WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR Saturday 6 May 2017 at 10am

THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 6 MAY 2017 AT 10AM

Books

566

1977 Hibernia Fortnightly Review, Volume 41

bound.

46 issues 7 January, 1977 to 6 January, 1978. large

folio, green cloth gilt.

16.50 by 13in. (41.9 by 33cm)

Estimate €50-€70 (approx £42-£59)

567

1914. Catalogue of The National Gallery of

Ireland with dedication to Lady Augusta Gregory

from Sir Hugh Lane, two days before his death.

Inscribed ‘To Aunt Augusta from the Director! April

5, 1915’ in Lane’s hand. Further inscription from

Lady Gregory: ‘Hugh gave me this as I said goodbye

to him at the door of the National Gallery, the last

time I ever saw him.’Two days later Sir Hugh Lane

perished in the sinking of the Lusitania, after it was

torpedoed by a German submarine off The Old

Head, Kinsale. With bookplate of Lady Gregory on

inside of front cover. Printed board covers, pp515,

His Majesty’s Stationery Office. Also with this lot,

Municipal Gallery of Modern Art and Civic Museum,

Dublin, Browne and Nolan, Dublin 1933, folio, 28pp.

8.25 by 5.50 by 7in. (21 by 14 by 17.8cm)

Estimate €1000-€1500 (approx £850-£1275)

568

Anon. A Collection of Certain Horrid Murthers in

Several Counties of Ireland

Committed since the 23 of Octob. 1641. 8vo, 22pp,

quarter calf gilt and marbled boards, ex Libris Royal

Irish Academy, Haliday Collection.

Estimate €250-€300 (approx £212-£255)