With Original A.L.s. from the Author & With Rare Pamphlets Bound in at Endÿ Newman (St. John Henry)ÿApologia Pro Vita Sua; Being a Reply to a Pamphlet .. by Rev. Charles Kingsley. 8vo Lond. (Longman Green .. and Green) 1864.ÿRare First Edition in Bk. Form. It also contains, No. 1, the pamphlet by Newman which commenced the controversy, "Mr. Kingsley and Dr. Newman, A Correspondence On the Question whether Dr. Newman teaches that Truth is Virtue?"ÿNo. 2ÿthe rare Pamphlet by Kinsley, entitled "What Then does Dr. Newman Mean?," &ÿNo. 3ÿ"TheÿAppendix. Answerÿin Detail to Mr. Kingsley's Accusations," withÿNo. 4 Postscriptum by Bishop Ullathorne, June 4, 1864. So with theÿApologia, this volume contains the WHOLE COURSE of the Celebrated Correspondence from its Commencement to its close. Full cont blue mor. dble gilt fillets, v. good condition. (1) * In addition to above this volume also contains, a 3 page A.L.s. from J.H. Newman, dated April 19, 1862 from The Oratory, Birmingham, to T. Gaisford concerning his son who was then at school there. Also a part signed manuscript letter, dated The Oratory, Dec. 30, 1863, with Christmas greetings to Gaisford, his wife Lady Emily, and family, together with an original contemporary photograph of Newman: and a news cutting from "The Times," Feb. 21st, 1879, reporting the announcement from Rome, that Rev. J.H. Newman was to be elevated to Cardinal, all tipped in at front of above volume.ÿProbably Unique Volume.
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![[Colardeau (Julian)] Larvina Satyricon, In Chorearum Lascivias et personata tripudia. Sm. 8mo Paris (Joann. Libert) 1619](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/580d27b1-d218-4e26-8f6c-ad9600b47e6a/4b1237d3-d68a-429f-9d5a-ad9600ee6706/468x382.jpg)
Berkeley (George) Alciphron: or, The Minute Philosopher, In Seven Dialogues. 2 vols. 8vo Dublin (for G. Risk, G. Ewing and W. Smith) 1732.ÿFirst Dublin Edn., Titles within double rules, engd. vignettes on both titles, wd. cut headpieces, 4pps. with diagrams, Vol. I [10] 220pp; Vol. II, [6] 245pp., cont. full calf, blind fillet borders, raised bands, mor. label, head of spine dam., joints beginning to crack, but a good copy.ÿKeynes 16 (1) * Printed same year as First London Edition, which has precedence.
![Both Signed Presentation Copiesÿ [Duncan (Philip Bury)]ÿLiterary Conglomerate; or, A Combinationÿof Various Thoughts and Fac](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/580d27b1-d218-4e26-8f6c-ad9600b47e6a/611abdf3-7ed2-42d1-a69f-ada300a52873/468x382.jpg)
Both Signed Presentation Copiesÿ [Duncan (Philip Bury)]ÿLiterary Conglomerate; or, A Combinationÿof Various Thoughts and Facts on Various Subjects, 8vo, Oxford (Thos. Combe) 1840.ÿBoth First Edns., first item with hf. title,Both Copies inscribed presentation Copies to The Dean of Christ Church, and one with orig. Signed manuscript note to the Dean from the Author, inviting him to the Ashmolean Museum for breakfast, June 9, 1838. In uniform dark brown hf. mor., blind tooled spines, by Leighton, Brewer St. B.P.'s. (2)
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[Dubois (Ed.)] 'A Knight Errant' My Pocket Book; or Hints for 'A Ryghte Merrie and Conceitede' Tour, in quarto; To be called 'The Stranger in Ireland,' In 1805. With Humorous Plates. Sm. 8vo Lond. 1808. Third Edn., Fold. sepia frontis & 4 sepia plts.; To which is added, Libel, Sir John Carr against Hood and Sharpe, Report of the Above Case, ... 25 July, 1808. Taken in Shorthand by Thomas Jenkins. 8vo Lond. 1808. First Edn., hf. title, 39pp., cont. tree calf, gilt spine, mor. label. V. good copy. (1)
Armstrong (Sir Walter)ÿTurner, lg. thick folio L. (T. Agnew & Sons) 1902.ÿLim. Edn. No. 65 of 1000 Copies on Special Paper;ÿSir Joshua Reynolds - First President of the Royal Academy, lg. thick folio, L. & N. 1901;ÿSir Henry Raeburn, lg. thick folio L. & N.Y. 1901; alsoÿGainsborough and His Place in English Art, lg. thick folio L. & N.Y. 1898 (some text loose). All with full page plts. & text illus., uncut & orig. cloth, spines faded. (4)
Hasentrietano (Wolffardo) Commentarius de Vita et Rebus Gestis S. Walpurgae Virginis, Abatissae Monasterii in Heidenheim, Ordin is S. Benedicti... Item de Miraculis eius dem S. Virginis libri quatuor. 4to Ingolstadt 1616. First Edn., Orig. cont. full vellum. B.P. (1) * From Jesuit College, Ingolstadii, inscribed on title page, 1617. V. good copy.
