101. [Luckombe, Philip / Smith, Charles].

Luxury Reprint of “The Compleat Irish Traveller” [With high quality Reproductions of the 31 original Plates of detailed Maps of County Cork in the 18th century, County Kerry in the 18th century and Waterford in the 18th century, as well as some of the earliest engravings of Irish Towns here for the first time reproduced as beautiful Artworks for framing and housed in a special, handmade Folder. The publication was just recently enlarged with a detailed, Topographical Index (July 2023)]. Complete Title: “The Compleat Irish Traveller, containing A general Description of the most Noted Cities, Towns, Seats, Buildings, Loughs &c. in the Kingdom of Ireland, Interspersed with Observations on the Manners, Customs, Antiquities, Curiosities and Natural History of that Country. With Elegant Copper Plates”. [With 31 original Plates after Charles Smith, including Frontispiece, this Reprint / Facsimile is the result of 10 years of research and purchase of three (3) original versions of the First Edition from the year 1788. The first Editions known to Inanna Rare Books all had different quantities of Plates and Maps included. This Reprint by Inanna Rare Books has been produced from an extremely clean version of the original and shows the most complete set of illustrations and XL-Size Maps and Artworks we could find in any of the original editions. The publication shows not only Maps of County Cork, County Kerry and County Waterford but also Views of Irish Cities and Towns in these Counties of the Province of Munster and besides the wonderful Historical Plan of Cork City this set also includes the very rare Plan of the “Grand Canal from Dublin to the River Shannon” (see detailed list of all the illustrations present at the end of this description)].

Luxury Limited-Edition-Reprint of the First Edition by Luckombe in 1788. Two Volumes plus extra Folder with 31 Plates reprinted as Artworks for framing. Skibbereen (County Cork), Inanna Rare Books Publishing, 1788. Octavo (13.5 cm x 21 cm). Pagination: Volume I: Frontispiece, engraved Titlepage, XXX, 189 pages plus recently published Index (July, 2023) / Volume II: Engraved Titlepage, 263 pages plus recently published Index (July, 2023). Plus large, bespoke made Folder with thirtyone (31) Reproductions of the Maps, Plans and Illustrations which usually were folded inside this publication and now for the first time have been liberated from the book and were published as the beautiful works of art they are. Textvolume: Volume I and II of the text bound in one beautiful half-leather-volume with gilt lettering on spine, bound in the style of the 18th century / Illustrations-Folder with 31 reprinted illustrations of Towns and Maps of Ireland but mainly of Munster, bound in bespoke made half-cloth with paper-covered boards and pasted Reprint of the original titlepage. Excellent, new condition. One of only 300 printed. [Inanna Rare Books – Reprint & Facsimile – Series].

102. Gilpin, William. [Castle-Freke Library Bookplates]

Collection of four Volumes (bound in two) by Gilpin – All from the historical library at Castle Freke (Castlefreke, West Cork / Ireland). The Volumes include: I. & II. Observations Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1776, on Several Parts of Great Britain; particularly the High-Lands of Scotland. [Second Edition, with an “Account of the Prints” bound to the rear] / III. Observations on the River Wye and several Parts of South Wales &c. relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty; Made in the summer of the Year 1770 (Third Edition). / IV. An Essay on Prints – [″The chief intention of the following work was to put the elegant amusement of collecting prints, on a more rational footing; by giving the unexperienced collector a few principles and cautions to assist him”] (Fourth Edition with the printed dedication “To the Honorable Horace Walpole in Deference to his Taste in the Polite Arts; and the Valuable Researches he has made to improve them; the following work is inscribed by his most obedient and very humble servant, William Gilpin”). [Volumes I & II with 40 original illustrations and vintage 18th century maps [correctly 39 illustrations and one table], for example of Loch Lomond and the Firth of Forth/ all illustrations are vintage mezzotint-plates].

Mixed Editions. Four Volumes (bound in two). London, Printed for R. Blamire, Strand, 1792. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: XI, [1], 221 pages with 24 mezzotints / Volume II: 195, XVI pages with 16 mezzotints and an “Account of the Prints” as well as “Translations of Latin Passages” / [Volume III]: [River Wye]: XVI, 152 pages with 16 (of 17) full – page mezzotints / [Volume IV]: [An Essay on Prints]: XIII, [3], 174 pages plus XI pages Index and 1 page Errata. Hardcover / Early 19th century quarter – morocco with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Both volumes bound in unison. Very good + condition with only minor signs of external wear. Pages 185 – 191 of Volume I with some stronger browning. Otherwise the interior very clean. All mezzotints in very good or even better condition. This is the original copy from the historical Castle-Freke Library in West Cork (Ireland), with two armorial bookplates to front and rear pastedown with the family’s motto ‘Pro Patria’. With two pages of manuscript annotations by a contemporary hand with a reference between the common name “Tarbet” in Scotland and a place-name in County Kerry in Ireland” (pages 13 of Volume II) / another entry is on page 12 of Volume II regarding the name-sake “Loch-Loung” for a Lake of ships in Scotland and Ireland.

103. [Homer] Lectius, Jacobus.

Poetae Graeci Veteres Carminis Heroici Scriptores, Qui Extant, Omnes / Homerus [Iliad and Odysseae Bilingual in Greek and Latin], Hesiodus, Orpheus, Callimachus, Aratus, Nicander, Theocritus, Moschus, Bion, Dionysus, Coluthus, Tryphiodorus, Musaeus, Theognis, Phocyclides, Pythagorae aurea carmina cum fragmentis alioru, Apollonius Rhodius, Oppianus, Cointus, Smyrnaeus, Nonni Dionysiaca. Apposita Est E Regione Latina Interpretatio. Nota item & variae lectiones margini adscriptae, Cura & recensione Iac. Lectii V.CL [Jacobi Lectii]. Accessit & Index verum & verborum locupletissimus. / [Dedication: “Illustrissimo et Potentissimo Principittera Ac D. Domino Mauritio Landgravio Hassiae, Comiti In Katzenelnbogen, Dietz, Zigenhaim [Ziegenhain], Nidda, &c. Domino suo Clementissimo].

[Bilingual Edition / Greek / Latin / Parallel text in Greek and Latin]. Avreliae Allobrogum [Genève/Geneva/Genf], Petrus De la Rouiere, 1606. Quarto (24 cm wide x 35 cm high). Titlepage (in red and black), [22 unnumbered pages of Dedicatio etc.], 739, 624, [46 unnumbered pages including Colophon] pages. Hardcover / Original 17th century full leather with original spine-label and embossed gilted supralibros to both boards. Binding firm and with only minor signs of wear. Interior with some minor browning. Overall in a very much very good+ condition. Wonderful bilingual edition of the classics, published still during Shakespeare’s lifetime.

104. [Homer] / Pope, Alexander [with William Broome and Elijah Fenton].

