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The Eclectic Collector · 17 September 2016
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1798-1898 Centenary silk handkerchief
A white silk handkerchief, the centre printed with crossed pikes beneath a harp and the inscription, ‘Remember -
‘98’, the corners each with a portrait of Robert Emmet, Wolfe Tone, Edward Fitzgerald and Henry Joy McCracken.
18 x 18in. (45.72 x 45.72cm)
Estimate €100-€150 £90-£130
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 1112
1798 - 1868 Bound collection of political pamphlets relating to Ireland, signed by George Canning, British
Prime Minister.
A bound collection of eleven political pamphlets, some dedicated in manuscript by the author, relating to Ireland,
signed by George Canning, former British Prime Minister, and with his notes. 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 Chichester Fortescue on the State of Ireland, 1868”. Quarter calf bound. Titled “Political Pamphlets -
Ireland”, blind embossed to spine. Ex Libris Dion A. Stams.
George Canning, FRS, was a British statesman and Tory politician who served in various senior cabinet positions
under numerous Prime Ministers, before himself serving as Prime Minister, in 1827, for the final four months of
his life.
8½ x 6in. (21.59 x 15.24cm)
Estimate €400-€500 £340-£430
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 12