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Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers
Lot 1049

Fishing:  Malone (E.J.) Irish Trout and Salmon Flies, 1984; also Tying Flies in the Irish Style, Trout and Sea-Trout Pattern. roy 8vo Otley (Smith Settle) 2000. Signed Pres. Copy; Waltham (James) Sea Trout Flies, Lond. 1988; O'Reilly (Peter) Trout & Salmon Rivers of Ireland, An Angler's Guide, 1993 Second Edn.; Bailey (John) Fly Fishing in Ireland, 4to Dublin 2003; Bates (J.D.) The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly, lg. 4to 1990; Frodin (Mikael) Classic Salmon Flies, History & Patterns, folio 1991; & 1 other. all orig. pict. d.w.'s. V. good. (8)

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Lot 1052

The Lindisfarne Gospels [Illustrated Volumes] Evangeliorum Quattuor, Codex Lindisfarenis, 2 vols., Ottent Lausanne (Urs Graf) 1956 - 59, sm. folio, No. 600 (680) Copies, Facsimile Edition, 34 tipped in colour plts., and various other monochrome plts., Vol. 1 in full blind decorated vellum, & Volume 2, hf. vellum, oatmeal cloth boards, paper wrappers, and original card boxes as issued. (2) * A fine facsimile Copy of one of the most significant books from Anglo-Saxon England.

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Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers
Lot 1053

The Book of Durrow: Evangeliorum Quattuor Codex Durmachensis, 2 vols. folio Olten, Lausanne, and Freiburg (Urs Graf-Verlag) 1960. No. 373 of Lim. Edition, 650 Copies Only. Numerous coloured & other plts. Volume of illustrations, in orig. blind stamp tan mor. in Celtic design, text volume in orig. tan mor. backed boards, spines uniformly titled in green, orig. plain dust wrappers, & in publisher's box. V. good set. (2)

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Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers
Lot 1054

[Duft (J.) & Meyer (Peter)] The Irish Miniatures in the Abbey Library of St. Gall, Folio Olten, Berne & Lasuanne 1954. Lim. Edn. 172 (600) Copies, 19 cold. plts., orig. full calf, with blind Celtic design, good in orig. slip case. (1)

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Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers
Lot 1055

Crotch (Wm.) Specimens of Various Styles of Music Referred to in A Course of Lectures Read at Oxford and London and Adapted to Keyed Instruments, Folio 2 vols. in One, Lond. c. 1808, First Edn.,? recent hf. tan calf, tooled gilt spine, mor. labels. V. good copy. Rare. (1)

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Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers
Lot 1056

Irish Music:  Moffat (A.) The Minstrelsy of Ireland, 200 Irish Songs. Folio Lond. n.d. [1897] Second Edn., attractive gilt decor. cloth harp & shamrocks; Balfe (M.W.) Moores Irish Melodies, folio Lond & N.Y. n.d. cloth; Stanford (C. Villiers) Songs of Erin, folio Lond. (Boosey & Co.) 1929, recent cloth; Moloney (Colette) The Irish Music Manuscripts of Edward Bunting (1773-1843) An Introduction and Catalogue. Folio Dublin 2000. First Edn., illus. pict. boards. (4)

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Lot 1058

One of 200 Signed Copies Pinter (Harold) & Cohen (H.) illus., The Home Coming, folio, L. (Karnac Curwen) 1968, Signed Limited Edn., No. 177 (200) Copies, illus., green decor cloth, matching slipcase. (1)

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Lot 1059

T.C.D. Catalogue: [Todd (J.H.) & others] Editors, Catalogus Librorum Impressorum qui in Bibliotheca Collegii Sacrosanctae et Individuae Trinitatis, Reginar Elizabethae Juxta Dublin, Adservantur, 8vols. plus Supplement. Together 9 vols. lg. folio Dublin (E. Typographeo Academico) 1864-1887. All orig. full cloth. V. clean set. (9)

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Lot 106

Limited Edition Coloured Plates: Millais (J.G.) The Natural History of British Game Birds, Folio Lond. 1909. First Edn., Limited No. 233 of 550 Copies. 18 lg. cold. plts. & 17 lg. bl. & white plts., in brown buckram backed cloth boards. (1) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate

