101. [Luckombe, Philip].

Round Tower at Kildare.

Luxury Fine Art Giclée Reprint of the original Engraving which was printed in London by publisher Philip Luckombe in the year 1788. Skibbereen, Inanna Rare Books & Art Publishing House, 2023. Image Size: 12,5 cm wide x 21 cm high. Sheet Size: 18,7 cm wide x 27 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

102. [Luckombe, Philip].

Rock of Cashel.

Luxury Fine Art Giclée Reprint of the original Engraving which was printed in London by publisher Philip Luckombe in the year 1788. Skibbereen, Inanna Rare Books & Art Publishing House, 2023. Image Size: 20,9 cm wide x 13,9 cm high. Sheet Size: 26,9 cm wide x 19,8 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

103. [Luckombe, Philip].

Powerscourt Waterfall.

Luxury Fine Art Giclée Reprint of the original Engraving which was printed in London by publisher Philip Luckombe in the year 1788. Skibbereen, Inanna Rare Books & Art Publishing House, 2023. Image Size: 17,5 cm wide x 22,7 cm high. Sheet Size: 23,7 cm wide x 28,8 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

104. [Luckombe, Philip].

Clark’s Skeleton.

Luxury Fine Art Giclée Reprint of the original Engraving which was printed in London by publisher Philip Luckombe in the year 1788. Skibbereen, Inanna Rare Books & Art Publishing House, 2023. Image Size: 14,5 cm wide x 21,3 cm high. Sheet Size: 20,8 cm wide x 27,2 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

105. [Luckombe, Philip].

Abbey of Saint John in Kilkenny.

Luxury Fine Art Giclée Reprint of the original Engraving which was printed in London by publisher Philip Luckombe in the year 1788. Skibbereen, Inanna Rare Books & Art Publishing House, 2023. Image Size: 21,1 cm wide x 13,8 cm high. Sheet Size: 27,3 cm wide x 19,8 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

106. [Luckombe, Philip].

A View of the Lighthouse in Dublin Harbour.

Luxury Fine Art Giclée Reprint of the original Engraving which was printed in London by publisher Philip Luckombe in the year 1788. Skibbereen, Inanna Rare Books & Art Publishing House, 2023. Image Size: 27,6 cm wide x 20 cm high. Sheet Size: 20 cm wide x 27 cm high. Excellent condition. © Copyright by Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

107. Florence / Pisa – Carocci, G. et al.

Collection of six stunning, early 19th-century gouache-aquatints of Florence and Pisa including a rare segment showing a Funerary Procession in front of Giotto’s Campanile, part of the complex of buildings that make up Florence Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo in Florence, Italy. These very able and fantastically hand-coloured, original artworks, represent the peak of high-quality souvenirs for the European Traveller on their Grand Tour. [Loggia dei Lanzi / Cattedrale di Firenze / Piazza S. Trinita / Campanile Della Cattedrale di Firenze / Ponte S. Trinita / Campanile Di Pisa].

Original Aquatint (hand-applied water-colouring over copper engraving). Florence / Pisa, [c.1820]. Plate Sizes vary: 31 cm x 22.1 cm. Sheet Sizes vary: 34.6 cm x 26.5 cm. Original Gouache-Aquatint (hand-applied water-colouring over copper engraving). Florence/Pisa, [c.1820]. Plate-Sizes vary: c. 31 cm x 22.1 cm. Sheet Sizes vary: c. 34.6 cm x 26.5 cm. Besides some smaller damages to the Ponte S. Trinita-artwork in very good, actually stunning, condition. Clean, crisp and brightly coloured. All of these artworks are beautifully framed and the price includes worldwide free shipping per UPS – courier.

108. [Weimar Culture in the 18th and early 19th century] – Bruford, W.H.

Culture and Society in Classical Weimar – (1775-1806).

Cambridge, University Press, 1962. Octavo. IX, 465 pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Some foxing. Inscription on endpaper. Original drawing laid in. Othersie in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

109. [Neale, John William] Willis, Anne.