[Pope’s Homer in 20 Volumes complete] The Iliad of Homer / The Odyssey of Homer / [Stunning 18th century set of all 20 Volumes of Pope’s Works in their original, contemporary bindings with 26 full-page-engravings plus 1 large, folded Map of Greece, 1 large, folded illustration of the Battle of Troy, 1 folded illustration of Achilles Shield as well as 84 text-vignettes illustrating the Iliad and Odyssey / The engravings also include a frontispiece – portrait of Alexander Pope after a painting of Jean-Baptiste van Loo]. The set of Pope’s Homer is followed by “The Works of Pope – In Nine Volumes, Complete. With his last corrections, additions and Improvements: Together with the Commentary and Notes of his Editor”.

20 Volumes (complete set of Pope’s Homer and Pope’s Works). London, Charles Rivington / A.Millar and others, 1760 – 1766. Octavo (14 cm x 21 cm). Collation of Pope’s Homer and Pope’s Works follows here: Collation of Pope’s Homer: Volume One includes: an Essay on Homer by Pope, Book I and Book II of the Iliad with two Frontispiece – illustrations, CLI, 175 pages with five Text-Vignettes and one folded map of Greece [and “Phrygia” / Kingdom of Muska] / Volume Two includes: An Essay on Homer’s Battles, Book II – Book VII of the Iliad, 341 pages with five Text-Vignettes and with a stunning, folded map of Troy and the battlefield: “Troja cum Locis pertingentibus” / Volume Three includes: Book VIII to Book XII of the Iliad with ten Text-Vignettes on 304 pages / Volume Four includes: Book XIII to Book XVI of the Iliad with eight Text-Vignettes on 301 pages / Volume Five includes: Book XVII to Book XXI of the Iliad with ten Text-Vignettes and a stunning, folded engraving, showing the Shield of Achilles as described in Homer’s 18th Ilias, [added is a multi-page “Observation on the Shield of Achilles”], on 287 pages / Volume Six includes: Books XXII to Book XXIV of the Iliad with five Text-Vignettes, a two-page Epilogue for the Iliad by Alexander Pope [dated 1720], and “A Comparison between the Games of Homer and Virgil”, an “Index of Persons and Things”, “A Poetical Index to Homer’s Iliad”, an “Index of Arts and Sciences” with “a View of Homer’s Theology” [outlined in the Index are also Music, Geography, Physick, Military Art Astronomy, Architecture, Gymnastics, Agriculture and Rural Arts, Policy, Oratory etc.], on 212, [75], pages including the sectioning of Allegorical Fables in Homer, Allegorical and Fictitious Persons in Homer, The Marvellous or Supernatural Fictions in Homer, Characters of the Gods of Homer, as acting in the Physical or Moral capacities of those Deities [Jupiter, Juna, Apollo, Mars, Minerva, Venus, Neptune, Vulcan], Characters of the Heroes Achilles and Aeneas, Agamemnon, Ajax, Diomed, Hector, Idomeneus Menelaus, Nestor, Priam, Paris, Patroclus, Sarpedon, Ulysses and much more // Volume VII [being Volume One of The Odyssey]: Includes “A General View of the Epick [sic] Poem and of the Iliad and Odyssey, extracted from Bossu” and Book I to Book IV of the Odyssey with eight Text-Vignettes and some minor wormhole-damage decreasing from the titlepage to the end of the Volume, 240 pages / Volume VIII [being Volume Two of the Odyssey]: Includes Book V to Book IX of the Odyssey with nine Text-Vignettes on 272 pages / Volume IX [being Volume Three of the Odyssey]: Includes Book X to Book XIV of the Odyssey with nine Text-Vignettes on 316 pages / Volume X [being Volume Four of the Odyssey]: Includes Book XV to Book XIX of the Odyssey with eight Text-Vignettes on 277 pages with a faded dampstain to the core of the lower book-block / Volume XI [being Volume Five of the Odyssey]: Includes Book XX to Book XXIV of the Odyssey with an Epilogue [″Postscript”] by Alexander Pope, an Index to the Odyssey and an Addenda: “Homer’s Battle of the Frogs and Mice – by Mr.Archdeacon Parnel, corrected by Mr.Pope” with eight Text-Vignettes on 280, [20], 28 pages [one layer ever so slightly loosened, but still attached to the book-block// Collation of Pope’s Works: Volume I includes: Juvenile Poems / Pastorals etc. with Frontispice, Advertisement, Preface, [XLV], 288 pages with an additional two plates [Engravings for “Windsor Forest” and “The Rape of the Lock”] Faded dampstain to the illustration for “The Rape of the Lock” / Volume II includes: Pope’s Translations and Imitations, 272 pages with four plates, illustrating “Eloisa to Abelard”, “The Temple of Fame”, “January and May”, “The Wife of Bath” / Volume III includes: Moral Essays, Essays on Man and Essay on Satire, 362 pages, illustrated with eight plates of which one is detached and loosely inserted in its dedicated space verso page 203 / Volume IV includes: Satires and Epistles of Horace imitated, Satires of Dr.John Donne, etc., 336 pages, illustrated with three plates / Volume V includes the Dunciad in Four Books with a Frontispiece and five additional engravings (of which one engraving only covers half a page), 345 pages plus 14 pages of an Index / Volume VI includes Pope’s Miscellaneous Pieces in Verse and Prose, [including his Prefaces to Homer and Shakespeare], with 407 pages and one engraving faded dampstain to lower bookblock) / Volume VII includes the first Volume of Alexander Pope’s Letters, XXXII, 367 pages / Volume VIII includes the second Volume of Alexander Pope’s Letters, XI, 280 pages / Volume IX includes the third [and last] Volume of Alexander Pope’s Letters [including the 88 (!) letters to and from Jonathan Swift] XV, 372 pages //. Original Hardcover / 18th century full calf with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Condition of the eleven Volumes of Pope’s Homer: An original set of all eleven volumes of Homer with their original patina, unaltered in 18th-century-condition and with very few Volumes with minor damage to the spines and some of the leather slightly rubbed and minimally loosened from the boards. Minor, faded dampstain to one Volume and decreasing wormhole-damage to one other Volume. All Volumes firm with one layer inside the Odyssey ever so slightly loosened. All illustrations, maps, folded engravings and allegorical Text-Vignettes within Pope’s Homer present and in excellent condition. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. / Condition of the additional set of nine Volumes of Pope’s works: Overall very good with all Volumes firm but two Volumes with some minor damage to the spines (Volumes I and IV). Occasionally some dampstaining in three of the nine Volumes but overall this nine volume-set of Poepe’s works is in still very good- condition with some pages being a little dusty and only one of the 24 engravings/ illustrations detached and loosely inserted. One of the rare opportunities to buy Alexander Pope’s Homer and collected works in an entire, original 18th century private library-set. From the collection of Daniel Conner, with his Exlibris / Bookplate to the pastedown //

105. Cervantes De Saavedra, Miguel [Jarvis Edition with an excellent provenance, being from the library of John Fane, (Lord Burgersh) the Earl of Westmoreland].