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Lot 1061

Large Volumes: Horner (Arnold) Mapping Offaly in the Early Nineteenth Century, lg. sq. folio Bray 2006; Thomas Ryan Oil Paintings, lg. sq. folio 2009. First Edn., Signed by Artist to Gerry Lyne; Laffan (Wm.)ed. Painting Ireland Topographical Views from Glin Castle, lg. sq. folio Tralee 2006. Pres. Copy to Gerry Lyne; Maher (L.S.) & Conor Brady, Ceád Bliain Faoi Rath - The Story of Cistercian College, Roscrea, 1905-2005, folio 2005 Delamer (Ida) 500 Years of Irish Silver, folio D. 2005. Pres. Copy to Gerry Lyne; & 3 others, as a lot. (8)

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Lot 1062

Photographs & Postcards:  H.R.H. The Duchess of Connaught. A large oblong folio Photograph Album, containing some scarce interior and other photographs of The Palace, Malta, Egypt House, Cowes, some ship portraits, and many photographs on board, during various cruises, photographs of Egypt and other ports of call, ships menus, some portraits, crew photographs, and some of Irish interest, many of big houses in England, mostly collected by Miss Anastasia Murphy who spent many years in the employment of The Duchess. Also two Albums of postcards, mostly addressed to Miss Murphy c/o H.R.M. The Duchess of Connacht, British Agency, The Palace, Malta. A very interesting collection. As photographs, etc., w.a.f. (3)

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Lot 1063

Signed Limited Edition of 150 Copies O'Broin (Liam) Dante Alighieri Inferno, folio, Belfast (Nicholson & Bass) 2021, Signed Limited Edn., No. 26 (150) Copies, illus., mor. backed red cloth, gilt lettering, matching slipcase. (1)

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Lot 107

Millais (John Guille) A Breath from the Veldt, folio Lond. (Henry Sotheran) 1895. First Edn., 13 etched type plts. (include frontis) vignette title, & 12 other plts., text illus., orig. pictorial white buckram. Good copy. (1) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate

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Lot 108

[Borlase (Ed.)] The History of the Execrable Irish Rebellion, Folio Lond. (Rob. Clavel) 1680. First Edn., red & bl. title, lg. fold. chart table, 327pp + 138pp recent re-cased hf. calf. (1)

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Lot 109

Laurence (John) A New System of Agriculture, Being a Complete Body of Husbandry and Gardening .., Folio Dublin (J. Hyde & E. Dobson) 1727. First Edn., engd. frontis wd.-cut headpieces, 2 engd. full page plts., title torn with loss, photocopy supplied, top rt. hand corner of first few pages damp stained lacks loose free blank ends. V. good cont. Irish panel calf. (1)

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Lot 110

O'Donovan (Donal) God's Architect - A Life of Raymond McGrath, folio Bray 1995. First Edn.,; McGrath (R.) & Frost (A.C.) Glass in Architecture and Decoration, folio Lond. 1961, New Edn., revised by Mc Grath, both illus. thro.-out, both orig. d.w. (2)

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Lot 111

Chaucer (Geoffrey) c. 1343-1400, The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geoffrey Chaucer, Newly Printed, folio, London (Adam Islip) 1602; B.L. Second Speght Edition, woodcut title border (lacks frontis), first 13 leaves & 7 end leaves strengthened at edge, errata leaf at end damaged & relined, engd. armorial shield, woodcut initials throughout, recent hf. calf marble boards, mor. label. (1) Ref: Pforzheimer 178 STC (2nd Edn.) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate

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Lot 112

1851 Census of Ireland Report on the Status of Disease - Part III (Census of Ireland for the Year 1851), folio, D. (A. Thom) 1854, recent cloth. (1) * Reporting on the various people sick at home, in prison, workhouses and asylums around Ireland shortly after the famine years.

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Lot 115

O.P.W.: Archaeological Inventories, of County Carlow, 1993; County Laois, 1995; County Wexford, 1996; and County Wicklow, 1997. Together 4 vols. folio Dublin 1993-1997. Maps, plans & illus. in all, orig. pict. d.w.'s. (4)

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Lot 116

Johnston (Robert) Historia Rerum Britannicarum, Ut et Multarum Gallicarum, Belgicarum, & Germanicarum, tam Politicarum, quam Ecclesiasticarum ab anno 1572, ad Annum 1628. Folio Amsterdam (Joannis Ravesteynii) 1655, Wd. cut heads & tails, orig. blind stamped vellum, spine dam. (1)

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Lot 119

Robertson (James George) Antiquities and Scenery of the County of Kilkenny, oblong folio Kilkenny (Boethuis Press) 1983. Limited Edn. of 585 Copies, full page plts. & other illus., hf. cloth, mor. label on marble boards. (1)

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Lot 201

Rare Travel Book by Irishman ! Lynch (T.K.) A Visit to the Suez Canal, Sm. folio L. (Day & Son, Lithographers) 1866. First Edn., add. litho title, fold. map & 9 litho plts., some text illus., 72pp orig. blind decorated cloth boards, gilt lettered on front & spine, v. good clean copy. (1) * Rare early travel to the New Suez Canal by an Irishman, from Co. Mayo?

