The John Shaw Smith Photographic Albums** One of a Set of 5 Original Calotypes by the Inventor of this Process John Shaw Smith** Photographs: Four Albums of almost 300 Photographs after the originals now in the National Photographic Archive, by John Shaw Smith, taken c. 1850 - 52 in Ireland, Egypt, & The Middle East, all carefully mounted in black oblong folio albums, & each neatly captioned underneath. As photographs, w.a.f. (4)* The prints are of very high quality.John Shaw Smith (1811 - 1873) owned the estate of Clonmault, Midleton, Co. Cork, Ireland. He was the amateur par excellence. Travel was his passion, photography a means of recording.In August 1849, he and his wife Mary Louisa Richardson of Lisburn "determined to make a tour of some parts of Europe and Egypt & Palestine". In February 1850, while making preparations for the tour in London, he writes in his diary: "I also obtained many letters of introduction to the different countries we proposed to visit and purchased a photographic camera with its appendages for taking Views of the various objects on our journey."Shaw Smith dated separately each of some 300 calotype negatives 9" x 7", in the three years 1850 - 52 inclusive, and the dates are confirmed by those in his diaries, which his descendants still hold. His wife accompanied him by Nile boat and on camel-back through Upper and Lower Egypt, Nubia and the Sinai Peninsula, to Petra and the Holy Land. Although conducted by a Sheikh, they ran considerable risks. Having climbed Mount Hor, Shaw Smith entered Petra from the high ground near El Deir, made the first photographic record of the hidden city, and left by way of the Sik: thus reversing the usual procedure of travellers.Quite early in the tour, "appendages" ran out and he improvised a calotype process on paper negatives, details of which are lacking. The most modest and retiring of men, Shaw Smith had no thought of publicity.He rented two town houses successively in Dublin on his return, and was thus in touch with the P.S.I. from early days. But the quality of his work remained unknown until the Exhibition of Victorian Photographs from the Gernsheim Collection, during the Festival of Britain, 1951.
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![[White (Thomas)] Euclides Metaphysicus Sive de Principiis Sapientiae Stoecheidea E. 12mo L. [J.M.] 1658. First Edn., [28], 19](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/043497f3-3ccf-487c-9baf-2ced276337fb/468x382.jpg)
[White (Thomas)] Euclides Metaphysicus Sive de Principiis Sapientiae Stoecheidea E. 12mo L. [J.M.] 1658. First Edn., [28], 198pp; Bound with Exercitatio Geometrica, De Geometria Incivisbilium & Proportione Spiralis ad Circulum 12mo L. 1658. First Edn. [6] [32], fold. plt., cont. full calf, tooled gilt fillet borders & decor. centre panel. (1)
![[White (Thomas)] Anglo (Thoma) De Mundo Dialogi Tres Quibus Materia, Hoc est, Quantitas, Numerus, Figura, Partes, partium qua](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/c3e69ddc-21c3-4209-c73d-76dabaa29252/468x382.jpg)
Rare Irish GrammarMolloy (Fr. Francis) Grammatica Latino - Hibernica, nunc compendiata. 20mo Rome (Typographia S. Cong. de Propag.) 1677. First Edn., hf. title, [12], 286pp., cont. name on hf. title, some minor stains, later hf. vellum, tooled gilt spine, mor. label. V. good copy of this v. scarce work. (1)
Excessively Rare Benjamin Franklin ImprintEstaugh (John) A Call to the Unfaithful Professors of Truth, ... to which is added Divers Epistles of the same Author. Sm. 8vo Philadelphia. Printed by B. Franklin, 1744. First Edn. [XVIII] [19] - 119. Mis-pagination on p. 68, incorrectly numbered 86, indistinct name of a previous owner in pencil on title, in mottled calf, with gilt line bands on spine, mor. label, possibly a Philadelphia binding. (1)* An exquisite copy of this excessively rare volume, known only in a handful copies world wide. Last copy sold by auction over 70 years ago.N.B. The Second Edition was printed in London 1745, First Dublin Edition also 1745. Copac records only 6 Copies held in Institutional Libraries Worldwide. Sabin 23040.
Modern First Editions: Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty Four, 8vo, L. (Secker & Warburg) 1949, First Edn., green cloth (lacks d.j.); Nabokov (V.) Lolita, 8vo L. (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) 1959, First U.K. Edn., cloth & d.j. clean; Hemingway (Ernest) For Whom the Bell Tools, 8vo N.Y. (Charles Scribers Sons) 1940, First, cloth d.j. (cut down); Mitchell (Margaret) Gone with the Wind, 8vo L. (Mac Millan & Co.) 1936, First Edn., recent calf backed marble boards, as a lot, w.a.f. (4)
Bielfeld (Baron) The Elements of Universal Erudition, containing An Analytical Abridgement of the Sciences, Polite Arts and Belles Letters, Trans. by W. Hooper, 3 vols. 8vo L. 1770. First English Edn., hf. title Vol. I, plt. of Music, & advert leaf at end Vol. II, light L.S. on verso of titles Vols. I & II, cont. sprinkled calf, gilt fillet borders, mor. labels. V. good. (3)* 'E. Libris Jac. Butler.'