Signed by George Cruikshank, Illustrator O'Regan (Wm.) Memoirs of the Legal, Literary and Political Life of the late Rt. Hon. John Philpot Curran, Once Master of the Rolls in Ireland. 8vo L. 1817. First Edn., hf. title, Signed on top of title page 'Geo. Cruikshank 1817,' a.e.g., cont. hf. crimson mor., tooled gilt spine. Good Copy. (1)
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[Fenton (Rich.) & Rogers (Samuel)] Memoirs of An Old Wig, 8vo Lond. 1815. First Edn., hf. title, wd. cut illus. on title, 164pp plus advert. leaf at end, cont. full calf, gilt spine, mor. label; Crowquill (A.) Absurdities in prose and Verse, Written and Illustrated. Sm. 8vo Lond. 1827. First Edn., hf. title, & 13 engd. plts., cont. hf. calf, gilt tooled spine; [Irving (J.)] A Lennox Garland; Gleaned from Divers Fields of Scottish Poetry, 8vo Dunbarton 1860? Sole Edition Limited to 50 Copies, XV, 30pp, cont. hf. crimson mor. Inscribed Presentation Copy from Jn. Irving Author?, to Professor Simpson. B.P.'s. All very good & scarce. (3)
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Greek: [Gaisford (Dean Thos.)] Small manuscript in Greek, the work includes notes on the Work of Dionysius Thras (170-90 B.C.), another of the first Greek Grammar; Georgius Choeroboscus, a 9th Century Byzantine grammarian; the Greek poet Hesiod and the legal commentaries of Aelius Marcianus. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)
Log Books of Three British Warshipsÿ Manuscripts:ÿ Three folio Volumes,ÿcontaining meticulously arranged logs of the voyages of Royal Navy Ships from 1876 - 1881, with photographs of the ships and copiously illustrated with neatly dawn maps & diagrams of the ships. All bound in hf. mor., with anchor motif on spines. (1) Logs of "H.M.S. Duke of Wellington" 22 Dec. 1876 to 30 Jan. 1877"; H.M.S. Assistance 7 to 15 Feb. 1877; "H.M.S. Minotaur, Capt. Lord Walter Kerr, 19th Feb. 1877 to 1st July 1878. (2)ÿ ÿLots of HMS Minotaur, Capt. Rawson, 2 July 1878 to 18 Aug. 1879; and HMS Newcastle 19 Aug. 1879 to 7 Sept. 1880. (3)ÿÿ Log of HMS Minotaur, Capt. H. Rawson, 8 Sept 1880 to 3 April 1881. HMS Minotaur, the ship that features most prominently in these volumes, was a five-masted armoured frigate, completed in 1867; she formed the lead ship in a class of four ? ÿthe longest single-screw warships ever built.ÿ From 1875 she served as flagship of the Channel Squadron, and in 1876 became the first ship in the Royal Navy to be permanently equipped with an electric searchlight.ÿ Her commander from 1875 was Lord Walter Kerr, who later played an important role in modernising and rearming the Navy.ÿ He was succeeded in 1877 by Harry (later Admiral Sir Harry) Rawson, who is chiefly remembered for overseeing the Benin Expedition of 1895, regarded today as either a highly successful punitive expedition or a disgraceful episode of massacre and looting, depending on your point of view; in 1896 he was knighted for commanding in the Anglo-Zanzibar War, the shortest war in history (38 minutes). A unique set. As Manuscripts, w.a.f. (3)
Dawson Damer (Hon. Mrs. G.L.) Diary of a Tour in Greece, Turkey, Egypt and The Holy Land, 2 vols. L. 1841. First Edn., 2 engd. frontis + 11 other litho plts. (complete), t.e.g. B.P.s, cont. hf. tan calf, profusely gilt spines; Smith (Albert) A Month at Constantinople, 8vo L. 1850. Second Edn., hd. cold. frontis, text illus. thro.-out, cont. hf. mor. tooled gilt spine, mor. label. B.P.'s V. good copies. (3)
Dean Gaisford's 'Magnum Opus' With Important Correspondence etc., included Gaisford (Dean Thomas)ÿEtymologicon Magnum, seu verius Lexicon saipissime vocabulorum origines indagans ex pluribus lexicis scholiastis et grammaticis anonymi cuisdam opera concinnatum. Lg. thick folio Oxford (e Typographeo Academico) 1848. Frontis fac-simile, engd. vignette on title, strongly bound cont. hf. calf, raised bands. With the Den's bookplate. The Etymologicum Magnum, compiled in Constantinople c 1150, is the largest Byzantine lexicon, collating and expanding the works of many previous scholars.ÿ It was first printed at Venice in 1499.ÿ Gaisford?s work, the fruit of much careful scholarship, remains the most recent complete edition. ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ This copy has tipped in at back: table giving details of print run and costs, also a review and an obituary of Gaisford. Pasted at front: 1. 10 Dec. 1847.ÿ Note from B.P. Symons, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, offering Gaisford on behalf of the delegates of the OUP an honorarium of œ1000. 2. Draft reply from Gaisford declining the offer, suggesting he might be given 20 free copies instead, and commenting on the proposed price of the book. 3. 16 Dec. 1847.ÿ Note from Symons agreeing his proposal. 4. 15 June 1855 Note from Symons expressing the delegates? gratitude for Gaisford?s work (he had died on 2 June). Enclosures: ú Letter to Gaisford dated 22 March 1817 from Edward Everett, the 23-year-old Professor Greek at Harvard who was then studying at G”ttingen, discussing German projects to publish a text of the Etymologicum, and reporting in detail on the experiments of Carl Friedrich Sicker to unroll some of the papyri discovered at Herculaneum (he destroyed several in the process).ÿ Everett (1794-1865) continued his brilliant and multi-faceted career as politician, pastor, educator, diplomat and orator.ÿ Today he is best remembered as the featured speaker at the dedication of the military cemetery at Gettysburg in 1863; his learned oration, lasting over two hours, has been somewhat overshadowed by Lincoln?s 271-word address that succeeded it. ú M/ss of a long (11 pp, folio) discourse on Gaisford?s Etymologicum, published in the G”ttingen Literary Advertiser, 6 Nov. 1848. ú Draft petition of Gaisford to the Council of State of the Duke of Brunswick, 23 July 1846, requesting the transmission to England of the MS at Wolfenb?ttel of the Etymologicon Gudianum, on the grounds that the edition published at Leipzig is defective and he would like to consult the original as part of his research for a new edition of the Etymologicon Magnum. úÿ ?The advantages of a liberal education.?ÿ MS page of verses ?by Thomas Gaisford A.D. 179-.? ú Draft letter from Gaisford, 24 Oct [1843] wishing to purchase a copy of the Lexicon Etymologicum, listed in the catalogue of the Royal Library at Naples. ú Letter to Thomas Gaisford (junior) from Paul Butler of Down Ampney, Cricklade, 8 Aug 1872, enclosing preceding item (?) ú Draft proposal by Gaisford for a second edition of his Suidae Lexicon (2 vols, 1834).
