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Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers
Lot 30

Famous Irish Writer & Traveller Presentation Copy Fitzgerald (Wm. Walter Augustine) Travels in the Coastlands of British East Africa and the Islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, Their Agricultural Resources and General Characteristics. Thick 8vo Lond. (Chapman & Hall) 1898. First Edn., Hf. title, photo frontis portrait, all the illus. plts. & illus. some single page cold. maps & 3 lg. fold. maps (ex. 4), orig. wine cold. cloth, gilt lettered. (1) * Inscribed Presentation Copy '... to Canon Stanistreet [later Bishop Stanistreet, of Killaloe] October 1909,' Good Copy. (1)

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Lot 300

Nicholls (Geo.) Poor Laws - Ireland, Three Reports by George Nicholls Esq., 8vo Lond. 1838. First Edn., orig. cloth, good; Monck Mason (H. Joseph) History of the Origin and Progress of the Irish Society, 8vo Dublin 1844. First Edn. Thus. pp(4), 112, disbound; O'Neill Daunt (W.J.) Ireland and Her Agitators, 8vo D. 1845. First Edn., hf. title, advert. leaf, orig. cloth. As a lot. (3)

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Lot 301

Diamonds & Pearls:  Jefferis (David) Traite des diamants et des perles, ou l'on considere leur importance, et etablit des regles certaines pour en connoitre la justa valour, 8vo Paris 1753. First Edn. in French, hf. title, 10 engd. plts., cont. full mottled calf, gilt spine laid down, mor. label. V. good copy. (1)

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Lot 303

Very Fine Copy Americana:  Back (Capt. George) R.N. Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1833, 1834, & 1835. 8vo Lond. (John Murray) 1836. First Edn., Engd. frontis & 15 engd. plts. some text illus. & lg. fold. map, marble ends, cont. tan calf, dble gilt fillet & blind tooled borders, profusely gilt spine in panels, mor. label by W. Nutt, Signed. A very fine copy. (1)

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Lot 304

Americana:  Shea (John Gilmary) Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley: with the Original Narratives of Maquette, Allouez, Membre, Hennepin and Anastase Douay, roy 8vo Redfield, New York 1852 First Edn. with fac-simile frontis & fold. map, 8pp cat. at end, library stamps on title, & 4 lines redacted on page 151, orig. blind stamped brown cloth, gilt lettered spine. V. good. (1)

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Lot 306

Astronomy:  Scheiner (Dr. J.)  Die Spectralanalyse der Gestirne, .. Mit einem Vorworte Von Prof. H.C. Vogel. 8vo Leipzig 1890. First Edn.,? Full page & text illus. thro-out, & 2 plts. at end, orig. hf. mor. worn.  * Title stamped 'Observatory - Birr Castle, Parsonstown, 10 Dec. 90' also Alexeyeff (P.) Methodes de Transformation des Combinaisons Organigues, 8vo Paris (Masson) 1891. Cont. hf. mor., spine faded. (2) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 308

Inscribed Presentation Copy Genealogy: Madden (Thos. More) Genealogical Historical and Family Records of the O'Madden's of Hy-Many and their Descendants, 8vo Dublin 1894. First Edn., 4pp. adverts at end, orig. green cloth. V. good copy. (1) * Inscribed, 'Sister Stanislaus McCarthy with her old friend the editor's best compliments.'

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Lot 309

Society of Friends: Wight (Thos.) of Cork, and John Rutty, A History of the Rise and Progress of the People Called Quakers in Ireland from the Year 1653 to 1700, 4to Dublin 1751. First Edn., recent strong hf. mor., raised bands, mor. label. V. good. (1)

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Lot 31

Inscribed Presentation Copy Bellew (H.W.) Kashmir and Kashghar, A Narrative of The Journey of the Embassy to Kashghar in 1873-74,8vo London 1875. First Edn., hf. title, orig. wine coloured cloth, with gilt decor. medallion on front cover. V. good copy. Yakushi B119.  * Inscribed Presentation Copy to Sir F. Goldsmith. (1)