![[Campbell] A Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland, in a Series of Letters to John Watkinson, M.D. 8vo D. 1778. First](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/147f0323-8040-4606-cb2e-547752ca52cb/468x382.jpg)
![India: Medley (Julius Geo.) A Year's Campaigning in India [Mutiny], 8vo L. 1858. First Edn., litho port frontis, & 4 fold. pl](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/a6560ddd-4880-47a5-abff-836f87630360/468x382.jpg)
India: Medley (Julius Geo.) A Year's Campaigning in India [Mutiny], 8vo L. 1858. First Edn., litho port frontis, & 4 fold. plans & maps, adverts at end, cloth; Kelly (W.R.) Curiosities of Indo-European Tradition and Folk-lore, L. 1863, First, cloth; Sketches of India: Written by an Officer for Fire-Side Travellers at Home, 8vo L. 1824. Second, full purple mor. (3)
![Famous Co. Offaly Entomologist[Ward (Mrs. Mary)] A World of Wonders Revealed by The Microscope, A Book for Young Students sm.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/264d3f91-ee59-429d-deec-3edfbe66e2f7/468x382.jpg)
![Rare First Edition of Buffon[Duchesne (H.G.) & Macquer (P.J.)] Manuel du Naturaliste, Ouvrage Utile aux Voyageurs & a ceuxqui](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/3187618b-52f5-43c0-c6e7-858892fcb121/468x382.jpg)
Rare First Edition of Buffon[Duchesne (H.G.) & Macquer (P.J.)] Manuel du Naturaliste, Ouvrage Utile aux Voyageurs & a ceuxqui visitent les Cabinets d'Histoire Naturelle & de Curiosities. Dedicated to A.M. de Buffon. Sm. 8vo Paris 1770. First Edn., hf. title, L.S.s., cont mottled calf, triple fillet borders, tooled gilt spine in panels. (1)
A Substantial CollectionÓ Concheanainn, Pádraic A substantial archive of correspondence relating to Pádraic Ó Concheanainn, born in Aran, for many years Secretary of the Irish-language academic publishers An Clóchomhar, including:-Nic Phiarais, Maighréad [Margaret Mary Pearse], a thank-you note and card from St. Enda's, 1955;-Ó Cadhain, Máirtín, an ALS (2 pp) enquiring about some details of the Irish dialect of Aran, March 1945; -O'Nolan, Brian, a typed note signed 'Myles na gCop.' thanking him for a subscription of £1 for 'Ciste Mhic Grianna' [a collection for the writer Seosamh Mac Grianna], 1.4.49;-A few typescript copy letters apparently from his uncle Tomás Ó Concheanainn, first organiser of the Gaelic League, in Galway -a bundle of correspondence from and relating to Dónall Mac Amhlaigh, author of 'Dialann Deoraí', including some letters from Valentin Iremonger about his translation to English;-and some hundreds of pages of correspondence and documents relating to An Clóchomhar, from writers including Gearóid Mac an Bhua [Gerald Victory], Seán O Tuama, Mícheál Ó Gaoithín (son of Peig Sayers), Frank O'Brien, Breandan Ó Buachalla, Padraic Óg Ó Conaire, and many others, also letters about publication grants, An Club Leabhar, Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge, etc.An interesting archive, in need of sorting but including some useful material, in a box file. As m/ss, w.a.f. (1)
In Fine Irish Bindingde Fontenelle (M.) Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds, 12mo D. (for Peter Wilson) 1761. First Dublin Edn., 4 fold. plts. complete, XX, 226 [6]pp, marble ends, cont. tree calf, roll tooled gilt borders, spine gilt in panels, flowers, urns, scrolls etc. mor label. In v. fine condition. Rare. (1)
![Original WatercolourYeats (Jack Butler) RHA [1881-1957] The original ink and watercolour design for the cover of his 'Appari](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/3f068d68-8eea-469b-e184-465b7096b7b9/468x382.jpg)
Original WatercolourYeats (Jack Butler) RHA [1881-1957] The original ink and watercolour design for the cover of his 'Apparitions' [plays], showing a drummer boy with the Spirit of the Winds blowing on him from on high, signed with his monogram lower right. 11" x 7", framed and glazed, in excellent condition.With a copy of the published work, "Apparitions," Cape 1933, first edition, in the illustrated wrapper. [The wrapper is apparently printed in monochrome only, omitting the coloured highlights in the original]. A rare pair. (2)
![[Stevens (Capt.)] Monasticon Hibernicum, Or, The Monastical History of Ireland. 8vo L. 1722. First Edn. fold. Map of Ireland,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/28c556e6-72eb-4791-877e-b2480b95e868/468x382.jpg)