Rare First Editionÿ Hogg (William)ÿÿParaphrasis Poetica in Tria Johannis Miltoni, Viri Clarissimi, Poemata,... 8vo London (J. Darby) 1690. Red & bl. title, within dble lines, XXXVI, 510pp, probably missing either preliminary blank, A1 or page following title, cont. owners signature 'Ex Libris Tho. Richarson' on title, further m/ss inscription on front loose blank, 'Ex dono D.D. Dan Coxe June,' all orig. blanks present, orig. calf, worn, mor. label, upr. cover loose. B.P. Scarce. (1)
Mills (Chas.) The History of the Crusades, for the Recovery and Possession of the Holy Land. 2 vols. L. 1828. Fourth Edn., hf. titles, 2 engd. frontis (1 port) & fold. map, B.P., full cont. mor. gilt fillet borders and spines; Ryan (F.W.) The House of the Temple, A Study of Malta and its Knights in the French Revolution. L. 1930. First, Frontis port. & plts., cloth; King (Col. E.J.) The Knights of St. John in the British Empire, L. 1934, ports & plts., cloth. (4)
Diogeres Laertius:ÿÿDiogenous Laertiou peri bion, dogmatou.... Diogenis Laertri De uitis, decretis, & responsis celebrium philosophorum Libri decem, nunc primum excusi,ÿ 4to Basle (Froben) 1533. First Edn.? Printers wd.-device on title, also some cont. m/ss notes, wd.-cut initials, cont. annots. in margins thro-out, (8), 573pp, some mis-pagination, pp. 557 - 573 damp stain in lower rt. corner, m/ss note on front loose blank explaining the m/ss annots in text, later full calf, blind tooled decor., mor. label. B.P. (1)
Greek Texts: Casauboni (Js.) Polyaeni Stratagematum Libri Octo,... Adiecta est etiam Justi Vulteii Latina versiae, cum indicibus necessariis, 16mo London (Apud Joan Tornaesium) 1589. Text in Greek & Latin Wd. cut on title, & on verso of final leaf, (16), 754, (30)pp text underlined partial throughout, orig. full vellum; Lubinum (Eilhardum)ed. Nonni Panopolitae Dionysiaca,... Ex Bibliotheca Joannis Sambuci Pannonii. 8vo Hanover (Typis Wechelianis, apud Claudium Marnium & haeredes Johonnis Aubrii) 1605. Title (With wd. printers device) & first leaf, worn & repaired, text browned, late 18th Century calf. B.P.'s. (2)
In Fine Contemporary Irish Bindingsÿ Almanacs Etc:ÿÿWatson (Samuel)ÿThe Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack, For the Years of Our Lord, 1771 & 1775, each Bound withÿExshaw (John)ÿÿThe English Registry, For the Years of Our Lord, 1771 & 1774. Two Volumes, a.e.g., each in fine crimson mor., lg. gilt tooled borders of interlaced drawer handles, with tassels, dots etc., the spine on first volume with dark blue mor. title label, third panel with date, and other attractive tooled gilt d‚cor. with acorns, thistles etc., the spine of the second volume with mor. title label, date panel, and remained with lion motif. Both very good. (2)
With 6pp Manuscript Letter from the Author Newton (C.T.) Travels and Discoveries in the Levant, 2 vols. sm. folio L. (Day & Son) 1865. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, 2 fold. frontis, & 39 fold. & 1 other plts., lithos. orig. photos etc., some dust stains or browning, some newscuttings, loosely inserted, Presentation Copy, inscribed & with a 6pp A.L.s. from author to T. Gainsford also inserted. Orig. cloth. (2) * C.T. Newton was an archaeologist and vase scholar, and was Keeper of this Department of Antiquities at British Museum. He was one of the first to photograph archaeological sites and publish them.