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Lot 312

Drummond (Wm. H.) Ancient Irish Minstrelsy, 8vo D. (Hodges & Smith) 1852, First Edn., Inscribed by the Author to 'J. Blacker Esq.,' with lengthy note on hf. title, blind decor cloth, gilt lettered spine. Good.; Anderson (Christopher) Historical Sketches of the Ancient Native Irish, 8vo Edin. (Oliver & Boyd) 1828, First Edn., hf. title, later hf. cloth boards. Ex. Libris Copy. Good. (2)

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Lot 314A

Caulfield (Rich.) Hand-Book of the Cathedral Church of St. Fin Barre, Cork, 8vo Cork (Purcell & Co.) 1881. First Edn., frontis errata slip, 4 plts. (2 dble page) cont. hf. calf, mor. label. Good. Scarce. (1)

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Lot 315

Hogan (J. Sheridan) Canada, An Essay: to which was awarded the First Prize by the Paris Exhibition Committee of Canada, 8vo Montreal 1855. First Edn., 2 lg. fold. maps, orig. blind decor. cloth, prof. rebacked, v. good. Scarce. (1) * Hogan (J.S.) was an Irish-Canadian journalist born outside Dublin in 1815. He was mentioned in several periodicals, and other publications. In his time he was regarded with Thomas D'Arcy McGee, two of Canada's greatest Irishmen. He died in Toronto in 1859, aged 44.

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Lot 323

Roxburgh (Wm.) Flora Indica; or, Description of Indian Plants, 3 vols. Serampore (for W. Thacker & Co., Calcutta & Parbury, Allen & Co. Lond.) 1832. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, cont. hf. green mor., gilt decor. & lettered spines. Good. (3) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 324

Genealogy: Mac Carthy Glas (Daniel) A Historical Pedigree of the Sliochd Feidhlimidh - The Mac Carthys of Gleannacroim, 8vo Exeter (Wm. Pollard) n.d. [c. 1890] First Edn., orig. brown cloth, gilt lettered spine. V. good. Scarce. (1)

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Lot 325

Stanihurst (Richard) De Rebus In Hibernia Gestis, 4to, Antwerp (Christopher Plantin) 1584, First Edn., woodcut device on title page, 264pps, [6pps], errata leaf at end text browned throughout, cont. calf, rebacked mor. label. Ex-Libris Robert M. Young. Good Copy. (1)

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Lot 327

Co. Louth Author M'Clintock (Capt. F.L.) The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas, A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions. 8vo Lond. (J. Murray) 1859. First Edn., Lg. fold. map cold. in outline, & 3 other maps on 2 fold. plts., fold. facsimile, and 14 plts, XXVII, [1], 403 [1 ads.]pp., title & dedit. page somewhat browned, cont. hf. mor., raised bands, mor. label. V. good copy. Sabin 43043. (1) * M'Clintock, an important Irish explorer, was born in Dundalk, Co. Louth.

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Lot 329

Astronomy:  Rambosson (J.) Astronomy, translated by C.B. Pitman, 8vo Lond. (Chapman & Hall) 1875. First English Edn., Hf. title, cold. frontis & 12 other cold. plates, maps (some dble page), cont. full blue mor. prize binding, with gilt arms of Cheltenham College (& prize plt.), dble. gilt fillet borders, and gilt decor. in panels, mor. label. Very attractive copy. V. good. (1)

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Lot 33

Co. Tipperary, Author & Traveller: Deasy (Capt. H.H.P.) In Tibet and Chinese Turkestan Being the Record of Three Years Exploration, 8vo London 1901. First Edn., Second Impression. Hf. title, port. frontis, lg. fold. map (loose), 7 plts. & numerous full page & text illus., orig. pict. cloth. Good. (1) * The author was born in Backrock, Co. Dublin, 1866. He had a successful military career and later got interested in travel. He received the Royal Geographical Society's Gold Founders Medal for his explorations in Tibet. He was a pioneering motorist, and later published "The Problem of Road Traffic, its Solution," 1914. He eventually returned to his residence at Carrigahorig, Co. Tipperary. He married Delores, the daughter of Col J.F. Hickie of Slevyre, Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary, and died in 1947. They had two daughters and a son Rickard, who later founded The National Farmer's Association. Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate