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Lot 205

Photos of Tasmania, etc. 19th Century Photograph Album: Dunlop (Dr. James) Album oblong folio containing some interesting full page photos of Hobart, Port Arthur, Launceston, 12 photos, & two smaller ditto of Mt. Edgecombe, also photos of Keswick in England, Plymouth (by W. Heath) Furness Abbey, etc., & some photos of Ireland by R. Welsh, J. Valentine, together approx. 38 photos cont. hf. mor. As an Album, w.a.f. (1)  * By descent from Dr. Dunlop, who travelled as a fleet surgeon/doctor late 19th Century.

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Lot 206

With Fine Litho Plates Tenison (Lady Louisa) Castile and Andalucía, sm. folio Lond. (Rich. Bentley) 1853. First Edn.,  hf. title, fold. panoramic frontis view, & 23 attractive litho plates, a.e.g., unusual orig. mor. backed, & gilt decor. crimson cloth. A very clean copy. (1) * Co. Roscommon. The author was the wife of Lt. Cold. Edward King-Tenison, and lived at Kilronan Castle, Co. Roscommon. She enlarged the castle with her husband, during her stay, and dismissed the architect Sir Thomas Newenham-Deane after a disagreement over cost overruns.

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Lot 209

With Fine Coloured Plates Binding: Gray (Thomas) An Elegy written in a Country Churchyard, Sm. folio Lond. (Sampson Low, Son, and Marston) 1869. Cold. frontis, title with vignette portrait, 15 full page cold. plts., fac-simile of manuscript, a.e.g., in fine full block tooled mor. profusely gilt. V. good copy.  (1)

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Lot 214

With Fine Hand-coloured Plates Brackenbury (George) The Campaign in the Crimea: An Historical Sketch, First Edn., a few spots, Second Series. Sm. folio L. 1856. Add. cold. litho title, & 40 fine hd. cold. plts., a few spots, a.e.g., orig. red cloth, profusely gilt after M. Digby Wyatt. Good. (1)

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Lot 219

Astronomy: Copeland (Ralph) & Dreyer (J.L.E.) editors, Copernicus, An International Journal of Astronomy, Vols. I, II, & III together 3 vols. in one, sm. folio Dublin (Alex Thom & Co.) 1881 - 1884, First Edns, 16 plts. (some fold.) cont. hf. mor. upr. cover loose. As a periodical. (1) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate

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Lot 222

In Fine Binding & With Royal Connection   Manuscript: Green (E.) Chronology and Geography by E. Green, Folio manuscript, written in copper plate hand, with diagrams (some in colour) statistical tables etc., c. 71pp. No date but c. 1800. In cont. full calf, attractive large gilt borders, raised bands, spine tooled gilt in panels, & red mor. gilt lettered label on front cover. As a m/ss., w.a.f. Page One reads: “This Book of Chronology and Geography began October 26th and finished June 20th following [year not stated; early 19c?] by Elizabeth Green aged 12 years and 9 months. Papworth Master.” The text, comprising neatly written notes and illustrated with diagrams (some in colour) and statistical tables, is an astonishingly accomplished work for a twelve-year-old girl. Note on t.p.: “Maud Messel. Given me by John Maxwell Lyte with very many happy returns for your birthday August 5th, 1945.” Accompanying letter by the donor comments on the “shocking” results of the recent general election and hopes she will enjoy her curious present. Lyte was a son of the prolific historian and archivist Henry Maxwell Lyte. Maud Messel (1875-1960) was the wife of Leopold Messel of Nymans in Sussex, which they transformed together into one of the great gardens of England. Their daughter Anne married successively Robert Armstrong-Jones and the 6th Earl of Rosse; she was the mother of Antony Armstrong Jones, Earl of Snowdon (Husband of Princess Margaret) and of the 7th Earl of Rosse. A charming memento, with Provenance to Nymans and to Birr Castle. Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate

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Lot 224

Privately Printed - Extremely Scarce Co.Mayo: Anon. A Lay of Ashford [Castle], Oblong folio n.d., n.p. no author, c. 1855. Sole Edn., decor. title & 23 full page plts., illustrated in the comic style of Edward Lear, with views of the house before re-building & extensions, detailing a house party & enjoying the lake and grounds. A.e.g., orig. gilt decor. green cloth. (1) * Pres. Copy, title inscribed, 'Anni Emily to her Godmother,' possibly members of the Guinness family.