Lover (Samuel) Legends and Stories of Ireland,.... with Etchings by the Author. 12mo Dublin 1831. First Edn., hf. title, engd. frontis & 5 engd. plts.; [Carleton (Wm.)] Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, 2 vols. in One, 12mo Dublin (Wm. Curry, Jun.) 1830. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, 2 engd. frontis & 4 engd. plts. Both uniform hf. green mor., gilt spines with shamrock motif, by Leighton, Brewer St. V. good. (2)
The Newman Letters: A Catholic College at Oxford? Newman (Rev. Fr. John Henry, later Cardinal, now Saint) A very good collection of 24 A.L.S. to [Thomas] Gaisford of the Gaisford St. Lawrence family of Howth Castle, with other related letters, drafts and documents, mostly 1863-67 with a few later, the collection outlining in detail how Newman?s visionary plan to establish a Catholic College at Oxford was frustrated and eventually prevented by the Catholic hierarchy of the time. Thomas Gaisford came of a prosperous Wiltshire family who made money from water-mills in the 18th-century (see catalogue introduction).ÿ His father (also Thomas, d. 1855) was a scholar, and became Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford University and Dean of Christ Church in Oxford.ÿ He married as his second wife Lady Emily St. Lawrence, eldest daughter of the fourth Earl of Howth in Ireland.ÿ The Earl had no male issue, and on his death in 1909 his will left the Howth estate to his son-in-law and family, who moved to Ireland and adopted the name Gaisford St. Lawrence. Thomas Gaisford (junior) was influenced by the Oxford Movement as a young man, and evidently became a friend of John Henry Newman.ÿ After the death of his father, Thomas became a Catholic. John Henry Newman (1801-1890) was ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1825.ÿ He became a Fellow of Oriel College, and in 1828 he became Vicar of St. Mary?s, the Oxford university church, and built a reputation as a preacher, but he had difficulties with church teaching, and in 1845 he was received into the Catholic Churchÿ -ÿ a significant and high-profile conversion.ÿ He became a Catholic priest in 1847, and was appointed the founding superior in England of the Congregation of the Oratory, based in Birmingham where he met many Irish people. In 1851 he was contacted by Archbishop Paul Cullen of Armagh, who wanted to found a Catholic university in Dublin.ÿ Newman agreed to become its first Rector, and developed his plans in a series of lectures which later became The Idea of a University, his most celebrated work.ÿ However, the Catholic University was not a success.ÿ His appointment of English friends as lecturers led to opposition, and he finally resigned in 1858 and returned to England, where he soon turned to a new project. The correspondence here is mainly about Newman?s plans to found a Catholic college (including a branch of the Oratory) in Oxford, on a 5-acre plot of land purchased from one Ambrose Smith (see undated letter), with sponsorship from Gaisford and others.ÿ On 16 August 1864 he asks Gaisfordÿ ?if you think it worth while to co-operate with other gentlemen in purchasing the ground?.ÿ Gaisford?s draft reply says, ?I am ready to join in any scheme for establishing a Catholic college or Hub at Oxford, if I can see a fair chance of success .. the site seems to be eligible & not very dear, if other Cath. gentlemen would unite to purchase it?, and offers to subscribe œ500 or even more.ÿ Newman replies on 20 August that ?there are many persons of influence opposed to the idea of a [Catholic] College at Oxford?, and says his idea for the moment is simply to acquire the site.ÿ On 1 September, and again on 4 September, ÿhe outlines detailed plans for a College, an Oratory, a church, a priest?s house etc., all costed in detail, buying land with frontage on the street at 10/- the square yard.ÿ ?Of course if we could get another œ1000, we could go nearly 50 ft. deeper into the land .. which would be a great advantage.?ÿ On 20 September, ?We have this morning settled to buy 2 « acres of Mr. Smith?s ground .. How we are to raise the money, œ4630, I do not know.ÿ It will be more, for we shall have to build a long wall to cut the ground off from the restÿ -ÿ and we shall be tempted to buy, if we can, the whole or part of the existing buildings upon it.? On 28 September he reports that ?the [Catholic] Bishop has told me, what in substance I knew before, till Propaganda [Fidei, a Church department] decides the matter, no ecclesiastical can take any step which is of the nature of a co-operation with the University and College of Oxford.ÿ This, however, does not of course apply to the provisional purchase of ground, or to any act on the part of laymen.?ÿ Then on 25 October, ?The owner, Mr. Smith, suddenly broke a blood vessel and died.ÿ That led to his family wishing to get rid of the ground at once and altogether, and St. John?s College offered to take the wholeÿ .. We have been forced, yesterday, to buy the whole for œ8,400, as the alternative of losing every part of it.? A long and interesting letter on 30 October 1864 sums up his position.