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Lot 331

Missions to Van Dieman's Land and New South Wales Pamphlets: Wheeler (Daniel)  Extracts from the Letters and Journal of Daniel Wheeler, now engaged in a Religious Visit to the Inhabitants of Some of the Islands of the Pacific Ocean,... Parts I - III, Lindfield 1835 - London (Darton & Harvey) 1838. Pages 54, 59 & 84pp; also Backhouse, Extracts from the Letters of James Backhouse .. to Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales, Accompanied by Geo. Washington Walker, Parts I - IV, Lond. (Harvey & Darton) 1838, pages 94, 78, 85 & 80, with Seventh Part,... to South Africa, 8vo Lond. 1840, 91pp; together with, Yeardley, Extracts from the Letters of John and Martha Yeardley, .. To some Parts of the Continent of Europe, The Ionian Isles etc, 8vo Lindfield 1835. First Edn., 56pp, together 9 works. Cont. hf. mor. mor. label. As a coll. of pamphlets, w.a.f. Rare. (1) * From the collection of Martha Wright, leading Irish member of The Society of Friends.

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Lot 333

Irish Medical Interest: Butlers Medicine Chest Directory and Family Catalogue of Drugs, Chemicals etc., sm. 8vo Dublin (Messrs. Butler, Medical Hall) 1832. Third Edn., Engd. frontis, & one plt. orig. cloth; Hudson (A.) Lectures on the Study of Fever, 8vo D. 1867. First Edn., cloth; Smith (Prof. J. Lorrain) Report on the Occurrence of Typhoid Fever in Belfast, roy 8vo Belfast 1903, cloth; & 1 other. (4)

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Lot 336

Co. Carlow Author Kavanagh (Arthur) The Cruise of the R.Y.S. Eva, 8vo Dublin (Hodges, Smith & Co.) 1865. First & Only Edition, hf. title, frontis & 16 litho plates, orig. blue cloth, with gilt image of the yacht on front cover, gilt lettered spine. V. good copy. Scarce. (1) * The author was an Irish Politian from Borris House, Co. Carlow. He was born with only the rudiments of arms & legs. He learned to ride horses at the age of three. He also fished, hunted, wrote stories & drew pictures. In 1851 he succeeded to the family estates, and went on to serve as High Sheriff for Kilkenny & Carlow.

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Lot 337

[Trant (Thos. Abercromly)] Two Years in Ava, From May 1824, to May 1826. By An Officer on the Staff of the Quarter - Master General's Department. 8vo Lond. (J. Murray) 1827. First Edn., litho frontis, title somewhat browned, & 3 lg. fold. maps, cont. hf. calf, spine gilt in panels, mor. label. (1)

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Lot 339

With 5 A.L.s Signed from Duke of Beaufort Association Copy: Dale (T.F.) The Eight Duke of Beaufort and the Badminton Hunt, With a Sketch of The Rise of the Somerset Family. 8vo Westminster 1901. First Edn., hf. title, port. frontis, red & bl. title, & 27 plts. 8pp adverts. at end, orig. gilt decor. crimson cloth. (1) * With 5 A.L.s. from Beaufort & Badminton loosely inserted.

