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1840 (16 May) Broadsheet warning of Colonel
Pratt, The Cabra Estate, and his plan to levy a
toll on the Kingscourt Fairs and Markets.
Single sheet. “Tolls Again! Knowledge is Power”.
A tirade against tolls by “Veritas”. Colonel Pratt’s
henchmen are named - “Tommy McCann, Phil
Ward or Phil Daly, The Brothel Keeper of Phil
Ward”, the very dregs and outcasts of society. Fas-
cinating content.
17 x 11in. (43.18 x 27.94cm)
Estimate €200-€300 £156-£234
70
Mid 19th century, James Wyld, Geographer to
the Queen, case map of Ireland.
A map of the island of Ireland in two halves, East
& West. Handcoloured boundaries of provinces
and counties. Identifying all major towns, rail
lines, post roads, rivers, canals, nautical routes and
some undersea formations. Engraved vignettes
of the Giant’s Causeway, a lake and mountain
landscape, a round tower etc. Disarticulated and
mounted on linen for folding, in slip case. Each
sheet
73 x 29in. (185.42 x 73.66cm)
Estimate €250-€300 £195-£234
71
1848 (April) Chartist Movement letter describ-
ing military preparations in London for possible
“civil war”.
Pp 4 written by a daughter of a former Chancellor
of The Exchequer, J. L. Herries, about the paranoia
of the Government over a mass demonstration by
the Chartists on 11 April, which went off peaceful-
ly despite the military clampdown. Accompanied
by a panel from a letter signed by Irish Chartist,
Feargus O’Connor MP.
6½ x 4½in. (16.51 x 11.43cm)
Estimate €80-€100 £62.4-£78
72
Victorian album of verse and drawings.
Small leather bound album, with brass clasp, dated
1894 to 1909, comprising of mainly English vers-
es, drawings including watercolours; several are
copies of cartoons in publications such as Punch,
mostly well executed. Attractive, pp80 including
over 30 illustrations.
7¼ x 4¾in. (18.42 x 12.07cm)
Estimate €150-€200 £117-£156