ÿ ?In nothing can one have one?s own will, pure and simpleÿ -ÿ and the difficulty is increased, when one is not sure what one?s will is.ÿ The College or Hall scheme is enveloped in difficulty.ÿ I am inclined to think that it is the best plan for Catholics under their circumstances, in a religious point of view, a university of their own neither answering the purpose they have before them, nor possibleÿ ..ÿÿ Now here I find a strong,ÿ I may say, a growing feeling on the part of the Bishops against itÿ .. Catholic gentlemen are beginning to prefer sending their boys to the existing Colleges, some have been doing so from the firstÿ ..? Nevertheless, he pressed ahead, writing on 29 December a circular letter to Gaisford and others, seeking subscriptions; a receipt in January acknowledges œ200 fromÿ Gaisford, and his contribution appears in a printed circular dated July 1866, headed ?The Oratory, Oxford?, listing over 60 contributions totalling several thousand pounds. Then, in March 1867, a bombshell.ÿ ?You may recollect that in the Autumn of 1864, I sent you the draft or proof sheet of a circular I intended to issue .. the Cardinal heard of it, was very angry because there was mention in it, not of the Oratory?s taking part in education at Oxford, but merely ?taking the religious charge? of the young Catholics there.ÿ He sent a copy of it (which he got without my leave) to Romeÿ -ÿ and a prejudice has been created against me there ever since. ?Accordingly, in the new Circular which you have, there is not a word in recognition of the fact of Catholic youths being at Oxford at all.ÿ I was forbidden to allude to them. ?But this is not all.ÿ Last Monday (I say it in confidence) comes a Letter to me from Propaganda [Fidei] to the effect that they hear I have in my school some boys preparing for Oxford, and solemnly ordering me neither directly nor indirectly by any act to favour youths going there.? Eventually, in July 1872, Newman writes that ?As there is now at length no chance at all of the Oratory going to Oxford, the questionÿ arises how you would wish me to dispose of the œ200 which you so generously contributed to it.? Gaisford?s response is not recorded here.ÿ The collection also includes several draft letters from Gaisford (much amended) outlining his views on the Oxford project, mainly on financial aspects; also some later letters from Newman, who clearly remained a family friend. An interesting and significant correspondence.ÿ Clearly Newman was capable of adopting what some would consider devious means towards an end, but if so he met his match in Rome. Fr. Newman was canonised as Saint John Henry Newman in 2019. As a collection.ÿ The letters are generally in excellent condition. (As a lot)
With Correspondence between the Author and Thos. Gaisfordÿ Clinton (Henry Fynes)ÿFasti Hellenici, The Civil and Literary Chronology, form the Earliest Accounts to the Death of Augustus. 3 vols. lg. 4to Oxford (University) 1834, 1841, & 1851. Together with,ÿFasti Romana, Vols. I (Tables), and Vol. II & Appendix 2 vols. 4to Oxford 1845 - 1840. Together 5 vols., all with engd. vignette on titles, all in uniform cloth, paper labels. B.P.'s.ÿ (5) * The first volume contains 7 original A.L.s. as follows: 1. Clinton to Gaisford, 17 Oct. 1827, providing a detailed respouse to a Review of the Second Edition of his Fasti which had appeared in that year. 2. N.D. [1827] the Reviewers reply to Clinton's letter. 3. Clinton to Gaisfrord 16 Oct. 1834, pointing out some errors that had occurred in the printing, and discussing his plans for continuing the work down to the reign of Justinian. 4. Four letters, 4 Nov. 1852 to 24 Jan. 1853, between Clinton James Fynes Clinton, brother-in-law of Henry, who had died on 24 October, outlining plans for the sale of Henry's library and the completion and publication of his Fasti Romani and other 'literary remains' (which were in fact published in 1854).
In Fine Contemporary Irish Bindingsÿ Almanacs etc:ÿ Watson (Samuel)ÿThe Gentleman's and Citizen Almanack, For the Years of Our Lord, 1775 & 1776, each Bound with Exshaw (John)ÿThe English Registry, for the Years of Our Lord, 1775 & 1776. Two Volumes. Sm. 8vo D. 1775 - 1776. A.e.g. First volume in full crimson mor., with attractive tooled gilt floral borders, and central lion motif on both covers, the spine with green mor. title label in second panel and gilt date in third panel, the others with typical decoration of acorns and thistle, the second volume of cont. brown leather, tooled gilt borders, the spine gilt in panels, second panel with red mor. title label, the third with green mor. gilt date, some wear. (2)
Illustrated Sporting Books: Edwards (Lionel) My Irish Sketch Book, v. lg. 4to Lond. 1938. First Edn., fine mounted cold. plts., cloth & d.w.; Snaffles - A Half Century of Memories, folio Lond. 1949, First Edn., & Four-Legged Friends and Acquaintances, folio Lond. 1951, First Edn., both orig. cloth & d.w.'s; & 8 others mostly illustrated by L. Edwards. A lot. (11)
