THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 6 APRIL 2025

14 18 1757-1759. Dublin City local tax receipts (3) 1758 Parish of Saint Paul’s Lamp Money five shillings from Mr Rourke, signed Hugh Canning; 1757 Parish of St. John Work-house and Foundling-Money from Mr Gannon, signed Alec Butler, Collector; 1758 Parish of St. Paul Poor-house and Foundling-Money from Mr Burk, signed by In. Harrison, Collector. Rare. 4 by 5in. (10.2 by 12.7cm) Condition: Fine. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £80-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 18 19 1773. Valentia Trial. The Annesley Case. 1773. Valentia Trial. The Annesley Case. Minutes of the Proceedings before the Lords Committees for Privileges, upon the Several Claims to the Titles of Viscount Valentia, &c .. By leave of the House of Lords in Ireland. Dublin: Exrs of David Hay, 1773. Folio full contemp. leather (worn), new slipcase and title-piece, pp. 233, 15 (appendix: the judgement). Final chapter in one of the most dramatic legal contests of the 18th century, turning on the complicated marital affairs of the elder Richard, Earl of Anglesea (1694-1761), who allegedly was ‘married’ to two ladies at the same time, and had a child by a third, to whom this inquiry found he was legally married when his child was born. Condition: Marginal worming, without loss; last 30 pp extensively stained, worn and reinforced, but legible throughout. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £80-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 19