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Lot 34

Irish Travel: Forbes (Sir John) Memorandums of a Tour in Ireland, 2 vols. in one, 8vo Lond. 1853. First Edn., 2 litho frontis & 2 other litho plts. (some damp stains) fold. map, text illus., a.e.g., orig. cloth; Head (Sir F.B.) A Fortnight in Ireland, 8vo Lond. 1852. First Edn., fold. map, cont. hf. calf. (2)

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Lot 340

Scarce Dublin Printing Middleton (Joseph) A Correct Book of Interest, containing The Fullest Tables of Simple Interest that have yet Appeared, 8vo Dublin R. Marchbank) 1778. First Edn., List of subscribers, 6pp, cont. calf, upr. cover detached, joints cracked, mor. label, raised bands. Scarce. (1)

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Lot 341

Meade (John Hon.) & Viscount Castlereagh, County of Down Election, 1805, The Poetical Miscellany: or Mirror of Wit, Genius and Truth, Being a Correct Collection of all the Publications During the late Contested Election between The Hon. Col. John Meade, and the Rt. Hon. Lord Viscount Castlereagh,8vo Lond. (for the Editor) n.d. [1805] First Edn., lg. fold. frontis & 4 port. plts., orig. cont. full calf, covers detached, but v. clean copy. (1)

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Lot 342

Inscribed Presentation Copy Americana: Amory (Thos. A.) The Military Services and Public Life of Mayor - General John Sullivan, of the American Revolutionary Army, roy 8vo Boston (Wiggin and Lunt) 1868. First Edn. engd. port. frontis [VI], [III] - 320pp,some finger marks or stains, orig. green cloth (some stains) gilt lettered spine. (1) * Inscribed on front loose blank, 'George McSweeney, Railway Hotel Macroom / From Thomas C. Amory Esq. Boston.'

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Lot 348

Famous Co. Cork Female Astronomer Astronomy: Clerke (Agnes Mary) Problems in Astrophysics, 8vo London (Adam & Charles Black) 1903. First Edn., hf. title, frontis & 31 plts. complete, text illus., orig. green cloth, v. good. The title is signed 'Rosse'. Rare. (1) * The author was born in Skibbereen, Co. Cork, & was educated at home in Latin, Greek, Mathematics & Astronomy. The above title is her third book. Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 351

Early Periodical Journal on Photography Sutton (Thomas)editor. Photographic Journal, Journal of the Photographic Society of Scotland and of The Manchester Photographic Society. Volumes I - IX, together 9 vols. roy 8vo Lond. (Bland and Long) 1856-1864, Number 1 - 208 approx., text illus, a few pages lacking end of some numerous (adverts?) one illus. frontis all orig. cloth. As a periodical, w.a.f. Extremely Rare. (9) * Sutton was the first to take a permanent colour photograph in 1861. Provenance:   Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 358

Quakers:  Advices and Rules agreed to by The Yearly Meeting of the Friends in Ireland, 4to Dublin 1811. First Edn., some m/ss names, addresses and dates of Friends on front blank, cont. tree calf; Extracts from the Minutes and Advices of the Yearly Meeting of Friends held in London, from its first institution,  4to Lond. 1802, cont. reversed calf, with blind tooled borders. Good. (2)

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Lot 36

Doyle (Martin) Notes and Gleanings Relating to the County of Wexford, in its Past and Present Conditions, 8vo Dublin 1868. First Edn., lg. fold. hand cold. map, orig. cloth, v. good copy. (1)

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Lot 361

Oliphant (Laurence) Narrative of The Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan in the Years 1857, '58, '59, 2 vols. Edin.1859. First Edn., 2 cold. litho frontis. 5 fold. maps, & 17 (ex 18) cold. litho plts. a few gatherings loose, orig. cloth stained. (2)

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Lot 362

Baden-Powell (B.F.S.) In Savage Isles and Settled Lands, 8vo L. 1892. First Edn., hf. title, frontis red. & bl. title, fold. map, & 8 plts. (1 loose) numerous text illus. front loose blank torn away, L.S.s, orig. cloth, gilt. Good. (1)

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Lot 363

Sibree (Rev. James) The Great African Island. Chapters on Madagascar, 8vo L. 1880. First Edn., hf. title, frontis, 2 fold. maps (1 cold.) & 3 plts., orig. gilt decor. cloth, prof. rebacked with orig. spine laid down. v. good. Scarce. (1)