The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Original Spanish by Charles Jarvis, Esq. [Bound with: “The Life of Michael de Cervantes Saavedra” and an “Advertisement concerning the Plates”].

Second issue of the First Jarvis Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). London, J. & R. Tonson and R. Dodsley, 1738-1742. Quarto. Pagination: Volume I: Frontispiece, XXIV, (8), I – [XXIV], (interrupted with 8 unnumbered pages: “Supplement to the Translator’s Preface,” on the origin of books of chivalry, [by Wiliam Warburton]), continued pagination [XXV-XXXII], Second Frontispiece (Portrait of Cervantes by George Vertue after G. Kent), V, (2), 355 pages with 28 copperplates (including the two frontispieces). Volume II: XII, 388 pages with 41 copperplate illustrations. In total 69 copperplate engravings, all drawn by John Vanderbank and engraved by Gerard van der Gucht / Vandergucht. Modern Hardcover bindings by an english masterbinder, styled to the 18th century period and with new endpapers that carry the original bookplates / Exlibris of John Fane, (Lord Burgersh) the Earl of Westmoreland. Excellent condition with only minor signs of foxing to the outer margins of the pages. All illustrations in strong and fresh imprint. An excellent set from a famous library.

106. [Bellin, Jacques Nicholas / Senex, John / Ogilby, John]

The Roads through England or Ogilby’s Survey. Revised, improved and reduced by Senex. [Enlarged Edition of John Ogilby’s 1675 published “Britannia”] Distinctly laid down on onehundred & one Plates with the addition of some Roads newly drawn and several corrections of more general use to Travellers. [Including an Appendix with Cityplans of London (double-page), Plymouth, Shrewsbury, Yorck (York), Chester, [Scene of Carrick-Fergus (Ireland)], Waterford, Oxford, Leith [Edinburgh], Harwich, Scenery of Edinburgh / Itinéraire de toutes les routes de l ‘Angleterre. Revues corrigées, augmentées & réduites par Senex en 101 Cartes. [Titlepage bilingual in french and english].

Paris, Desnos, 1766. Quarto (30 cm x 22.5 cm). Collation complete: Bilingual titlepage, 12 double-page maps of England, partly beautifully border-coloured, 6 unnumbered pages of Index with distances in miles, one (1) General Map of England (″Carte Generale” of Engand by D’Ogilby), 101 full-page maps of routes/streets, Engraved titlepage for the Appendix, One (1) double-page of explanations for the London-City-Plan, 17 beautiful maps and engravings of a variety of english cities, also with a section on Ireland (Dublin, Waterford, Kinsale, Galway, Limerick). Original 18th-century contemporary calf with gilt lettering on spine and on five raised bands. The Volume is now protected in Collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some rubbing and corners slightly bumped but overall excellent. Interior near fine with only the slightest occasional spotting. Extremely Rare and even rarer in this condition !

107. Smyth, Nicola Josephine. (*1969)

“Mother”.

Original Artwork / Acrylic on Canvas. Ireland, 2006. Framed: 74,5 cm wide x 104 cm high. Artwork (canvas): 61 cm wide x 91 cm high. Signed.

108. Smyth, Nicola Josephine. (*1969)

“Les Fleurs Malade”.

Original Artwork / Acrylic on Canvas. Ireland, 2012. Artwork (canvas): 60 cm wide x 77 cm high. Signed.

109. Smyth, Nicola Josephine. (*1969)

“In the Cornfield II”.

Original Artwork / Acrylic on Canvas. Ireland, 2012. Unframed. Artwork (canvas): 90 cm wide x 100 cm high. Signed.

110. Smyth, Nicola Josephine. (*1969)

“In the Cornfield I”.

Original Artwork / Acrylic on Canvas. Ireland, 2012. Framed: 74,5 cm wide x 90,5 cm high. Artwork (canvas): 63 cm wide x 78 cm high. Signed.

111. Smyth, Nicola Josephine. (*1969)

“But you didn’t”.

Original Artwork / Acrylic on Canvas. Ireland, 2011. Framed: 74 cm wide x 63,5 cm high. Artwork (canvas): 60 cm wide x 50 cm high. Signed.

112. Smyth, Nicola Josephine. (*1969)

“Alien Trees II”.

Original Artwork / Acrylic on Canvas. Ireland, 2013. Framed: 74 cm wide x 63,5 cm high. Artwork (canvas): 60 cm wide x 50 cm high. Signed.

113. Smyth, Nicola Josephine. (*1969)

“Alien Trees I”.

Original Artwork / Acrylic on Canvas. Ireland, 2015. Framed: 74 cm wide x 63,5 cm high. Artwork (canvas): 60 cm wide x 50 cm high. Signed.

114. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John. (*1946)

“Self-Portrait – Looking into a window on Rue de L’Odeon where James Joyce and Hemingway keep [sic] court at the bookshop known as Shakespeare and Co., On the occasion of the portrait. I had just left after photographing Samuel Beckett who was no stranger to the bookshop. Paris, 1985.”

Rare, modern print of the 1985 Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London, c. 2017. Photograph: c. 38 cm wide x 50 cm high / Framed: 47 cm wide x 60 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From John Minihan’s personal library. Mounted and framed.

115. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John. (*1946)

Artist Francis Bacon photographed at the Claude Bernard Gallery, Paris, 1977, behind the Artist is Triptych One, 1976. Bacon was no Stranger to Paris, the city of Light, its where it all started for him as an Artist (Copyright John Minihan).

Rare, modern print of the 1977 Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London, c. 2016. Photograph: c. 50 cm wide x 38 cm high / Framed: 60 cm wide x 47 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From John Minihan’s personal library. Mounted and framed.

116. [John Minihan Collection] – [Higgins, Michael D.] Minihan, John. (*1946)

“President Michael D. Higgins pictured with his dog Bród at his Residence Áras an Uachtaráin. Dublin, Ireland, March 2017.”

Rare Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London / Skibbereen, 2017. Photograph: c. 38 cm wide x 50 cm high / Framed: 47 cm wide x 60 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From John Minihan’s personal library. Mounted and framed.

117. [John Minihan Collection] – [Beckett, Samuel] Minihan, John. (*1946)

Samuel Beckett, photographed from the back after directing his Masterpiece ‘Waiting for Godot’ at The Riverside Studios, Hammersmith – London, 1984”.

Rare, modern print of the 1984 Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London, c. 2016. Photograph: c. 38 cm wide x 50 cm high / Framed: 47 cm wide x 60 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From John Minihan’s personal library. Mounted and framed.