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Lot 227

Inscribed Subscribers Copy Armagh Printing: King (Robert) A Memoir Introductory to the Early History of the Primacy of Armagh, sm. folio, Armagh (J. Thompson) 1854, Second Edn., (subscribers only) Signed  'To - The Venerable the Archaeon of Armagh from the author in token of respect esteem Oct. 4th, 1856,' marbled end paper, decor cloth, rebacked, gilt lettered front cover. Good copy. (1)

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Lot 237

Fine Set of Illustrated Volumes by H. Thompson [Hugh Thompson]Illustrator. A set of 10 volumes as follows: 1. Goldsmith (O.) The Vicar of Wakefield, preface by A. Dobson. Sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1890. 2. Gaskell (Mrs.) Cranford, sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1891. 3. The Spectator, Reprint, Days with Sir Roger de Coverley, sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1892 4. Dobson (Austin) The Ballad of Beau Brocade, sm. folio Lond. (Kegan, Paul French Trubner & Co.) 1892. Lim. Edn. No. 260 of 450 Copies Only. L.P. 5. Hood (T.) Humorous Poems,  sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1893. Lim. Edn. 250 on Large Paper. 6. Mitford (M. Russell) Our Village, sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1893. Lim. Edn. 470 Copies on Large Paper.  7. Jacobs (Joseph)ed. The Fables of Aesop, sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1894. Illus. by Rich. Heighway. Lim. Edn. 100 Copies only on Large Paper. 8. Various Sources -  Coridon's Song and other Verses, sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1894. 9. Sheridan (Rich. Brinsley) The School for Scandal and The Rivals, sm. folio Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1896.  10. Reade (Chas.)  Peg Woffington, sm. folio Lond. (Geo. Allan) 1899. Lim. Edn. 200 Copies Only on Large Paper.  Together 10 volumes, all but one illustrated by Hugh Thompson, all uncut, mostly unopened, marble ends and fine uniform cont. hf. dark blue mor. bindings, marble sides by Zaensdorf, spines in overlaid now in 3 marbled slip cases, flowers in red mor. panels. V. good. (10)

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Lot 238

The Atlantic Cable Russell (W.H.) The Atlantic Cable, Illustrated by Robert Dudley. Lg. atlas folio Lond. (Day & Son) n.d. Large Paper Copy, cold litho title, & 25 full page cold. litho plts. (Include chart) some edges frayed a little, rebound lg. crimson mor. with orig. gilt decor. cloth cover from smaller edition. (1)

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Lot 240

With Attractive Plates Bury (Lady Charlotte) The Three Great Sanctuaries of Tuscany, Valombrosa, Camaldoli, Laverna: A Poem, Oblong folio Lond. (J. Murray) 1833, First Edn., full page engd. add. title, engd. port. list of subscribers, & 6 lg. full page sepia prints, orig. full cont. cloth, mor. label. (1) * Lady Charlotte Bury, was the mother Harriet Bury, Countess of Charleville, Co. Offaly.

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Lot 243

Co. Tipperary: Manuscripts:  District Nursing Association, Two folio Minute Books, 1917 - 1933 and 1933 - 1951. Approx. 250pp between both outlining in great detail, every aspect of the workings of the Association, it gives lists of the members and different officers over the period, it lists the manner of fund raising, it lists some of the recipients of the service, it contains printed flyers tipped in, some letters loosely inserted, all minutes are Signed, mostly by members of the 'Big' houses in the area. A wonderful social record, needs further study. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (2)

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Lot 245

Atlas:  Ostell's New General Atlas, Containing Distinct Maps of All the Principal States and Kingdoms throughout the World. Folio Lond. (Cradock & Co.) n.d. New Edn. 30 full page maps, all finely hand coloured in outline, orig. marble boards, recent professional rebind in hf. calf, orig. mor. label. Good. (1)