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Lot 365

Astronomy etc:   Rosse (Lord) Rosse Scientific Papers A unique collection of approx. 42 original articles, pamphlets, offprints etc., c. 1840 – 1908. Many were first published by Royal Dublin Society, the Royal Society of London, Royal Astronomical Society, Philosophical Transactions, Symons Meteorological Magazine etc. The collection also includes a few lots by Otto Boeddicker, G. Johnstone Stoney and John L.E. Dreyer. Several are illustrated with plts. Fold. tables & original photographs. Works include, Observations of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars made with the Six-foot and Three-foot Reflectors at Birr Castle, from the Year 1848 up to the Year 1878. Lg. 4to D. (R.D.S.) 1880, 6 plates; Notes on the Physical Appearance of the Planet Jupiter during the Season 1880-1. Accompanied by Sketches Made at … Birr Castle, by Otto Boeddicker, with plate, Observations of the Planet Jupiter, Made with the Reflector of Three-feet Aperture, at Birr Castle.. by Otto Boeddicker, PhD, Dublin 1889; Notes to Chromolithographs from Drawings of the Planet Jupiter made with the Six-foot Reflector at Parsonstown in the Years 1872 and 1873, 8vo Lond. 1874 16illus; Notes to Accompany Photographs of Drawings of the Planets, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn made at Parsonstown during the Years 1856 to 1868, 8vo Lond. 1873., 45 orig. sm. Photos; On The Construction of Specula of Six-feet Aperture and a Selection from the Observations of Nebulae made with them, 4to Lond. (Phil. Transactions) 1862; An Account of Experiments on the Reflecting Telescope, by the Rt. Hon. Lord Oxmanton, 4to Lond. 1840; etc. etc. Also includes some newscuttings etc. The entire bound in one 8vo and two large 4to volumes, full cont. crushed uniform mor. in the style of Riviere, raised bands, gilt spines in panels. V. good. As a coll. of Papers, w.a.f. (3) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 366

With Engraved Plates Seward (Wm. Wenman) Topographia Hibernica; or The Topography of Ireland, Ancient and Modern,... 4to Dublin 1795. First Edn., lg. fold. map of  Ireland, & 13 engd. full page plts., uncut, orig. boards, recent calf back, gilt spine, mor. label. Scarce. (1)

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Lot 367

Crofton Croker (T.) Researches in the South of Ireland, 4to Lond. 1824. First Edn., Frontis & 16 full plts., text illus., recent hf. calf, marble boards, mor. labels. A very clean copy. (1)

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Lot 369

With fine Wood-cut Illustrations Holinshed (Raphael) & Stanyhurst (R.) The Historie of Ireland from the First Inhabitation thereof, unto the Yeare 1509, collected by Raphael Holinshed, and continued until the Year 1547, by Richard Stanyhurst. Folio, Lond. (George Bishop / John Harrison) 1577, First Edn., Black Letter throughout. Attractive engd. title, with coat of arms verso, [2] 28 folios, 116pps, [L.], woodcut initials and 62 woodcut illus., device on last leaf, contemp. full calf, rebacked, new spine. Good Copy. Extremely Rare. (1)

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Lot 37

Doyle (Martin) A Cyclopaedia of Practical Husbandry and Rural Affairs in General, 8vo Lond. 1844. New Edn., hf. title, text illus. orig. cloth, good; Doyle (M.)ed. The Irish Farmer's and Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural Affairs, ... January to December 1840, 8vo Dublin 1840. First Edn., cat. & adverts at end, cloth. (2)

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Lot 371

In Fine Binding Coloured Plates:  Our Native Land: It's Scenery and Associations, lg. 4to L. (Marcus Ward) 1880. First Edn. A series of 36 mtd. cold. plts. after Rowbotham, Read, Needham etc., a.e.g., cont. full gilt decor. crimson mor. binding. Fine copy. (1) * Twelve cold. plts. of Killarney & North of Ireland.