118. [John Minihan Collection] – [Beckett, Samuel] Minihan, John. (*1946)

“Samuel Beckett photographed at the Hyde Park Hotel, Room 604, London 1980. Beckett was in London to direct ‘Endgame’ at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith”.

Rare, modern print of the 1980 Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London, c. 2016. Photograph: c. 38 cm wide x 50 cm high / Framed: 47 cm wide x 60 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From John Minihan’s personal library. Mounted and framed.

119. [John Minihan Collection] – [Beckett, Samuel] Minihan, John. (*1946)

“Samuel Beckett looking at one of his books that featured drawings by the Paris Artist Avigdor Arikha – Riverside Studios, London 1984”.

Rare, modern print of the 1984 Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London, c. 2017. Photograph: c. 38 cm wide x 50 cm high / Framed: 47 cm wide x 60 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From John Minihan’s personal library. Mounted and framed.

120. Savigny, Friedrich Carl von / Rudorff, Adolf Friedrich.

Das Recht des Besitzes. Eine civilistische Abhandlung. [Ausgabe auf besserem Papier] Siebente, aus dem Nachlasse des Verfassers und durch Zusaetze des Herausgebers vermehrte Auflage von Dr.Adolf Friedrich Rudorff.

Wien, Druck und Verlag von Carl Gerold’s Sohn, 1865. Oktav. VIII, 765 Seiten. Hardcover / Originales Halbleder der Zeit. Sehr guter Zustand dieser besonderen Druckvariante auf starkem, besseren Papier [siehe Vergleichsphoto zur Normalausgabe]. Exemplar des bedeutenden deutschen Zivilrechtlers / Juristen, Erwin Deutsch, mit seinem Namenszug auf dem Vorsatz. Ehemaliges Exemplar der Fürstenbergischen Domänenkanzlei (Stempel auf Titel und verso: F.F.Bibliothek Donaueschingen) / Very rare better-paper-edition, definitive edition of Savigny’s work from the library of the important german jurist Erwin Deutsch.

121. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John / Heaney, Seamus.

Original photograph of Seamus Heaney at his 70th birthday in his home in Dublin, in the year 2009 / Titled and Signed by John Minihan in 2014 / The vintage photograph is here framed together with the original commemoration Stamp and signed First Day Cover of Anpost [The photograph was used as a Template for the creation of the Anpost Stamp in 2014].

Vintage Photograph on archival paper / Vintage First Day Cover with extra signature by John Minihan. Dublin, 2014. Image of the Photograph: 16 cm x 24 cm / First Day Cover: 18 cm x 12 cm. Overall Framed Size: 79 cm wide x 53,5 cm high. From the personal library of irish photographer John Minihan. Titled and signed by John Minihan. Beautifully framed (see multiple images on our website). Our company knows of an edition of four photographs and signed First Day Covers, which we bought from John Minihan in 2014 and which he signed in 2014. Later, signed First Day Covers are circulating and we have some of those in our archive for sale. But since John Minihan has sold the rights to most of his iconic images to UCC in Cork, none of the photographs are reprinted by the photographer and that makes this combination of the signed Seamus Heaney photograph, combined with the First Day Cover, signed actually on August 28th of 2014, very scarce. We have an edition of 3 (three) left. One is part of the “John Minihan Photography Collection”, which we are selling on our website (see under “Libraries & Collections”) and two are for sale on the free international market. The here offered, beautifully framed version, is one of these two. The price includes free shipping as a framed version within Ireland / The price includes free international shipping per UPS Courier but only unframed (we pay for framing in your home-country) !

122. [Kings Bromley Manor].

Collection of two very rare original Albumen Print Photoalbums wih original photographs of Kings Bromley Manor, Kings Bromley Farm, Lichfield, parts of the Lane Family, places the Lane – Family visited etc. etc.

Lichfield (Staffordshire, England), no year (ca.1890-1910). Folio / Quarto. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

123. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John. (*1946)

Seamus Heaney – photographed for his 70th birthday at his Dublin Home.

Extra Large Original Photograph on archival paper. Dublin, 2009. 31 cm x 43 cm (Image only) / Framed 62,5 cm x 73 cm. From the private library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan. Titled and signed by John Minihan below the image. Unusual, large print of this stunning and intimate photograph of Irelands beloved poet. Beautifully framed.

124. Savigny, Friedrich Carl von [With interesting Ephemera: The Author’s Dedication-Leaflet].

System des heutigen Römischen Rechts – Zweyter Band und Sechster Band, Abtheilung I der Erstausgabe in Interimsbindung und unbeschnitten [Sechster Band: Mit beiliegendem Blatt welches auf eine Widmung durch Savigny schliessen laesst: “Ueberreicht vom Verfasser – Ein farbiger Umschlag zum sechsten Band….wird mit der zweiten Abtheilung nachgeliefert werden”].

Zwei Baende (von neun) Berlin, Veit und Comp., 1840 – 1846. Oktav. Paginierung: Band II: 559 Seiten / Band VI – Erste Abtheilung: VIII, 256 Seiten. Interimsbindung der Zeit (Band 2 ungebundene Lagen). Seltene originale Ausgaben mit dem seltenen Widmungsblatt von Savigny.

125. [Naylor, Dave].

Geological Survey of Ireland – Collection of Four Large bespoke Solander Boxes with Map Report Series of Ireland and an additional abundance of Surveys, Maps and Essays on the Geology of Ireland as well as specialist publications, Bibliographies, Pamphlets and Data Sheets on several regions within Ireland. [See List].

Dublin / Cork and others, c.1960 – 2000. Quarto. Hardcover Boxes. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

126. [Freke Family Provenance] / [Jacobo Freke [″Jacob”] / [Henry Longfield Conner, Manch] Scott, Sir Walter.

Collection of Works by Sir Walter Scott. Armorial Prize bindings with gilted crests to front and rear boards from Trinity-College Dublin, given to First Class Classics – Student [Literis Humanioribus] Jacobo Freke by Vice Provost Henry Wray (signed) between the years 1823 and 1828. The Collection includes: 1. Walter Scott – The Lay of the Last Minstrel – A Poem (The Twelth Edition, London, 1811) / 2. Walter Scott – The Lady of the Lake – A Poem (The Ninth Edition, Edinburgh, 1811 – Plays in the vicinity of Loch Katrine in the Western Highlands of Perthshire / With Notes to the Cantos) / 3. Walter Scott – Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field. (The Seventh Edition, Edinburgh, 1811) / 4. Walter Scott – Rokery – A Poem (The Third Edition, Edinburgh, 1813) / 5. Walter Scott – The Lord of the Isles – A Poem (The Fourth Edition, Edinburgh, 1815). With the handwritten entry on the first page: “The Freke Books were given to me by the last of his daughter’s Sidney – 1936” [Written by Henry Longfield Conner].

