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HISTORY & LITERATURE 13 MARCH 2016
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1798 - 1868 A bound collection of eleven politi-
cal pamphlets relating to Ireland.
Including “Arguments for and against an Union
between Great Britain & Ireland”; “Declaration
of the Irish Catholic Laity, in Favour of Religious
Equality.”; “Nowlan’s Irish Primer for English
Salesmen..., 1867”; “Earl Grey’s letter to John
Bright respecting the Irish Church. 1868.”; “Lord
Dufferin on Mr Mill’s plan for the pacification of
Ireland. 1868” and “Earl Russell’s letter to Chich-
ester Fortescue on the State of Ireland, 1868”.
Quarter calf bound. Titled “Political Pamphlets -
Ireland”, blind embossed to spine. Ex Libris Dion
A. Stams.
8½ x 6in. (21.59 x 15.24cm)
Estimate €300-€500 £234-£390
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 2526
1798 Anti-Union Broadside. A New Song Billy
Pitt & the Union.
Single sheet with decorative border. The song of
twelve, four-line verses. Dated December, 1798.
Issued in Dublin.
13½ x 8½in. (34.29 x 21.59cm)
Estimate €100-€150 £78-£117
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 2627
Circa 1888 “The Men of ‘98”
A colour lithographic poster centred by a vi-
gnette of the “Death of Father Michael Murphy”
surrounded by roundels of the leaders of 1798
and various allegorical symbols of Gaelic Ire-
land. Printed by by James Walker & Co., Jones
Road, Dublin and published by John Arigho,
Christchurch Place, Dublin.
28½ x 18¼in. (72.39 x 46.36cm)
Estimate €200-€300 £156-£234
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 2728
At the Rising of the Moon and Waiting for the
French
Two dramatic colour lithographic prints from the
Weekly Freeman December 16, 1899 & December
15, 1906 respectively, framed. (2) The larger
23½ x 18½in. (59.69 x 46.99cm)
Estimate €120-€180 £93.6-£140.4
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 28