Hand-Coloured Plates Kirby (Wm.) & Spence (Wm.) An Introduction to Entomology, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1843. Sixth Edn., hd. cold. plts., orig. cloth, gilt; Landsborough (Rev. D.) A Popular History of Sea-Weeds, Sm. 8vo L. 1849. First Edn., 20 hd. cold. plts., cloth, spine dam.; Jardine (Sir Wm.) The Naturalist's Library - Monkeys, sm. 8vo Edin. 1833. Hf. cold. title, & 29 hd. cold. plts., cloth. As a coll. of plts., w.a.f. (3)
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Religious interest: [Newman (J.H. Saint)] & othersÿLives of The English Saints, by various authors by Saint J.H. Newman, J.A. Froude, Mark Pattison & others of the House at Littlemore, 6 vols. sm. 8vo L. (James Toovey) 1844-45, approx. 17 parts, mostly with an engd. frontis after Pugin, etc., a.e.g., in fine full speckled calf, gilt tooled roll borders, profusely gilt spines in panels, mor. labels. B.P.'sÿÿVery good set.ÿScarce;ÿLeighton (Robert) D.D.ÿA Practical Commentary upon the First Epistle General of St. Peter, 2 vols. 12mo L. n.d. c. 1850, a.e.g. cont. full crimson mor. gilt; 1 other (9)
Buxtorf (J.) Synagoga Judaica, Auspiciis Authoris jam olim Latinitate donata, Nunc primum in vulgus emissa. 8vo Basle (Ludovici Konig) 1641. First Edn., title within wd. cut decor. border, wd. cut printers device on title, wd. cut initials, & decorations in text, [16], [16], 498pp + [14] index, some light browning, cont. owners signature, and notes on front loose blank, cont. full vellum. B.P. Very good. (1)
Irish Poetry: Gallwey (Thomas) The Geraldine's Bridge, A Metrical Tale, 12mo D. (Hodges, Foster & Co.) 1871. First Edn., orig. photo illus. frontis of Desmond's Castle, Adare, a.e.g., orig. décor. gilt cloth; also by same author, Lays of Killarney Lakes, Descriptive Sonnets, 12mo D. 1871. Second Edn., orig. photo illus. frontis, a.e.g., orig. full tooled gilt mor. binding. Both v. good. Scarce. (2)
Blackmantle (Bernard) The Punster's Pocket-Book, or The Art of Punning Enlarged, 8vo Lond. 1826. First Edn., Illustrated by Robert Cruikshank, engd. port. frontis decor. title & other plts., fine full calf, gilt fillets & gilt spine by Riviere; The Good-Fellow's Calendar and Almanac of Perpetual Jocularity, 8vo Lond. 1826. Frontis, uncut, cont. hf. crimson mor.; & 1 other item. (3)
Twining (Thomas) Aristotle's Treatise on Poetry, Translated, With Notes on The Translations, and on the Original; and Two Dissertations, on Poetical, and Musical Imitation. 4to Lond. (Payne & Son; White & Son etc.) 1789. First Edn., Pps: XIX, plus errata, pp. *65* to *68* misplaced, 1 - 565, Additions & Corrections [3], plus Index [28], cont. full sprinkled calf, gilt tooled borders, spine with gilt décor in panels, mor. label, wear appearing on joints. B.P. Good. (1)
Shakespeare:ÿÿDouce (Francis)ÿIllustrations of Shakespeare and of Ancient Manners: 2 vols. 8vo L. 1807, 2 hf. titles, 18 plts. (some fold. & hd. cold., some repeats) text illus. etc., cont. full vellum;ÿTwiss (F.)ÿA Complete Verbal Index to the Plays of Shakespeare, 2 vols. L. 1805.ÿFirst Edn., 2 hf. titles, list of subs., cont. full calf;ÿPraetoruis (Chas.)ed.ÿShakespeare's Lucrece: The First Quarto, 1594, A Facsimile. 8vo L. n.d. [1885]. Inscribed by Author to T. Gaisford, with his B.P.; & 2 others on Shakespeare. (7)
Early Printings: Satire di Cinque Poeti Illustri, di Nuovo Raccolte et Poste a luce, 12mo Venice (Gio Andrae Valuassori) 1565, 118 leaves, wd. cut decor. & device on title, wd. cut heads & initials, last few leaves stained, later full vellum, gilt spine, mor. label; Nostredame (Gio) Le Vite delli Piu Celebri et Autichi Primi Poeti Provenzali Che fiorirno nel tempo delli Re di Napole, & Conti di Prouenza, liquali hanno insegnato a tutti il Poetar Vulgare. Sm. 8vo Lyon (Alesandro Marsilii) 1575. First Edn., 254 [XVIII], wd. cut initials & ornaments, late 17th Century., hf. calf, mor. label. Both B.P.'s. Good. (2)
Smith (John) Irish Diamonds; or, A Theory of Irish Wit and Blunders; 12mo L. 1847. First Edn., engd. frontis & add engd. title & plts. by Phiz, adverts at end, a.e.g., orig. cloth, gilt; Gavan Duffy (Hon. Chas.)ed. The Ballad Poetry of Ireland, sm. 4to D. 1866. Part frontis t.e.g., full crushed green levant mor., profusely gilt spine. Both v. good. (2)
Stobaeus:ÿÿKeras Amalthaias Joannou tou Stobaiou... Joannis Stobaei Sententiae ex thesaurus Graecorum delectae, quarum autores circiter ducentos & quinquaginta citat: et in Sermones siue Locos communes digeste A Conrado Gesnero Doctore Medico Tigurino in Latinum sermonem traductae, sic ut Latina Graecis e regione respondeant. Folio Basle. (Ex Officina Joannis Oporini, sumptibus Chris. Froschoveri) 1549, title with piece torn from fore-edge / not affecting text, wd. cut initials, annotated in margins in red & bl. through out, in cont. calf, rebacked, both paste-downs consists of leaves from a medieval musical manuscript, upr. cover detached. B.P.ÿ (1) * This Edition was edited by Swiss philologist Conrad Gessnar (1515 - 1565). This is the 2nd Edition (the first was published in Zurich in 1543); a Third appeared in Zurich in 1559. Thomas Gaisford produced a fresh edition in 4 volumes in 1822.