Five Volumes. London / Edinburgh, Printed for Longman, Hurst , Rees, Orme and Brown and A.Constable and Co. Edinburgh; By James Ballantyne & Co. Edinburgh, 1811 – 1815. Octavo. 349, 433, 377, CXXVIII, 413, 443 pages. Hardcover / Original full leather in Mylar. Stunning, Armorial Prize bindings with gilted crests to front and rear boards from Trinity-College Dublin: “Reg. Elizabeth Juxta Dublin Coll. Sanctae Individuae Trinitatis”. Bindings worn and slightly cracked but all holding. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House).

127. [Curtayne, Alice] / McKevitt, P. / Lucey, C. / Conway, J. Jacobus / Christus Rex Society of Irish Diocesan Priests / Rísteard Ó Cíonga [Richard King as Illustrator] / etc.

Alice Curtayne as Contributor to Irish Periodicals / Journals / Digests. The collection aims for completion and collects not only issues of periodicals with contributions by Alice Curtayne but hopes to complete each set of periodicals to which Alice Curtayne contributed between the years of 1930 and 1980, in order to allow for cross-referencing of contributors, study cooperation between illustrators and Alice Curtayne, her influence and acceptance as early female contributor in a men’s world, possibly even deciphering pseudonyms under which Curtayne might have written or essays she might have contributed to but her name was omitted; in general: circumstances which have not been detected yet. The Collection is documented thoroughly in professional images and descriptions on our website and includes to date: I. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “The Irish Digest”: 1. “The Irish Digest” from September 1940 – including the article: Alice Curtayne – “Lament of an Author” / II. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “Christus Rex”: “Christus Rex” – An Irish Quarterly Journal of Sociology. A Collection of 24 issues of the important and underrated publication “Christus Rex” including: 1. Volume XX, No.4 of “Christus Rex”: Alice Curtayne – “The Council and Women” ]. / III. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “The Furrow”: “The Furrow” – Monthly Journal published by the Leinster Leader, Naas and Edited by Rev. J.G.McGarry. A Collection of 56 issues of the Journal, including two issues with Curtayne – publications: 1. “Saint Patrick in his Confession” – (In: “The Furrow” from March 1951) and 2. “Marillac Manor” (in “The Furrow” from July 1959) and 3. “Ecumenism in Dublin” (In “The Furrow” from February 1966) / IV. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “The Capuchin Annual”. Including: 1. Alice Curtayne – “For the Septcentenary of St.Anthony of Padua (1231 – 1931)” – [including a portrait photograph of Alice Curtayne] / 2. Alice Curtayne – “Five Irish Saints” (″The Living Patrick” / “Saint Colmcille – Irishman” / “Saint Brendan – The Navigator” / “Saint Ita” / “The Method of Saint Columbus” / (In: Capuchin Annual 1945-1946 – with Illustrations in color by Stained Glass Artist, Rísteard Ó Cíonga [Richard King].

Naas, Christus Rex Publications, 1949 – 1967. Octavo. 81 Issues with different amounts of pages and content. Overall c. 4800 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Some of the issues with annotations and some with a former library-stamp. Very rare run of these periodicals which invited contributions from other women writers like Ita Meehan.

128. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John. (*1946)

Samuel Beckett – photographed in Room 604 at The Hyde Park Hotel in London, 1980. [Artist Proof] !

Rare, modern print of the 1989 Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London, c. 2010. Photograph: c. 50 cm wide x 38 cm high / Framed: 60 cm wide x 47 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From his personal Archive. Marked as A/P (Artist Proof) by John Minihan.

129. [David Hockney Collection] – Hockney, David.

David Hockney – Collection of rare and important publications as well as an original photograph of Hockney. The collection includes: 1. “Fax Dibujos / Fax Cuadros” / 2. An Original Black-and-White Photograph of David Hockney on archival paper / 3. “The Blue Guitar” – Etchings by David Hockney who was inspired by Wallace Stevens who was inspired by Pablo Picasso – “The Man with the Blue Guitar” – Wallace Stevens / 4. David Hockney – “A Retrospective” / 5. “Billboards” by Sally Henderson & Robert Landau with an Introduction by David Hockney / 6. David Hockney – “Some very new Paintings” / 7. David Hockney prints 1954-1977 / 8. “David Hockney” by David Hockney (with several interesting newspaper-clippings on Hockney loosely inserted).

Mexico, Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, 1990. Quarto (24.4 cm wide x 28 cm high). 120 pages. Softcover / Original spiral bound. Unusually excellent, FINE condition of Fax Dibujos, with only very minor signs of wear. Extremely rare, especially in this condition / [The Hockney Portrait-Photograph, which comes with the FAX Dibujos-publication, is stamped verso with Copyright by Universal Pictorial Press and Agency Ltd. in London and dated in 1976. – Provenance of the Photo: This photograph comes from the private Press-Photgraphs-Collection of irish photographer John Minihan, accumulated during his early years as photographer on Fleet Street, London] / The other monographs on or by Hockney are all in excellent condition. Find the David Hockney-Collection on our website under “Library & Collection”, where you will see a full list, with all books catalogued and with corresponding images.

130. Savigny, Friedrich Carl von.

Das Recht des Besitzes. Eine civilistische Abhandlung. [Erstausgabe mit dem seltenen, angebundenen Zusatz: “Verbesserungen und Zusaetze zur ersten Ausgabe der Abhandlung vom Besitz von D. Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Professor der Rechte zu Marburg. Aus der zweiten Ausgabe besonders abgedruckt / The First Edition with the rare Appendix].

Erste Ausgabe [First Edition]. Gießen, bey Heyer, 1803. Oktav. XXXII, 495 Seiten plus Errata [Berichtigungen und Zusaetze] / Paginierung der angebundenen Abhandlung: 115 Seiten. Hardcover / Private, sehr dekorative, moderne Halblederbindung. Sehr guter Zustand. Extrem selten mit dem Anhang.

131. [Calder, Alexander] Wilbur, Richard.

A BESTIARY – [One of 50 copies on luxurious Rives-mould, signed by Alexander Calder and Richard Wilbur].

New York, Printed at the Spiral Press for Pantheon Books, 1955. Folio (24 cm wide x 32.5 cm high). Original Hardcover / Half red morocco, beige buckram boards with gilt lettering on spine and gilt stamped illustration to front board. A very fine copy in the original board slipcase with very minor signs of shelfwear to the slipcase only. Spine very sightly sunned. A fantastic book with quotes from Yeats and Kafka and many other writers, illustrated by Calder!

132. [Walter Benjamin Collection] – Benjamin, Walter.