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Lot 246

Lloyd (W.) Lloyd's Sketches of Indian Life, folio L. (Chapman & Hall) 1890, 18 full page colour plates, orig. cloth backed pict. boards. (1)

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Lot 249

Palladio - Andrea Palladio's Architecture in Four Books, Containing a Dissertation on the Five Orders of ye most Necessary Observations relating to all kinds of Building ... Carefully Revis.'d and Redelineated. Folio Lond. (for Benj. Cole, engraver .. & John Wilcox) 1736. Engd. title dam. & relined, dedit. damp stained & relined, 'The Author to the Reader.' pp [1] - VI, & page [7] - 44, water stained in lower margin, & 213 engd. plts, some fold., & some relined at end of vol., some staining, recent hf. mor. mor. label. S.N.S.R. (1) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate

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Lot 251

Fine Hand-Coloured Plates: [Dalvimart (Octavien)] The Costume of Turkey, ... with Descriptions in English and French, Folio Lond. (for Wm. Miller by Wm. Bulmer) 1804. First Edn., engd. cold. vignette title & add. bl. & white title, & 60 full page hd. cold. plts. (include frontis) a.e.g., full crimson mor. with large blind & gilt tooled borders. V. good. (1) * Bookplate of Michael, Earl of Rosse Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 252

Fine Hand Coloured Plates: [Miller (Wm.)] The Costume of the Russian Empire, .. with Descriptions in English and French. Folio Lond. (For Wm. Miller .. by Wm. Bulmer) 1804. First Edn., 2 titles, in English & French, 73 full page hd. cold. plts., a.e.g., full crimson mor. with large blind & gilt tooled borders. V. good. (1) * Bookplate of Michael, Earl of Rosse. Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 253

Fine Hand Coloured Plates:  de Moleville (M. Bertrand) The Costume of the Hereditary States of The House of Austria,... Trans. by R.C. Dallas. Folio Lond. (for Wm. Miller .. by Wm. Bulmer & Co.) 1804. First Edn., 50 full page hand coloured plates (include frontis), a.e.g., full crimson mor., with lg. blind & gilt tooled borders. V. good.  'Bookplate of Michael, Earl of Rosse'. (1) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 254

Engraved French Plates: de Poilly (N.) Chateau de Versailles Sous Louis XIII, 1610 - 1643, Oblong folio 14 engd. plts. by de Poilly mostly, each mounted on 18th Century leaves, and in 18th Century hf. vellum Album. As a coll., w.a.f. (1) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate

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Lot 255

Hale (Thomas) A Compleat Body of Husbandry, .. The Whole Business of the Farmer, and Country Gentleman, in Cultivating, Planting and Stocking of Land. Lg. folio Lond. (For T. Osborne and J. Shipton..) 1756. First Edn., engd. frontis & 13 full page plts., orig. calf, dble gilt fillet borders, raised bands, mor. label, joints cracked, a very clean copy. (1)

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Lot 256

With Coloured Plates Doyle (Richard) illus. & Allingham (Wm.) In Fairyland, A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World. Lg. folio Attractive Reprint of the 1870 Edn. Tokyo 1981. Cold. plts., cloth & slipcase. (1)

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Lot 257

With 50 Coloured Plates Westwood (J.O.) Palaeographic Sacra Pictoria: Being a Series of Illustrations of The Ancient Versions of the Bible, Copied from Illuminated Manuscripts, executed between the Fourth and Sixteenth Centuries. Folio Lond. (Wm. Smith) 1843-1845. Colour hf. title, & 50 full page colour plates, t.e.g., cont. strongly bound hf. crimson mor. by J. Wright. (1) * A Section on Irish Manuscripts, and includes colour plates from The Book of Kells, & other Irish Manuscripts.

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Lot 259

Irish Country Houses: Blake (Tarquin) Abandoned Mansions of Ireland, 2 vols. folio Cork 2010-2012; Hicks (D.) Irish Country Houses Portraits & Painters, folio Cork 2014; Knight of Glin & James Peill, The Irish Country House, folio Lond. 2010; Stoeltie (B. & René) Living in Ireland, folio 2002; Pfeiffer (W.) & Heron (M.) In the Houses of Ireland, folio N. York 1988. V. good. (6)

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Lot 260

Ware (James) The Antiquities and History of Ireland, sm. folio D. (A. Crook) 1705, First Edn. Thus., Portrait frontis, single page map, red & bl. title, dedit. To The Duke of Ormonde, list of subscribers, recent hf. tooled green leather marble boards, decor. spine mor. label. (1)