Dean Gaisford's Copyÿÿ Sturz (F. William)Ed.ÿEtymologicum Graecae Linguae Gudianumÿ et Alia Grammaticorum Scripta e Codicibus Manuscriptis nunc Primum Edita, Lg. 4to Leipizig (Apud Joa. Aug. Gottl. Weigel) 1818. Dean Gaisford's interleaved copy with his copious notes in red ink, & signed on title. Cont. hf. calf, lacks label.ÿ Based on a m/ss in the Herzog August Bibliothek at Wolfenb?ttel, this was the first printed edition of the complete text of the Etymologicum Gudianum, a Greek lexical encyclopaedia compiled in southern Italy during the tenth century.ÿ ?Not only is the Gudianum a rich and valuable source of citations from lost Greek works, it represents the high point of medieval encyclopaedia-writing and Greek scholarship.?ÿ It was one of the main sources of the 12th-century Encyclopaedia Magnum, and Sturz?s edition was a key reference work for Gaisford?s edition of this work. Pasted at end: ?Collatio Etymologici Fraiectini? by C.M. [Cornelis Marinus] Francken, 7 pp, MS copy sent to Gaisford by Dr Gehle, 1845.
Poetry: Chatterton - The Political Works of Thomas Chatterton, With Notices of his life. The Rowley Controversy, and Notes illustrative of the Poems - 2 vols. 12mo Cambridge 1842, 2 add. engd titles, 3 fold. fac-similes, a.e.g., v. fine full crushed levant mor. by Leighton; Hurdis (Rev. James) Poems, 3 vols. 12mo Oxford 1808. First Edn., list of subscribes, a.e.g., cont. diced calf, tooled gilt borders; Craik (Geo. L.) Spencer and His Poetry, 3 vols. . 1845, cont. hf. calf, mor. labels. B.P.s. (8)
Parr (Richard)ÿTheÿLife of the Most Reverend Father in God, James Ussher, Late Arch-Bishop of Armagh, Primate and Metropolitan of All-Ireland, Folio L. (for Nath. Ranew) 1686. First Edn. red & bl. title, lacks port., late hf. calf;ÿWare (Sir J.)ÿThe History and Antiquities of Ireland, folio D. 1704. title repaired, some leaves frayed, later tree calf. B.P.'s. (2)
First Selden Editionÿ Fortescue (Sir John)ÿDe Laudibus Legum Angliae, L. Ch. Justice, and after L. Chancellor to K. Henry VI. Here to all joined the two Summes of Sir Ralph de Hengham... Never before published. Sm. 8vo London (For the Companie of Stationers) 1616. Edited by John Seldon. Partly in B.L., [8], 132 & [3]ff., plus 56, (12) 35, 34 - 159pp., the end of 'To the Reader,' is signed, "John Selden," title soiled, cont. calf, mor. label. B.P. Scarce. (1)
Sporting Verse etc:ÿÿ Warburton (R.E. Egerton)ÿHunting Songs, sm. 8vo Lond. (Basil Montagu Pickering) 1873. Hf. title, vignette title, orig. cloth backed boards; also by same author,ÿPoems Epigrams and Sonnets, 8vo Lond. (Pickering) 1877. Hf. title, mor. backed boards;ÿWhyte - Melville (G.J.)ÿSongs and Verses, sm. 8vo Lond. 1875. Fifth, fine decoratedÿ calf, stained to floral desing, profusely gilt spine in panels by Riviere;ÿCholmondeley - Pennell (H.)ÿModern Babylon and Other Poems, sm. 8vo Lond. (J.C. Hotten) [1864].ÿNow First Collected, hf. title, 16pp. Catalogue & other adverts at end, orig. cloth, gilt. All good. (4)
Religious Pamphlets: 1. Kerry (Lord) An Essay upon the Influence of the Translation of the Bible upon English Literature, 8vo Cambridge 1830. First Edn., 82pp; 2. [Manning (Card.)] The Oecumenical Council of the Infallibility of the Roman Pontiff, by Henry Edward, Archbishop of Westminster. 8vo Lond. 1869. First Edn., 151pp; 3. Maskell (Wm.) A Letter to the Editor of the 'Dublin Review' upon the Temporal Power of the Pope and his Personal Infallibility, 8vo L. 1869. First Edn., 24pp; 4. tierney (Rev. M.A.) A Reply to Cardinal Wiseman's Letter to his Chapter... 8vo L. [c. 1858], First Edn., [Not Published] IV + 38pp; & 8 others sim., together 12 items, all orig. ptd. or other wrappers. Some inscribed. As a lot, w.a.f. (12)
Stobaei - Joannis Stobaei Collectiones Sententiarum, 4to Venice (Bart. Zanetii) 1535. Editio Princeps. Wd. cut device on title & on last leaf, wd. cut decorations, head piece on first page printed in red, all pages numbered in manuscript, top rt. hand corner with damp stains thro-out, causing dam. to last 20pp. at end of volume, cont. full calf, dam. B.P. V. Scarce. (1)
Bulwer Lytton (Ed. Ld. Lytton) Walpole or Every Man has His Price - A Comedy in Rhyme, In Three Acts. Sm. 4to Edin. & L. (Wm. Blackwood & Sons) 1869. First Edn., hf. title with adverts on verso, endpapers browned, a.e.g. full calf, dbl. gilt fillets, spine profusely gilt in panels, mor. label. V. good; also The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart, 5 vols. sm. 8vo L. 1852 - 1854., 5 hf. titles, 5 add. engd. titles, t.e.g., cont. hf. dark blue mor., gilt spines. Good B.P.s. (6)
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Howth Castle: An unusual Ledger, 4to entitledÿHowth Castle, Weight Book, 1845 [7] - 1925, First entry page is dated Oct. 26, 1847, and continues to about 50pp, with approx. 1500 names of the good and the mighty. On th 5th Feb. 1909 it registers the weight of Isabel Poe, as 18st 2 lbs, as against Hugh Bellingham at 9st 10lbs, on 20th April, 1914, Lord Gormaston was 12st 3 lbs, and Eileen Gormanston at 7st 11lbs. All in manuscript 4to orig. cloth backed boards. As a m/ss, w.a.f (1) * An unusual and interesting volume.
