3501. [Tasso, Torquato] / Hoole, John.

Jerusalem Delivered; an Heroic Poem. [Large / Better Paper Edition of “Gerusalemme liberata”]. Translated from the Italian of Torquato Tasso, by John Hoole. [Including a biographical account “Life of Tasso”]

The Eighth Edition – With Notes. In Two Volumes. [Two Volumes bound in one]. London, T.Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1803. Quarto (22 cm x 28 cm). Frontispiece, XLVII, 339, [3], 335 pages plus 44 unnumbered pages of a thorough Index. Illustrated with thirteen (13) beautiful copper engravings (plus the Frontispiece). Hardcover / Stunning, modern half leather with new boards, preserving the original spine. With gilt lettering and ornament, bound to style of the 18th/19th century by an english masterbinder. Excellent condition. With some occasionall foxing. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

3502. [Croker, John Wilson].

Familiar Epistles to Frederick Jones, Esq. – On the Present State of the Irish Stage. Fourth Edition, with considerable Additions.

Dublin, Printed by Graisberry & Campbell and sold by all booksellers, 1805. Small Octavo (11.5 cm x 18 cm). XXX, 178 pages plus Errata-leaf. Hardcover / Stunning, recent half leather and marbled-paper-covered-boards with gilt lettering and ornament to spine, bound to style of the 18th/19th century. Excellent condition. Tear in Errata-leaf professionally repaired. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his name in ink to titlepage.

3503. [Kotzebue, August von].

“Sighs; or, The Daughter” / [Bound with an anonymously published title: “Alfred the Great: In which is related his conquests over the Danes; Entering the Danish Camp in Disguise; Separation from Ethelswitha; and his Death, after a Glorious Reign of Twenty-Nine Years and Six Months”].

Two works in one Volume. London, John Arliss, no year [c.1800]. Small Octavo. Pagination of “Alfred the Great”: Frontispiece, 36 pages / Kotzebue: 69 pages including Epilogue [without titlepage]. Hardcover / Stunning, recent half leather and marbled-paper-covered-boards with gilt lettering and ornament to spine, bound to style of the 18th/19th century. Excellent condition.

3504. [Croker, John Wilson].

An Intercepted Letter from J- T-, Esq. – Writer at Canton, to his friend in Dublin, Ireland.

Fourth Edition. Dublin, Printed for M.N.Mahon, 109, Grafton Street, 1804. Small Octavo (11.5 cm x 18 cm). III, 42 pages. Hardcover / Stunning, recent half leather and marbled-paper-covered-boards with gilt lettering and ornament to spine, bound to style of the 18th/19th century. Excellent condition. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his name in ink to titlepage.

3505. [Foster, Sir Michael] / [Sarah Cotter – Dublin Printing History].

A Report of Some Proceedings on the Commission of Oyer and Terminer and Goal Delivery for the Trial of the Rebels in the Year 1746 in the County of Surry, and of other Crown Cases. To which are added Discourses upon a Few Branches of the Crown Law.

First Dublin Edition. Dublin, Printed for Sarah Cotter, in Skinner-Row, 1763. Octavo. XI, 412 pages plus 16 pages of Index and “Table of the Principal Matters”. Original Hardcover / Full 18th century calf with new spine-label. The binding firm and in excellent condition. Important: Several strong puncture – wounds to the first 54 and last 60 pages (without loss of text). Some occasional staining but text overall clean. A very rare Sarah Cotter print from 18th century Dublin. Although no sign of it, the book came from the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House).

3506. [Newenham, Sir Edward (Provenance)] Molyneux, William.

The Case of Ireland’s Being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England, stated. To Which is Added “The Case of Tenures Upon the Commission of Defective Titles, Argued by all the Judges of Ireland, With Their Resolutions, And the Reasons of Their Resolutions” [this work has its own titlepage].

Dublin, Pressick Rider and Thomas Harbin for Pat. Dugan, Bookseller on Cork-Hill,. 1725. Small-Octavo (9.8 cm x 15.8 cm). VI, [4], 186, [1] pages [including the final leaf “The Order of the Councel-Board, upon this Resolution of the Judges”]. Original Hardcover / 18th century full calf / Recently professionally rebacked and restored with original endpapers intact. Excellent condition. Provenance: From the library of Sir Edward Newenham, friend of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. With Newenham’s name in ink on titlepage.

3507. Kelly, David / O’Keefe, Tadgh.

Irish Historic Towns Atlas No 27: Youghal.