Fantastic Collection of eight [pristine] Volumes of Philosophical Writings and Biographical Works by and on Walter Benjamin. The collection includes all the important modern, historical-critical english-language publications: I.Walter Benjamin – Selected Writings. Volume I (1913-1926), Volume II (1927-1934), Volume III (1935-1938) and Volume IV (1938-1940) – Translated by Rodney Livingstone and others – Edited by Marcus Bullock and Michael W.Jennings, Howard Eiland and Gary Smith / V. The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin (1910-1940) – Edited and Annotated by Gershom Scholem and Theodor W.Adorno – Translated by Manfred R.Jacobson and Evelyn M. Jacobson / VI. Walter Benjamin – Early Writings (1910 – 1917) – Translated by Howard Eiland and Others / VII. Theodor W. Adorno & Walter Benjamin – The Complete Correspondence (1928 – 1940) / VIII. Walter Benjamin – The Arcades Project – Translated by Howard Eiland and Kevin McLaughlin //

Chicago / Cambridge, (Massachusetts), University of Chicago Press / The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1994 – 2011. Octavo. More than 3000 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjackets all in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, near pristine condition. Unusual in this condition and compilation, this collection is a must for each admirer of Walter Benjamin.

133. [Foster, Vere / Sir Augustus Foster] Beauvoisins, Joseph Eugène.

Notice sur la cour du Grand Seigneur, son Sérail, son Harem, la Famille de Sang Impérial, sa Maison militaire, et ses Ministres [Personal copy of irish educationalist and philanthropist, Vere Foster, a gift from his father, Sir Augustus Foster, possibly only inscribed in a secretarial hand, on the titlepage].

Seconde édition. Paris, Chez Gabriel Warée, Libraire, quai Voltaire, 1807. Octavo (13 cm x 19,5 cm). 110 pages. Hardcover / Original half-leather with original spine-label and ornament to spine. Binding rubbed and bumped. Old stamp “de la Calmette” on titlepage. The inscription reads: “Vere Henry Foster from Sir A.F. – London, 1845”.

134. Stephens, Henry.

The Book of the Farm – Detailing The Labours of the Farmer, Farm-Steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Cattle-Man, Field-Worker and Dairy-Maid. In Three Volumes – With Numerous Illustrations [Steel-Engravings of Animals, Machinery, Farm Buildings etc.].

First Edition. 3 Volumes (complete set). Edinburgh / London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1844. Large Octavo (15.8 cm wide x 23.7 cm). Pagination: Volume I: XIX, 670 pages / Volume II: 728 pages / Volume III continues the pagination of Volume II = page 729 – 1408 pages. Plates bound at the end of Volume I and III and hundreds of text-illustrations throughout the Volumes. Hardcover / Original half-leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Pastedowns slightly loosened. The Volumes very strong and firm. One of the rarest original publications on the History of Farming and Husbandry.

135. [Aiken, Henry David] Demos, Raphael.

Collection of Five (5) Manuscript Letters from Greek-American Philosopher, Raphael Demos to Philosopher Henry David Aiken. Besides very few personal matters (Aiken rented a Lice-infested house from Demos), the letters are lengthy and full of content regarding philosophical questions. Demos thanks Aiken for his “thoughtful comments about my article on ‘Society and the Individual’ and Demos reflects on Aiken: “Now as to your point that goodwill is addressed to me which is capable of joys and sorrows and not just an angel – I will distinguish between respect and goodwill. Angels, because rational, have intrinsic worth, and so claim respect certainly. Value and respectability don’t imply capacity for feeling. But goodwill does imply that the recipient is a striving, failing, succeeding, up-ended individual, who has sorrows & grip – not just an angelic being. While the Greek identify man with his rationality, it is noticeable that common sense proceeds otherwise; when the Radcliffe girls say their Professor is so human, they don’t mean he is intellectual, they mean the opposite – that he has non-rational impulses and feelings…..” / The collection of letters originates from the personal collection of Henry Aiken and also comes with a scathing letter from American Philosopher Arthur Edward Murphy in which Murphy writes to Aiken about Raphael Demos and does not hold back in his evaluation of Demos and his Philosophy: “I just saw your remarks re Demos in the Journal. Very well done ! I think Demos is not very bright, however, and it is perhaps better not to give him too much publicity. I don’t think he will convert any one except for those already suffering from dithers & blithers. And it is a waste to refute him. Intelligent people don’t have to be convinced. And bigots like R.D. can’t be convinced. Strictly speaking, before Demos creates an obligation in others… he ought to say in plain unemotional prose what he means by such concepts as ‘God’ & ‘evidence’. It is perfectly possible that if we knew how he uses these terms, we would agree that what he says is trivially true. This discussion is presumably in the domain of logic. But discussion on that domain when one of the parties refuses to make explicit the rules of his game can never terminate in illumination. Nevertheless, I think you handled him neatly & have done yourself no harm as general opinion is concerned. He is a perfect horrible example of retrogression. Ugh ! A perfectly low grade person morally & intellectually nonregarding as a seer & defender of orthodoxy…… Have you seen Lazerowitz’s [Morris Lazerowitz] paper in Mind on Universals. It is highly provocative. I would like to discuss it with you….”.

Westport Point (Massachusetts), c.1944 – 1967. Octavo. 13 pages of letters by Raphael Demos to Aiken / [Plus:] 1 page of a manuscript letter by Arthur Edward Murphy to Aiken about Demos. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Original Letters or anything published by Raphael Demos or Arthur Edward Murphy, are very rare !

136. Savigny, F.C.

Tratado de la Posesión – Según Los Principios de Derecho Romano [First spanish edition of Savigny’s “Das Recht des Besitzes” / “The Law of Possession”].

Madrid, Imprenta de la Sociedad Literaria y Tipográfica, 1845. Octavo (13,5 cm x 21 cm). 261 págs. Hardcover / Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Biblioteca De Jurisprudencia y Legislacion].

137. Sendak, Maurice (1928 – 2012).

Collection / Archive of three (3) very large gicleé prints of original drawings from the book “Where the Wild Things are” by Maurice Sendak of which one is beautifully signed by Maurice Sendak. The collection includes: ‘Off to Bed without their Supper’ (signed) / ‘Let the Wild Rumpus Start’ (I and II).

Gicleé prints. [New York], [Harper and Row], c.1975. Two prints measure: 37 cm x 60 cm / The signed print measures: 28 cm x 50 cm. Very good condition.

138. Istanbul – Aveline, Pierre.

Constantinople – Ville de Romanie et de l’Empire des Turcs.

Original hand-coloured copper engraving. Paris, Jean, [c.1710]. Plate Size: 51.5 cm x 34.5 cm. Frame Size: 64 cm x 50.5 cm. In very good, actually remarkable condition. Very minor traces of browning only. Generous margins. In a stunning modern frame. Price includes international shipping per courier.

139. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John. (*1946)

Guitar Legend Jimi Hendrix – Performing on stage at the Isle of Wight, 1969.