Scarce Galway AuthorMartin (Francis) Scutum Fidei Contra Haereses Hodiernas; seu Tillotsonianae Concionis sub Titulo: Strena Oppertuna Contea Papismum, Refutatio; 8vo Louvain 1714. First Edn., 223pp; Bound with, Acta Ecclesiae Mechlininsis Anni M.D.C.C. circa Bullam Unigenitus, 8vo Brussels [1719] First Edn., [8] 152pp in cont. mottled calf, tooled gilt spine in panels, raised bands, mor. label. V. good Scarce. (1)
De Burgo (Thomas) Bishop of Ossory Hibernia Dominicana, Sive Historia Provinciae Hiberniae Ordinis Praedicatorum... 4to Cologne [Kilkenny?] 1762. First Edn., Title inscribed "Ex Libris Robert Laffan," list of subscribers, lacks as does most copies, pages 137 - 144, orig. sheep, spine worn. Rare. (1)
In Attractive BindingsPeriodical: Vigors (Col. P.D.) Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead, Ireland, Vols. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9. Together with Index Volume 1888 - 1909. Together 8 vols. 8vo D. 1892 - 1916. First Edns., profusely illustrated thro-out, in recent fine crushed green mor., raised bands, gilt lettered spines. As a periodical, w.a.f. A very attractive collection of this scarce periodical. (8)
Inscribed Presentation CopySomerville (E.O.E.) & Ross (Martin) The Real Charlotte, 3 vols. 8vo L. (Ward & Downey) 1894. First Edn., 3 hf. titles, one or two gatherings beginning to loosen. Vol. I IV + 236pp; Vol. II IV, + 272; Vol. III, IV + 268pp, floral decorated end papers, orig. scarlet cloth, blind fillet type borders, indented monogram on back covers, gilt lettered spines, faded. V. Scarce. (3)* Presentation Copy, inscribed 'Hildegarde from E.O.E., August 1: 94:' on all hf. titles.
Von Hohnel (Lt. Ludwig) Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie, A Narrative of Count Samuel Telekis Exploring & Hunting Expedition in Eastern Equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888. 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1894. First English Edn. 2 hf. titles, port. & map frontis, & 2 fold. maps numerous text illus., unopened thro-out, L.S.s, orig. cloth gilt decor. Good. (2)
Important Early Photograph Album of Irish & Other Military FiguresCo. Cork: Military Interest: Album (28cms x 39cms) in fine original green leather binding with blind and gold tooling. 48 ff (several blank). The owner was R. Roberts of the 9th Regiment and the album contains a large number of photos of officers in the regiment, some singly and some in groups, and also of the regimental sergeants and of officers in other regiments. They are captioned and one is dated 1864. The album also includes photos of famous paintings and sculptures, topographical views (Kilkenny, Cork, Malta, Venice, Gibraltar, Corfu, Pembroke Dock), and of men and women in costumes, including an attractive photograph of Mrs Jane D'Esterre Hill, presumably taken soon after her marriage in 1866 at age 22. There are also coloured cut-outs of French military uniforms.The 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot fought in battles of the First Afghan and Sikh Wars, 1841-1846, and there is a photo of a monument to soldiers who fell in those actions.Many early photograph albums have no captions; this one clearly identifies the officers of a particular regiment in the 1860s and thus forms an important document of the period, in a contemporary full green and tooled décor mor. As an Album. (1)
![A Magnificent Complete CopyCo. Kilkenny: [Tighe (Wm.)] Statistical Observations... relative to the County of Kilkenny made in](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/6d697e8a-d9fd-49a4-e3d5-8a55ee2490c9/468x382.jpg)
A Magnificent Complete CopyCo. Kilkenny: [Tighe (Wm.)] Statistical Observations... relative to the County of Kilkenny made in the Years 1800 & 1801 [Dublin Society]. Thick 8vo D. 1802. First Edn. v. lg. hand cold. Map of County & 10 plts. (some fold. & some sepia) plus fold. tables, complete. In sprinkled calf, raised bands, mor. labels. A magnificent Copy. (1)
Juvenalia: Lang (Andrew)ed. The Violet Fairy Book, L. 1901. First Edn., illus. by H.J. Ford, cold. frontis., pict. gilt decor cloth; The Diamond Fairy Book, 8vo L. n.d. Illus by H.R. Millar, frontis etc., orig. gilt decor. wine cloth; Burnett (Mrs. F.H.) The One I knew best of All, roy 8vo L. 1893. First Edn., frontis & other illus. by Reginald Birch, fine gilt decor pict. cloth. All good. (3)