[Dublin], Royal Irish Academy, 2015. Large Folio (31 cm x 41 cm). With more than 20 maps and stunning photographical plates and a large pamphlet on Youghal’s history. Original Softcover in publisher’s see-through-chemise [with the Multimedia-DVD/CD]. Excellent condition.

3508. [Walter Benjamin Collection] – [Benjamin, Walter] Baudelaire, Charles.

Tableaux Parisiens. Deutsche Übertragung mit einem Vorwort über “Die Aufgabe des Übersetzers” von Walter Benjamin. [Extremely scarce publication with the excellent 10-page-essay by Walter Benjamin on “The Duty of Translation / The Duty of the Translator” [″Die Aufgabe des Übersetzers”].

Erste Ausgabe [1 von 500 Exemplaren der Originalausgabe] / First Edition. Heidelberg, Richard Weissbach, 1923. Quarto (20.5 cm x 28 cm). XVII, 67, [3] Seiten. Original Hardcover / Originaler Verlagseinband mit marmoriertem Deckelbezug und originalem Titelschild. Ruecken fehlt. Kanten angeplatzt. Oberer, hinterer Einbanddeckel mit Schaden. Der Buchblock selbst tadellos und wunderbar erhalten. Selten ! [Die Drucke des Argonautenkreises – Der fünfte Druck].

3509. [Clarendon, Henry Hyde Earl of] Powney, Richard.

The State Letters of Henry, Earl of Clarendon – Lord Lieutenant of Ireland During the Reign of K. James the Second: and His Lordship’s Diary for the Years 1687,1688, 1689 and 1690. From the Originals in the Possession of Richard Powney, Esq. with an Appendix from Archbishop Sancroft’s Manuscript in the Bodleian Library.

Oxford / Dublin, The Clarendon Press / Elizabeth Watts in Skinner-Row, 1765. Octavo. Volume I: XXXII, 407 pages [including a list of subscribers which also mentions Richard Meade, Esq. [Richard Mead] / Volume II: 480 pages plus 20 unnumbered pages of a thorough Index. Original Hardcover / 18th century full calf with gilt lettering on spinne. Both Volumes in protective collector’s mylar. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown of Volume One and the name of John Meade to the titlepage of Volume II. Faded dampstain only to the endpapers of Volume I / Minor wormhole-damage to the endpaper and titlepage of Volume II. Otherwise in very good and firm condition. A very rare and significant publication.

3510. [Littleton, Edward 1st Baron].

Les Reports des Tres Honorable Edw Seigneur Littleton, Baron de Mounslow, custos de la Grand Seale D’Angliteur, Et de ses Majesty pluis Honourable Privy Councel, en le Courts del common Banck & Exchequer, en le 2,3,4,5,6,7 ans del Reign de Roy Charles le I. [together with an original, hand-coloured, 18th century portrait engraving by Pierre Duflos le Jeune of Edward Littleton after van Dyck (″Edouard Zittleton [sic] – Premier Justicier d’Angleterre”)].

London, Printed by W. Rawlings, S. Roycroft, and H. Sawbridge, assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires for Thomas Bassett, Samuel Heyrick, William Crooke and William Hensman, 1683. Folio (21 cm x 32 cm). [12], 376, [20] pages without the original frontispiece but substituted by the hand-coloured portrait and including the copperengraving with Littleton coat of arms (facing page 1 of the text). Modern Hardcover / 20th century half leather with spinelabel. New endpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of browing, some occasional, mild foxing. Some contemporary annotations (page 286)

3511. Cotter, Denis (ed.).

It Might Have Been Yesterday: A Bantry Anthology.

First Edition. Bantry, Bantry General Hospital Patient Comfort Fund, 2000. 13 x 20 cm. VI, 135 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

3512. [Grattan, Henry] Mac Carthy, John George [John George MacCarthy – Mallow M.P.].

Henry Grattan – A Historical Study [Inscribed by the author to Nichols Murphy, Esq.].

First Edition. Dublin, E.Ponsonby, 1876. Octavo. [3], 81, [2], pages including an advertising printed in the raer of the Volume for John George Mac Carthy’s book: “A Plea for the Home Government of Ireland” (with a mentioning of the “Opinion of the Press”). Original Hardcover / Green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament. Excellent condition. With a beautiful inscription in ink by John George MacCarthy on the halftitle: “Presented to Nicholas Murphy Esq. with the writers best wishes and regards – January 7, 1876”.

3513. Rush, James.

The Philosophy of the Human Voice: Embracing its Physiological History; Together with a System of Principles, by which Criticism in the Art of Elocution may be Rendered Intelligible and Instruction, definite and comprehensive – To which is added a brief Analysis of Song and Recitative.