Rare, extra large, modern, signed print of the 1969 Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. Ireland, c.2012. Photograph: c. 50 cm wide x 38 cm high / Framed: 64,5 cm x 51 cm. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan. Titled and signed by John Minihan. Beautifully framed.

140. Vaihinger, Hans / Bode, Wilhelm / Vlach, Milo.

Sammlung bedeutender Ausgaben des Philosophen Hans Vaihinger mit signierten Widmungsexemplaren an den Wiener Philosophen und Vaihinger-Spezialisten Milo Vlach, Kunsthistoriker Wilhelm Bode, signierte Sonderdrucke, ein signierter Brief / (mit zwei Dubletten). Die Sammlung enthält die erste und dritte Auflage seines Hauptwerks sowie einen Neudruck der 9./10. Auflage von 1927: 1. Die Philosophie des Als Ob. System der theoretischen, praktischen und religiösen Fiktionen der Menschheit auf Grund eines idealistischen Positivismus. Mit einem Anhang über Kant und Nietzsche. Erste Ausgabe. XXXV,804 Seiten. Berlin, 1911. Blaues Halbleinen. / 2. Die Philosophie des Als Ob. Dritte, durchgesehene Auflage. XXXIX, 804 Seiten. Leipzig, Felix Meiner, 1918. Dekoratives Halbpergament / 3. Die Philosophie des Als Ob. Neudruck der 9./10. Auflage, 1927 (1986 Scientia). Gelbes Leinen. / 4. Der Atheismusstreit gegn die Philosophie des Als Ob und das Kantische System. Berlin, 1916. Widmung: “Überreicht vom Verfasser” / 5. Der Atheismusstreit gegn die Philosophie des Als Ob und das Kantische System. Berlin, 1916. Signiert: “Primum vivere deinde philosophari – Halle, d. 1.Juli 1921 – Vaihinger” / 6. Pessimismus und Optimismus vom Kantschen Standpunkt aus. Berlin, 1924. Widmung: “Überreicht vom Verfasser” / 7. Wie Kant beinahe geheiratet hätte – Kulturhistorische Novelle von August Stricker. Mit einem Vorwort neu herausgegeben von Hans Vaihinger. Leipzig, 1924. Widmung: “Herrn Dr.Milo Vlach in Wien mit den herzlichsten Grüssen – Halle a/S. im Jan.25 – Vaihinger” / 8. Nietzsche als Philosoph. Feldausgabe. Berlin, 1916 – Widmung: “Herrn Doktorand Miloslav Vlach in Wien mit freundlichem Gruss von H. Vaihinger” / 9. Ist die Philosophie des Als Ob Skeptizismus ? – Widmung: “Freundlichen Gruss, heute, am 100.Geburtstag von Friedrich Albert Lange, dem Vorkämpfer religiöser Selbstbehauptung – Halle, 28.IX.28 – Vaihinger” / 10. Ist die Philosophie des Als Ob Skeptizismus ? – Widmung: “Überreicht vom Verfasser” / 11. Wie die Philosophie des Als Ob entstand. Leipzig, Felix Meiner, 1921. Widmung: “Herrn Dr.Wilhelm Bode in Weimar, dem echten Vertreter der Lebenskunst Goethes, des Vorkämpfers für die ästhetische Illusionstheorie und für den religiösen Symbolismus. Zum 30. März 1922 – Vaihinger” / 12. Nietzsche als Philosoph. Langensalza, 1930. Widmung: “Herrn und Frau Obersekretär Barkhaus mit herzlichen Weihnachtswünschen, überreicht von H. Vaihinger – Halle a/S. im Dezember 1930.” / 13. Zweiseitiger Brief (Schreibmaschine) auf Vaihingers persönlichem Briefpapier, datiert Hale, 16.Dezember 1925. An einen “Herrn Stifts-Repetent Kraus” [Repetent an Vaihingers alter Schule – dem Evangelischen Stift in Tübingen.] Kraus hatte wohl eine philosophische Arbeitsgruppe von sieben Schülern und Vaihinger’s “Philosophie des Als Ob” muss Gegenstand der Arbeitsgruppe gewesen sein und Kraus hat aus diesem Grund mit Vaihinger kontakt aufgenommen. In der ausführlichen Art Vaihingers erwähnt dieser in seiner Antwort an Kraus den Einfluss von Otto Ritschl auf die Entstehung der “Philosophie des Als Ob”, er erwähnt auch Wobbermin in Göttingen und schreibt weiterhin: “als ehemaliger Stiftler betrachte ich es als eine Ehre, wenn im Stifte auch die “Philosophie des Als Ob” dadurch Anerkennung findet, dass man sich dort mit den von mir aufgeworfenen Theorien beschäftigt”.

Leipzig / Berlin / Halle etc., 1911 – 1930. Octavo. c. 2000 Seiten. Hardcover / Softcover. Die Sammlung generell in sehr gutem Zustand mit diesen Ausnahmen: Kleiner Wasserschaden an “Ist die Philosophie des Als Ob Skeptizismus ?” und “Pessimismus und Optimismus”. Eine Ausgabe des “Atheismusstreits” Papier etwas brüchig. / Anstreichungen und Anmerkungen in der Erstausgabe der “Philosophie des Als Ob”. Vorsatzblatt der Halbpergamentausgabe fehlt. Eine seltene Sammlung !!

141. Ayearst, Morley.

The Republic of Ireland – Its Government and Politics – Collection of 215 books on Irish Politics, Irish Government, Irish local planning and Local government, Irelands connection to the EU, History of Irish Elections, books on Governmental policy (general and irish related), books on the history of Ireland’s connection to the UK etc. Also included are several publications on the history of the irish political parties. The comprehensive collection comes from the library of a former council man and university lecturer and includes many of the minor and major publications needed to understand the forming of the irish state from 1940 onwards. The collection includes publications like: 1. John McG. Smyth – The Theory and Practice of the Irish Senate / 2. John Coakley and Michael Gallagher – Politics in the Republic of Ireland / 3. Desmond Roche – Local Government in Ireland / 4. Patrick Keatinge – Maastricht and Ireland – What the Treaty means / 5. Stephen Collins – The Power Game – Fianna Fail since Lemass / 6. Cornelius O’Leary – Irish Elections (1918 – 1977) – Parties, Voters and Proportional Representation / 7. Bruce Arnold – What Kind of Country – Modern Irish Politics 1968-1983 / 8. Michael Flannery – Sanitation – Conservation and Recreation Services in Ireland / 9. Peter Mair – The Changing Irish Party System / 10. R.C.Geary – and F.S.O Muircheartaigh – Equalization of Opportunity in Ireland – Statistical Aspects / 11. Mary Minihan – A Deal with the Devil – The Green Party in Government / 12. Donal de Buitleir – Problems of Irish Local Finance / 13. Communications and Community in Ireland (Brian Farrell) / etc. etc.