Varied Pamphlets: 1. A Letter to the Duke of Wellington, First Lord of the Treasury, on the Branch Banks of The Bank of England, and The Country Bankers; 8vo L. 1830, 41pp; 2. D'Oyly (t.) Observations on the Due Mode of Rating Tithe, and Commutations of Tithe, with Reference to Joddrell's Case, 8vo L. 1839. Inscribed 'From the Author,' 31pp; 3. Barnes (Ralph) A Letter on Church Rates, L. 1837, 34pp; 4. [Sydney (Coulton)] Letters to the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, Manufactures, Tradesmen and Inhabitants of the County of Wilts,... By Sydney. 8vo L. 1818, 67pp; 5. Mont-Edgecumbe (Earl of,) Extracts from a Journal kept during the Roman Revolution, 8vo L. 1849. 65pp; 6. Ireland (John) The Plague of Marseilles in the Year 1720, sm. 4to L. 1834. hf. title, VIII, 39pp + errata slip; & 5 others, together 11 items, all orig. wrappers, some inscribed. As a lot, w.af. (11)
Presentation Copy Travel: Ireland (John B.) Wall Street to Cashmere. A Journal of Five Years in Asia, Africa, and Europe, Thick 8vo New York (S.A. Rollo & Co.) 1859. First Edn., hd. cold. frontis & add. cold. title page, & 69 other full page & text illus., dbl. page map, orig. gilt décor. cloth. Pres. Copy, inscribed by author to Gaisford on front loose blank; Curzon (Hon. Rob.) Armenia: A Year at Erzeroom, and on the Frontiers of Russia, Turkey and Persia, 8vo L. 1854. First Edn., vign. title (browned) wd. engd. frontis & 5 full page illus., text illus., & engd. map, 32pp. cat. at end, orig. cloth, gilt. (2)
Mitchell (T.) The Wasps of Aristophanes, L. 1835, With the Editors Respects, cloth; Hamilton (W.R.) trans. Essay on 'The Birds' of Aristophanes, by J.W. Suvern. L. 1835, boards; Mitchel (T.) The Acharneses of Aristophanes, with Notes. L. (J. Murray) 1835. Inscribed "With the Editor's best Respects,", orig. cloth backed boards; Wellesley (Henry) Anthologia Polyglotta, A Selection .. Chiefly from the Greek Anthology, L. 1849 First, cloth; Donaldson (J.W.) The Antigone of Sophocles, in Greek and English. L. 1847. First Edn., engd. frontis. inscribed Pres. Copy & with A.L.s. from Author to T. Gainsford. Boards, B.P.'s. As a lot. (4)
Merrick (J.) The Destruction of Troy, Being The Sequel of the Iliad. Translated from the Greek of Tryphiodorus. Roy 8vo Oxford (at the Theatre) 1739. First Edn., hf. title, engd. vignette title, extensive list of subscribers, orig. panel calf, B.P. V. good. (2) * Property of Tho. Fothergill, A.M., [Provost of Oxford], inscribed by him on front loose blank, dated 1740. Together with, Acland (Henry W.) The Plains of Troy, imp. 8vo Oxford (W. Baxter) 1839. First Edn., Dedicated to Thomas Gaisford, D.D. with fold. map, lacks drawing, orig. cloth. Pres. Copy to Gaisford, inscribed by author, Nov. 1st, 1839.
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Berkeley:ÿ [Bollingbroke (Henry St. John Viscount)]ÿLetters, on the Spirit of Patriotism: On the Idea of a Patriot King: and on the State of parties at the Accession of King George the First, 12mo D. (for J. Smith) 1749.ÿFirst Dublin Edn., 216pp;ÿBound with,ÿ[Berkeley (George)]ÿSiris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,ÿThe Second Edition, improv'd and corrected by the Author, 12mo D. (by Margt. Rhames For R. Gunne) 1744. with poem "On Tar," one leaf, and with 'A Letter to T... P..., Esq.;' and 'A Vocabulary, or Explanation of certain Words in Siris, not commonly understood,' also Errata Corrigenda leaf at end.ÿKeynes 66.ÿ Cont. full calf, raised bands, mor. label (dam.). Two works in one volume. (1)
Presentation Copies Lewis (Geo. Cornewall) An Essay on the Origin and Formation of The Romance Languages, 8vo Oxford 1835, inscribed 'From the Author' orig. cloth; also Babrii Fabulae Aesopeae, cum Fabularum Deperditorum Fragmentis, ed. by G. Cornewall Lewis. Oxford 1846. First Edn., cont. newspaper cutting re same tipped-in, cloth; Price (Uvale) An Essay on the Modern Pronunciation of the Greek and Latin Languages, Oxford 1827. First Edn., inscribed on hf. title 'Rev. T. Gainsford from the Author,' B.P.g. full vellum. (3)
With Letters from The Author Turner (Sharon) The Sacred History of the World, 3 vols. 8vo Lond. 1832. First Edn., 3 hf. titles, and with 3 original m/ss letters form the Author, tipped in, cont. full sprinkled calf, gilt fillet borders, profusely gilt spines in panels, mor. labels. Good Set. B.P. (3)
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