A Critical Edition of Neal’s Celebrated Irish Tunes [that is: “John William Neale”].

[c.1972]. Large Quarto. 158 pages with scores and analysis of tunes. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Stunning, very comprehensive and specialized publication. Extremely rare work on this seminal irish musician. From the library of Tadgh O Murchu, with his name and date (1972).

110. McCarthy, Patricia.

Life in the Country House in Georgian Ireland.

New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2016. Quarto: (25 cm wide x 28 cm high). 260 pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition. The rare Hardcover-Edition.

111. [Hartley, David] Priestley, Joseph.

Hartley’s Theory of the Human Mind: On the Principle of the Association of Ideas; With Essays relating to the subject of it.

Second Edition. London, J. Johnson, [1790]. 14 cm x 22 cm. LXVIII, IV, 367 pages. Original Hardcover (contemporary full leather with original spinelabel). Titlepage missing. Part of last page missing (text not affected). Chipping/tearing to spine, otherwise in good condition with binding firm and strong.

112. Graham, Henry Grey.

Scottish Men of Letters in the Eighteenth Century.

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1901. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XII, 441 pages. Includes an illustrated Frontispiece with a reproduction of a mezzotint after Allan Ramsay (protected with a tissue guard). With a further 31 black-and-white illustrations (portraits). Original Hardcover (blue cloth with gilt lettering). Very good condition with some signs of external wear. Some foxing evident with one illustration plate detached. An interesting Exlibris / bookplate with the engraved Motto: ‘Semper Paratus’ from the library of Albert A. Smith on front pastedown.

113. [Dietzsch, Barbara Regina] Ludwig, Heidrun.

Nürnberger Naturgeschichtliche Malerei im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert.

Marburg an der Lahn, Basilisken Presse, 1998. 21 cm x 28,5 cm. 462 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen schwarz-weißen und farbigen Illustrationen. Original Hardcover. Sehr guter, nahezu neuwertiger Zustand.

114. [Saunders, Richard] Rider, Cardanus.

Rider’s British Merlin: For the Year of our Lord 1799. Being the Third after Bissextile or Leap-Year. Adorned with many delightful and useful Verities, fitting all Capacities in the Islands of Great Britain’s Monarchy. With notes of Husbandry, Fairs, Marts, High Roads and Tables for many necessary uses. Compiled for the Country’s Benefit by Cardanus Rider. [With: “The Arms of the Peers, Peeresses &c. of England, Scotland & Ireland the Insignia of the Different Orders of Knighthood with the Baronets of Great Britain and the Dates of their Creations” [With: “Heraldry in Miniature” / Including a small section to the end of the publication with “British Governments in America and the West-Indies with Upper Canada – Lower Canada – Cape Breton – Virgin Island – Montserrat – Grenada – Jamaica – Leeward Islands – Barbados [Barbadoes]” etc.]. [ With a section on “Peers, Peeresses and Bishops of Ireland – That are Not Peers of England”].

London, Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1799. Slim-Octavo (9,5 cm x 16 cm). Collation complete with parts of the book interleaved: 60, XXXVI, [122 + 4 misbound planches with coats of arms, pagination incorrect but all plates available that are called for], plus 321 pages [House of Peers of Great Britain with misprinted pagination to the beginning of the 321 pages]. Original Hardcover / 18th century or early 19th century red leather. Stronger rubbed but firm and intact binding. Interior with tear to page 15/16, some minor foxing and browning only, some writing to interleaved pages in a child’s hand. All plates with Heraldic Bearings, Coat of Arms, Emblemata, Badges etc. included. Here the rare 1799 publication with over 500 examples of Heraldry of Ireland, Scotland and England. Includes Irish Earls, Irish Barons, Irish Archbishops, Irish Viscounts, etc. [Coat of Arms of Fingal, Glandore, Lisburne, Winterton, Arran, Barrymore, Marq. Donegall, Clanricarde, Fife, Lowth, Upper Ossory etc. etc.]

115. [Parker, Richard – Mutiny] Anonymous.