London, University of London Press, 1971. 24 cm. vii,241 pages with 8 plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The collection of 215 books (of which only c.60 are listed here) is in very good condition (only a few volumes with stronger wear).

142. Lucian / Lucian of Samosata [Tiberius Hemsterhuis Edition].

Luciani Samosatensis Opera – Graece et Latine – Ad editionem Tiberii Hemsterhusii et Ioannis Frederici Reitzii accurate expressa, cum varietate lectionis et annotationibus. Studiis Societatis Bipontinae.

Ten Volumes (complete) / 10 Volumes (complete). Biponti [Zweibruecken], Ex Typographia Societatis, 1789-1793. Octavo (13.4 cm wide x 20 cm high). Ten Volumes with c. 4500 pages. Hardcover / Original half-leather with gilt lettering and golt ornament to spine. Armorial supralibro on covers of each Volume. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

143. Yukon / Canada – Anonymous.

Map of the Yukon showing the Shell Peel River Well Locations and the Vittrekwa River Land Block. Original Map with manuscript drawings by Dave Naylor regarding the Line of Section around the Caribou River, the Trail River, the Road River.

Vintage Map in Colour-Print. (Canada), no year (c.1965-1975. 29 cm wide x 26.8 cm high. Excellent condition.

144. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John. (*1946)

John Minihan with Rolleiflex – Self Portrait in Buenos Aires in 2014.

Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. Buenos Aires / Ireland, 2014. Framed: 29 cm x 38 cm. Image: 16 cm x 25 cm. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan. Titled and signed by John Minihan on the back of the photograph. Beautifully framed.

145. Savigny (Frédéric Charles de) / Beving, Jules.

Traité de la Possession d’apres Les Principes du Droit Romain. Traduit de l’allemand (sur la 6me edition) par Jules Beving.

Bruxelles, Societe Belge de Librairie, 1840. Octavo. III, 463 pages. Original Hardcover / Reliure originale. Tres bon etat / Ex Bibliotheca Francisci Beduschi J.C.I. (Fundacion Angiulli).

146. Savigny (Frédéric Charles de) / Guenoux, Charles.

Histoire du Droit Romain au Moyen-Age, par M. de Savigny, traduite de l’Allemand sur la Dernière Édition et précédé d’une notice sur la vie et les écrits de l’auteur par M. Charles Guenoux, Docteur en Droit.

Four Volumes in 3 (complete). Paris, Chez Charles Hingray, 1839. Octavo. 312 / VIII,196 / V,428 / VII,544 pages. Original Hardcover / Reliure originale. Tres bon etat.

147. Sendak, Maurice (1928 – 2012).

Collection / Archive of two very rich and personal, handwritten & signed letters on cards by Sendak, plus a rare, multi-folded, advertising-leporello of Maurice Sendak’s publications, together with a wonderful collection of fourteen (14) loose gicleé prints of original drawings by Maurice Sendak in colour or black and white: ‘A Kiss for Little Bear’ x 2 (26.5 cm x 34.5 cm) / ‘Zlateh the Goat’ x 2 (24 cm x 30 cm and 37.5 cm x 30 cm) / ‘Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present’ x 1 (33.4 cm x 41.5 cm) / Lullabies and Night Songs’ x 2 (35 cm x 26.5 cm and 44.5 cm x 33.5 cm) / ‘Hector Protector’ x 1 (46 cm x 26 cm) / ‘In the Night Kitchen’ x 4 (50 cm x 36 cm) / Higglety Pigglety Pop x 2 (28 cm x 35.5 cm). The two cards are addressed to “Minnie” [that is “Minnie Kate”] and were written at Christmas 1986 and Christmas 1987. According to a colleague in the trade, who helped us to identify the recipient “Minnie”, Minnie Kate, together with her mother, maintained a long friendship with Maurice Sendak by sending him colored stones or rocks that they sourced from local beaches in the northwest of the United States (Washington Statel). Most of Maurice Sendak’s correspondence with Minnie Kate and her mother, is preserved at the Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia. Both cards are similar in content. One of the cards featuring Sendak’s art from the cover of Nutcracker and addressed to Minnie, reading in part “I worked all year on a picture-book – a Grimm tale (my first book in 8 years !!). I am in love with it and it gets published next year….my wild things celebrate their 25th anniversary. I hope i enjoy it all. Am hoping for a quiet year ahead illustrating a Grimm tale and staying put – I am tired of travelling and theatre projects. And look forward to creeping back into my old role as book illustrator” / “The rocks arrived while I was away working in England. They are wonderful, of course, and very much appreciated. Thank you again and again. My animals. I have but one. My darling Golden Retriever, Io, had to be put to sleep 2 weeks ago. She was 15 1/2 and I held her and stayed with her to the end. It is so sad, naturally, but the memory fills me with a kind of joy. I have a 3 1/2 year old German Shepherd named Runge after a German painter (19th century). It was anything but a lazy year – too full! This coming year will be lazy-ish”.

Letters: 4 pages on two cards / Gicleé prints: 15 sheets (unsigned). [New York], 1986 – 1987. Very good condition.

148. Russia – Blaeu, Willem J. (1571 – 1638).

Russiae, Vulgo Moscovia dictae, Pars Occidentalis. Auctore Isaaco Massa.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Amsterdam, Blaeu, [c.1664]. Plate Size: 48.7 cm x 38.6 cm. Sheet Size: 65.2 cm x 55.7 cm. Original map. In very good, clean condition. Wide margins. Latin text on reverse.

149. Haacken, Frans. (1911 – 1979).

Totentanz / [Danse Macabre / Dance of Death – A cycle of nine original Woodcuts – A Danse Macabre] – Einige der Holzschnitte betitelt: Rex Tremendae Majestatis / Agnus Dei / Lux Perpetua / Domine Jesu / Lacrymosa / Dies Irae / Tuba.

Neun originale, signierte Holzschnitte / Holzschnittfolge von Haacken’s Handpresse mit Totentanz – Motiven. [Aachen], c.1950. Gerahmt: c. 28 cm x 35 cm. Holzschnitt: 16 cm x 22 cm. Alle Holzschnitte gerahmt. Sehr guter Zustand mit starken Gebrauchsspuren an den Rahmen von einigen Bildern. / All Woodcuts framed and with some stronger signs of wear to the framing. Price includes free internaional UPS.

150. Americas – Homann, Johann Baptist. (1664 – 1724).

Americae Mappa generalis.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Nürnberg, Homann, 1746. Plate Size: 53 cm x 46 cm. Sheet Size: 56.3 cm x 50 cm. Original map. Very good+ condition. Expertly restored map with reinforced edges. Faintest traces of the professional repairs barely evident such is the quality of the restoration.