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Lot 374

Hill (Rev. George) The Montgomery Manuscripts: (1603-1706) Compiled from Family Papers, Vol. I 4to Belfast 1869. Red & bl. title, fine rebacked cloth gilt lettered; also An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster... 1608 - 1620, 4to Belfast 1877. First Edn., recent hf. mor. raised bands. Both v. good. (2)

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Lot 375

Mitchell (Flora) Vanishing Dublin, 4to D. (Allen Figgis) 1966, First Edn., illus., green cloth, decorative d.j. Clean Copy. (1)

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Lot 376

With Illustrations by Louis le Brocquy Kinsella (Thomas)trans. The Tain, from the Irish Tain Bó Cuailnge, sm. folio, D. (Dolmen Edn.) 1969, First Limited Edn., illustrations by le Brocquy, black cloth, silvered lettered spine, d.j., matching slipcase. (1)

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Lot 377

Presentation from Author to The Earl of Rosse Astronomy: Herschel (Sir John F.W.) A New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars. Being the Catalogue of the late Sir John F.W. Herschel, Bart. Revised, Corrected and Enlarged by J.L.E. Dreyer, Astronomer of the Armagh Observatory. Lg. 4to Lond. (Royal Astronomical Society) 1888. First Edn. Thus, 237pp partly unopened, title stamped 'Birr Castle,' orig. ptd. boards with Birr stamp, some damp stains. (1) Front loose blank, inscribed, 'The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Rosse with J.L.E. Dreyer's compliments.'  Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 378

Capron (J. Rand) Aurorae: Their Characters and Spectra, 4to Lond. & N.W. 1879. First Edn., 18 full page plts. (4 coloured), text illus., attractive orig. pict. cloth decor. in silver & gold, stained all over. (1) The Author's second book. Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 379

Presentation Copy Astronomy: Bishop (George) Astronomical Observations taken at the Observatory, South Villa, Inner Circle, Regent's Park, London, during the Years 1839-1851, Lg. 4to London 1852. First Edn., illus. frontis, 251pp partly unopened, orig. cloth. (1) Title inscribed, 'Earl of Rosse, Pres. R.S., with Author's Compts.' Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 38

Comerford (Rev. M.) Collections Relating to the Dioceses of Kildare and Leighlin, 3 vols. Dublin (James Duffy & Co.) n.d. [1883] First Edn., engd. ports. & plts., orig. gilt decor. cloth; also Brenan (Rev. M.) Schools of Kildare and Leighlin A.D. 1775-1835, 8vo Dublin 1935 First Edn. orig., cloth. Good. (4) * First item has an orig. A.L.s from Author.

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Lot 380

Lisle (Edward) Observations in Husbandry, Lg. 4to Lond. (For C. Hitch, and .. J. Fletcher) 1757. First Edn., engd. port. frontis (offsetting on to title) errata leaf at end, frontis and front loose blank loose) cont. hf. calf, joints cracked, upr. cover loose, tooled gilt spine. (1)

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Lot 386

Highly Important and Astronomical Journal Astronomy:  Gould (Benj. Apthorp) Editor. The Astronomical Journal, lg. 4to Cambridge 1851-1854, Vol. I No. 1 - Vol. III No. 24, together 72 issues, between Vol. I, No. 1, Nov. 2, 1849 and No. 24, Vol. III, June 1854. First Edns., 4 full page plts.; 132 bound with original parts. V. good cont. hf. mor. mor. label. As a periodical, w.a.f. (1) * The rare first three vols. of this important journal, Gould & The Cambridge Astronomical Society founded in 1854, & was the forerunner of this American Astronomical Society. Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 388

Astronomy: Memoirs of The Astronomical Society of London, Volume I, only, 4to London (Baldwin, Cradock & Joy) 1822. First Edn., 6 engd. plts. (some fold.), fold. table, cont. hf. calf, pce. from top of spine lacking. As a periodical, w.a.f. Good Scarce. (1) * Charles Babbage was one of the founders of the Society. Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 389

