lane, and to be sold by Peter Stent, over against the
Bible in Giltspur Street, 1650.
(Colophon: Dublin, Reprinted by
Patrick Traynor, 29 Essex Quay), circa
1880. 12-pages, 4to, unbound,
sewn as issued: a very good copy.
A type-facsimile of Wing H 2192.
See Sweeney,
Ireland and the Printed Word
, 2335.
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IRISH AFFAIRS.
A declaration of both houses of
parliament. Concerning the affairs of Ireland. Whereunto is
added, 12. Arguments to promote the work of subscription,
according to the propositions lately published, for recovery of the
Kingdom of Ireland; for which an act of parliament is expected.
London, Printed for Joseph Hunscott. 1641.
(Colophon: Dublin,
Reprinted by Patrick Traynor, 29 Essex Quay)
(1879). Pages 5; 3, 4to,
unbound, stitching gone, lightly frayed: a good to very good copy.
A type-facsimile of Wing E 1341. See Sweeney, Ireland and the Printed
Word, 1726.
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SHERLOCK (Wm.).
A practical discourse concerning a
future judgment. The second edition.
Printed for W. Rogers,
1692
Pages (8), 413, (3, advertisements), complete with the
preliminary imprimatur leaf, 8vo, contemporary sprinkled calf,
with label, gilt: a nice copy.
Wing S 3308. John Evelyn’s copy, with contemporary manuscript library
shelf number and Christie’s Evelyn sale bookplate - our copy was lot
1357 in their sale of portion of the Evelyn library on March 15/16,
1978.
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PEIRCE (James).
A Vindication of
the Dissenters: in answer to Dr. William Nichols’s Defence of the
Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England. In three
parts. Written first in Latin, and now translated into English,
with large additions.
Printed for John Clark,
1717. FIRST
EDITION IN ENGLISH, pp (44), 288; 287, (1, ads), 3 parts in 1
volume, pagination continuous between second and third parts,
8vo, contemporary calf, gilt: headbands worn, rubbed at corners
but the binding sound and strong and otherwise a very good
copy.
The first edition in English of the work which brought him into
prominence as a polemic. It “contains a very able digest of nonconformist
history and nonconformist argument, marked by acuteness and dignity
…Peirce was sensible of the distinction which his book brought him, and
this gained him enemies. “ - DNB
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407
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SIMON (Richard).
Histoire critique du Vieux Testament …
[Amsterdam: Daniel Elzevir] Suivant la copie, imprimee a Paris
1680
SECOND EDITION, pages (30), 612, 4to, contemporary calf,
gilt spine: with a small faint stamp on the title-page, a paper fault
on two preliminary leaves, both with slight loss, the binding
rubbed and worn but very strong and otherwise a very good copy.
Willems 1589: the first of two issues he describes, the one issued without
leaf *1 and with the preliminary leaves in the order he cites. In Simon’s
Histoire critique, first published in 1678 in Paris and suppressed, he
denied that Moses was the author of the Pentateuch, arguing from the
existence of duplicate accounts of the same incident and the variations of
style. He was the greatest philologist of the 17C and is regarded as the
founder of modern textual criticism.
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SCHLEUSNER (Johann Friedrich).
Lexici in interpretes Graecos V. T. maxime Scriptores
Apocryphos spicilegium post Bielium congessit et edidit …
Lipsiae: sumtibus Siegfried Lebrecht Crusii [colophon v. 2: ] litteris
Breitkopfiis,
1784-86. FIRST EDITION, pp xx, 132: x, 201, (1),
without the half-title to the second vol, 2 vols bound in 1, 8vo,
recent boards: some light browning in places, but still a very good
copy.
Schleusner is widely regarded as the only 18th century lexicographer of
the Septuagint whose work will repay study today.
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SIMS (James), MD.
A discourse on the best method of
prosecuting medical enquiries; delivered before the Medical
Society of London, at their annual meeting, on Tuesday, January
18, 1774, and published at their request.
Printed by H. Hart … and
sold by J. Hohnson …,
1774
FIRST EDITION, variant issue, with verso of title-page blank,
pages 103, (3, adverts), 8vo, recent paper wrappers: a very good
to nice copy.
Sims (1741-1820), native of County Down, studied at Leiden, returned
to Ireland and practised for nine years in Tyrone, moved to London and,
greatly assisted by John Coakley Lettsom, soon acquired a lucrative
practice. In 1774 he was appointed physician to the General Dispensary
in Aldersgate Street (established by Lettsom) and also served as
phhysician to the Surrey Dispensary. His ‘Discourse’ is a critique of
current methods in anatomy. A second edition followed in the same year,
as did French and Italian translations (ODNB). ESTC has no Irish
holdings.
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
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SMITH (Brian).
The Horse in Ireland.
Dublin: Wolfhound
Press,
1991
FIRST EDITION, profusely illustrated, many in colour, pages
(2), 336, 4to, finely bound in dark blue quarter morocco, gilt over
matching watered silk, gilt, top edges gilt, in a matching cloth
slip-case: a fine, fresh copy, handsomely bound.
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