Young (R.M.) Historical Notices of Old Belfast and its Vicinity, 4to Belfast (Marcus Ward) 1896. First Edn., cold. frontis dbl. page map, plts. illus. etc., Orig. cloth, gilt; Stuart (J.) Historical Memoirs of the City of Armagh, 4to D. 1900. New Edn., port. frontis maps & illus. cloth. Both V. good. (2)
![["Nemo" pseudo] A Brief Record of the Female Orphan House, North Circular Road, Dublin .. from 1790 to 1892, 8vo D. 1893, Fir](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/85667294-21fb-4c4c-d9d4-955672b6a05d/468x382.jpg)
Brendan Behan's Most Famous StoryOriginal Typescript of "The Confirmation Suit" Behan (Brendan) Ten typescript pages comprising an early version of Behan's short story A Coat for Confirmation by Brendan Behan which was later published as The Confirmation Suit in The Standard (1953). Regarded as Behan's outstanding short story, A Coat for Confirmation is the poignant description of a young boy's dilemma when presented with his confirmation suit made by a Miss Mc Cann. This typescript is autographed by Behan on the first page, with corrections in his hand throughout. (1)Provenance: Collection of Micheál Ó hAodha
![Rare Complete SetYeats, (W.B.)ed. Samhain. [An Annual Review] Edited for the Irish Literary Theatre by W.B. Yeats, numbers](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/95496f51-6f37-4050-abc7-11c4da9660e1/468x382.jpg)
Rare Complete SetYeats, (W.B.)ed. Samhain. [An Annual Review] Edited for the Irish Literary Theatre by W.B. Yeats, numbers dated October 1901, October 1902, September 1903, December 1904, November 1905, December 1906, November 1908, the complete set of seven, sm qto brown wrs, stitched. Some wrappers worn and chipped or loose, o.w.v.g. Includes regular articles on theatre affairs by Yeats himself, also contributions by Douglas Hyde (original plays), Lady Gregory, AE, J.M. Synge (first publication of 'Riders to the Sea' and 'In the Shadow of the Glen'), etc. etc. . An essential guide to the work of the Abbey Theatre in the years of its glory. Complete original sets are now very scarce. (1)
![With Bewick type Wd.-Cuts[Walton (Izaak)] Cotton (Charles) Scarronidas, or, Virgil Travestie, A mock Poem of the 1st & 4th Bo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e91816df-556e-4bc6-906a-a6c700f8fac3/dc916c92-520f-4ec1-96af-af6b5b4306dd/468x382.jpg)
With Bewick type Wd.-Cuts[Walton (Izaak)] Cotton (Charles) Scarronidas, or, Virgil Travestie, A mock Poem of the 1st & 4th Books of Virgil's Aeneis in English Burlesque. 12mo L. (J. Galton) 1804. Thirteenth Edn. & wd. cut frontis & 3 plts. uncut, partly unopened, recent paper boards, orig. paste-down ends. Scarce. (1)* First Published in 1664.
Milner (Rev. J.) An Inquiry into Certain Vulgar Opinions concerning The Catholic Inhabitants and the Antiquities of Ireland, L. 1868. First, cont. hf. calf; Usher (Dr. J. ) A Discourse on the Religious anciently professed by the Irish and British, D. 1815, hf. cloth; Clowry (Rev. W.) Controversial Letters in reply to Rev. Mr. Daly, Rev. Dr. Singer etc., to which are added The Letters Signed B.E., D. 1827, L.S. on t.p., boards. (3)
State of Ireland: A Full and Authentic Report of All the Debates that have taken place on the Irish Tithe Question, 8vo D. 1833. First Edn., L.S. on title; The Evidence Taken before The Select Committees ... in the Sessions of 1824 and 1825, to inquire into The State of Ireland, 8vo L. 1825. First Edn., both uncut, orig. boards, worn. (2)
Yeats (W.B.) Reveries over Childhood and Youth, N.Y. 1916. First American Edn., illus., cloth backed pict. boards; Bickerdyke (J.) Wild Sports in Ireland, L. 1897. First, illus.; Laurie & Whittle A New Map of Ireland, L. 1808, fold. map, linen backed hd. cold. map; & another fold. 3rd Cavalry Brigade Training Map Ireland, As a lot. (4)
Rare First EditionSigned Presentation Copy from Both AuthorsSomerville (E.O.E.) & Ross (Martin) Naboth's Vineyard, A Novel. 8vo L. 1891. First Edn., Hf. title, VI, 280pp, dark red cloth, decorated borders, gilt lettered. V. good Very Rare. (1)* Presented to Edith's sister Hildegarde, August 1, 1895, & signed with initials by both authors.
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