Second edition, enlarged. Philadelphia, Grigg & Elliott, 1833. 8°. 432 pages. Original Hardcover with new spinelabel. Now in protective collector’s mylar. Binding rubbed, some foxing to the interior but the Volume tight and firm. Rare !

3514. [Einstein, Albert] / Lorentz, H.A. / [Holton, Gerard].

H.A.Lorentz – His Creative Genius and His Personality.

First Edition. Leiden, Rijksmuseum, 1953. Small Octavo. 8 pages including a reproduction of a photograph, showing Einstein and Lorentz by P. Ehrenfest in 1921. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition. Small note in red ink by former owner of this pamphlet, american physicist Gerald Holton: “translation seen by AE [Albert Einstein]”

3515. [Puttnam, David].

A xeroxed copy of the second draft of “Chariots of Fire”, which David Puttnam signed in 2019 and to which he added a wonderful manuscript note: “This is a very interesting early Draft of ‘Chariots of Fire’ – A year later we started shooting the film in Cambridge – Almost exactly two years later the film won the BAFTA Best Picture Award and a few weeks later The ‘Oscar’ ! – Colin Welland also won for Best Screenplay that same evening. Reading this you can see why. Regards – David Puttnam”.

[London], [2019]. Quarto. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

3516. [Churchill, Robert] Hastings, Macdonald.

Churchill’s Game Shooting – The Standard Text Book on the Successful Use of the Shotgun.

A New, Revised Edition. London, Michael Joseph, 1971. Octavo. 252 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition.

3517. O’Laverty, Rev. James (Parish Prest of Holywood).

An Historical Account of the Diocese of Down and Connor, Ancient and Modern. Volume IV only: “This Volume treats exclusively that part of the Diocese of Connor which is in the ancient Territory of Dal-Riada. (Each Volume is complete in itself).

Dublin, James Duffy & Sons, 1887. Octavo. [4], 592, LXIV, IX, [2] pages. Original Hardcover / Green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spine and frontcover. Very good condition of the rarest of the Volumes from this set. Some minor rubbing to the binding.

3518. Hoyle, Edmond.

Hoyle’s Games Improved : Being practical Treatises on the following fashionable Games, viz.: Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Chess, Back-Gammon, Billiards, Cricket, Tennis, Quinze, Hazard, and Lansquenet. In Which Are Also Contained The Method of Betting at those Games upon equal or advantageous Terms. Including The Laws of the several Games, as settled and agreed to at Whites and Stapleton’s Chocolate Houses. Revised and corrected by Thomas Jones, Esq.

London, Printed for W. Wood in Fleet-Street, 1778. Small Octavo (9.5 cm x 15 cm). XI, 216 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Spine professionally repaired, original endpapers preserved. Name of preowner “Desproz” on titlepage. A little dusty but overall very desirable and very rare publication.

3519. [Castlemartyr Library – Supple’s Court] Churchill, Charles.

Poems by Charles Churchill in Three Volumes with Large Corrections and Additions. To which is added, the Life of the Author. Adorned with Cuts.

The Sixth Edition. Three Volumes (complete set). London, Printed for J.Wilkes, 1767. Small-Octavo (10 cm x 16.7 cm). Volume I: Frontispiece-Portrait of Charles Churchill, XII, 184 pages / Volume II: Frontispiece-Portrait of John Wilkes, 179 pages / Volume III: Frontispiece-Portrait of William Hogarth, 208 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century full calf with gilt lettering and spinelabels. Excellent condition with minor tear to the corner of one of the contents-pages. Interior bright and clean on excellent paper. Provenance: From the library of Edward Supple [Supple’s Court near Castlemartyr, County Cork], with the name “Ed Supple” in ink to the titlepages of each Volume. / Subsequently from the library of Daniel Conner.

3520. Twining, Elizabeth.

Illustrations of the Natural Orders of Plants With Groups and Descriptions. [With 160 full-page chromolithographic plates in colour].

Original Sampson Low Edition – Reduced from the Original Folio Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). London, Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1868. Slim-Quarto (17 cm x 25 cm). Volume I: XII, 80 plates / Volume II: [6], 80 plates. Both Volumes include the tissue-guards for protecting the plates and all corresponding explanatory text and Index is present. Hardcover / Original publisher’s half-leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. One of the earliest and rarest publications with chromolithographic botanical illustrations. Excellent condition besides some mild, faded dampstains to some plates. Important: These bindings are usually broken, which is NOT the case here. While the book came from the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), the book belonged to Henrietta L. Conner [Inscribed by Sophia Perry Hornik to Henrietta L. Conner in 1890].