Astronomy: Flammarion (Camille) La Planete Mars et Ses Conditions D'Habitabilite, Sm. folio Paris 1892. First Edn., hf. title, vignette on title, dble. page cold. maps, plts., illus. thro.-out text, later hf. mor. upr. joint dam. (1) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 39

[Wilde (Oscar)] The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C. 33, [Oscar Wilde], roy 8vo Lond. (Leonard Smithers) 1899. First Edn., with author's name. Hf. title, 31pp orig. mustard boards, with cloth spine, some stains. (1) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate

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Lot 392

Co. Wexford:  Colfer (Billy) Arrogant Trespass: Anglo-Norman Wexford 1169 - 1400, Enniscorthy 2002 First Edn.,; Whelan (K.)ed. Wexford History and Society, D. 1987; Colfer (Billy) Wexford Castles, folio Cork 2013; and Wexford - A Town and its Landscape, folio Cork 2008, Signed; Reck (Padge) Wexford - A Municipal History, folio Wexford 1987; 2 other hardback books on Wexford, all d.w.s. Good lot. (7)

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Lot 393

Photographic:  James (Col. Sir Henry), and, de Coursey Scott (Capt. A.) On Photo-Zincography and other Photographic Processes Employed at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Lg. 4to Lond. (Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green) 1862. First Edn., 12 full page plts., text & plts. loose in orig. gilt lettered green cloth. (1) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate

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Lot 394

Millais (J.G.) British Diving Ducks, 2 vols. lg. folio Lond. 1913. First Edn., Lim. Edn., NO. 215 of 450 Copies, 39 full page cold. plts. (include. 2 frontis) & 35 bl. & white  plates, some light damp stains, mostly to text, orig. crimson buckram back cloth boards. (2) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 398

Lewis (Samuel) A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. lg. sq. folio Lond. 1837. First Edn., mor. backed cloth, gilt lettered. V. Clean Copy. (2)

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Presentation Copy Conran (M.) The National Music of Ireland containing The History of the Irish Bards, The National Melodies, The Harp and other Musical Instruments of Erin, 8vo, D. (J. Duffy) 1846, First Edn., inscribed on t.p. 'Mrs. Segrave with M. Conran's respect and Esteem, July 1846,' also Signed on front pastedown, 'George Noble Plunkett,' green embossed cloth, rebacked. (1)

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Lot 401

100 Hand-Coloured Plates Hooker (Sir Wm. Jackson) Filices Exoticae; or Coloured Figures and Descriptions of Exotic Ferns, Lg. 4to Lond. (Lovell Reeve) 1859. First Edn., hf. title, 100 full page hand coloured plates executed by Finch, t.e.g., strongly bound hf. green mor. raised bands. V. good. (1) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 402

Presentation Copy to The Earl of Rosse, with his Annotations Astronomical: Herschel (Sir John F.W.) Results of Astronomical Observations Made During the Years, 1834, 5, 6, 7, 8 at the Cape of Good Hope. Being the Completion of a Telescopic Survey of the Whole Surface of the Visible Heavens commenced in 1825. Lg. 4to Lond. 1847. First Edn., With litho frontis & 17 plts. (some fold.) plus 1 tipped in plt., some damp stains on plts., cont. hf. mor. tooled gilt spines with shamrock decor. in panels. (1) * Presentation Copy from Duke of Northumberland, to whom the book is dedicated, to The Earl of Rosse, with printed presentation plate, inscribed by the Author. This is regarded as Herchel's greatest work. The present volume displays a rare association between two of the great scientists of the 19th Century. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 403

Astronomy:  Roberts (Isaac) A Selection of Photographs of Stars, Star-Clusters and Nebulae, together with Information concerning the Instruments and the Methods employed in the Pursuit of Celestial Photography. Folio Lond. (The Universal Press)  [1893] First Edn., 53 full page plts. 134pp, orig. wine coloured cloth, stained, with gilt lettering. (1) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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