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Lot 262

Trials:  The Tryals of Robert Green, Henry Berry, and Lawrence Hill, for the Murder of Sr. Edmond-Bury Godfrey, Knt.,... in the County of Middlesex, ... Monday the 10th of February 1678/9. Folio Lond. (for Rob. Pawlet) 1679. First Edn., license leaf at front, 92pps some damp stains, recent mor. backed boards. (1)

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Lot 263

Irish Visitors Book:  An oblong folio Irish Visitors Book, for c. 1890-1910, for County Waterford? With hundred of signatures, the majority women, principally, Villiers Stuart, Edith Gordon, Dottie Tottenham, Emily F. Beresford, Gertrude Stopford, Nesta & other Fitzgeralds of Kilkea Castle, Frances Doyne, Clare M. Wingfield of Powerscourt, Beatrice Lloyd, Gertrude Parsons, Harriet Paley, Maggie Tollemarche, Lucy Greenlea, Mabel Gaisford, Clodagh Anson, Eleanor Bruen, Dunsany, and many many more. It also contains some orig. photos. of Shelton Abbey, Kilkea Castle, Powerscourt, Heywood, Co. Leix, etc. some orig. drawings, newscuttings etc. Cont. hf. mor. upper cover Signed  'Meriel,' and detached. As an album, w.a.f. (1)

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Lot 265

Irish Bindings: McDonnell (Joseph) & Healy (Patrick) Gold Tooled Book Bindings Commissioned by Trinity College Dublin in the Eighteenth Century, Folio Dublin (Irish Georgian Society) 1987. First Edn., fine cold. & bl. & white plts.; also McDonnell (Joe) Five Hundred Years of the Art of the Book, lg. 4to Dublin (Nat. Library of Ireland) 1997. First Edn., cold. & bl. & white plts. thro.-out, both cloth & pict. d.w.'s V. good. (2)

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Lot 266

Young (R.M.) & Pike (W.T.)ed. Belfast and The Province of Ulster in the 20th Century, folio, Brighton (Pike & Co.) 1909, First Edn., inserted loosely with promotional material and letter from Pike, illustrated gilt decorated leather backed cream cloth. V. good copy; Gaskell (Ernest) Ulster Leaders Social & Political, 4to, L. (Queenhithe Printing) 1914, First Edn., illus., hf. mor. gilt lettered cloth (worn). (2)

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Lot 268

Photographs:  An oblong folio Photograph Album, c. 1875 with 10 large photos c. 20cms x 27cms (8" x 10 1/2"), of a Lord Lucan's? House in Co. Mayo. In full décor. green mor., with front cover gilt lettered with The 'Old House at Home,' As an album, w.a.f. (1)

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Lot 359

Engraved Plates:  Ritchie (Leitch) Ireland Picturesque and Romantic, 2 vols. sm. folio Lond. 1837 & 1838, 2 add engd. titles, & 37 engd. plts. (include frontis), a.e.g., cont. decor. full green suede. (2)

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Lot 368

Belfast interest:  Municipal Affairs of the Borough of Belfast, Ireland, Report of the Commissioners, folio Dublin (Thom) 1859. three lg. fold. hd. cold. maps, orig. hf. mor. recent buckram backed spine; City of Belfast, Minutes of Evidence taken before Special Committee appointed on August 1st, 1896, to Consider and Report upon the High Death Rate of Belfast, & The Condition of the Public Health of the City, 4to (W. & G. Baird) 1896. Cont. full gilt lettered mor. As a lot, w.a.f. (2)

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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 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 383

Heaney (Seamus) Poems and a Memoir,  & illus. Henry Pearson, intro. Thomas Flanagan, NY 1982, Lim. Edns. Club, Lim. Edn. No. 1309, Signed at rear by Heaney, Pearson & Flanagan, folio, orig. reversed calf with Celtic design (Sl. marked), slipcase, v.g. (1)

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Lot 387

Astronomy: Rosse (The Rt. Hon. The Earl of,) 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.  Sm. folio Dublin (Royal Dublin Society) 1880. 6 full page plts., text illus. 178 + V pp Appendix, orig. hf. calf, gilt lined spine. V. Good. (1) * From The Scientific Transaction of the Royal Dublin Society, Vol. 2, Series II. 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 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 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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