Die schwimmende Republik. [‘The Floating Republic’] Eine Erzählung des Aufstandes der brittischen [sic] Seeleute auf der Themse im Jahr 1797. Nebst Richard Parkers Vertheidigung vor dem Kriegsgerichte und einem Anhang über das Seewesen, beschrieben von einem Augenzeugen. [The german title translates: “‘The Floating Republic’ – A narrative of the uprising / mutiny of the british sailors on the Thames in 1797. Along with Richard Parker’s defense before the court martial and an appendix on maritime affairs, described by an eyewitness”].

Erste Deutsche Ausgabe / First and only german Edition. Fürth, Bureau für Litteratur, 1803. Duodecimo (10 cm x 15.3 cm). Portrait-Frontispiz (Portrait – Engraving of Richard Parker by J.F.Volkart), 120 Seiten. Hardcover / Originaler, wunderbarer Halblederband mit reicher Verzierung und Rueckenschildchen. Außergewöhnlich gut erhalten mit zwei ganz kleinen Wurmgängen am unteren Kapital. Ganz blasses Anzeichen eines alten Bibliotheksstempelchen auf dem Titelblatt. Portrait und Text in exzellenter Erhaltung. Eine Publikation von grosser Seltenheit !

116. [Linné, Carl von] / Giseke, P. D.

Caroli a Linné Termini botanici classium methodi sexualis generumque plantarum characteres compendiosi. Recudi cum interpretatione Germanica.

Editioni huic alteri accesserunt fragmenta ordinum naturalium Linnaei. Hamburg, B. Ch. Herold Wwe. [Ch.Heroldi Viduae], 1782. Octavo (13 cm x 19.5 cm). [10], 396 Seiten mit zwei gefalteten Tabellen. Hardcover / Originaler, dekorativer Halblederband des 19.Jahrhunderts. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren / Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Very scarce !

117. [Horaninow, Paul Fedorowitsch] Goraninow, Paulo / Gorjaninow, P. F.

Primae lineae systematis naturae, nexui naturali omnium evolutionique progressivae per nixus reascendentes superstructi.

St.Petersburg, K.Krajan, 1834. Octavo (13 cm x 20.5 cm). XIII, 142, XXI Seiten mit 1 lithographischen Tafel im Anhang (sauber gespalten aber mit geringem Textverlust). Softcover / Originale Interimsbroschur des 19.Jahrhunderts. Widmungsexemplar des russischen Botanikers Paul Fedorowitsch Horaninow and die Muenchner Vereinigung von Pharmazeuten [″Unioni Pharmaceut. Monacensis”]. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Die Tafel mittig gespalten (ein Teil liegt lose bei). / Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. The rare and often missing lithograph cleanly split with ninor text-loss. Very scarce !

118. Cabral de Vasconcelos, Paulino António.

Poesias de Paulino Cabral de Vasconcelos, Abade de Jazente.

Porto, Na Officina de Antonio Avvarez Ribeiro, 1786. Small-Octavo (10.5 cm x 15 cm). [4], 245 pages. Hardcover / Original, 18th century full leather with new spinelabel. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Last four pages with minor evidence of a faded dampstain (only peripheral). Extremely rare publication. A second Volume was published one year later, in 1787, but the first Volume is complete in itself. Contemporary drawing and name (″Brodrick”) on rear pastedown.

119. Norway – Homann, Johann Baptist. (1664 – 1724).

Regni Norvegiae Accurata Tabula.

Handcoloured Original Engraving (copper engraving). [Nuremberg], c.1716. 49,5 cm wide x 59 cm high. Excellent condition of this beautiful original 18th century map.

120. Wilkes, John / Bingley, William.

The North Briton – Revised and Corrected by the Author. Illustrated with Explanatory Notes and A Copious Index of Names and Characters. In Two Volumes (Revised Edition of Volumes I and II – Containing: No. 1 – No.45 – Published London, 1766) / [Plus: The North Briton – Volumes III – Printed for E. Sumpter, London and Dublin, 1763 (Containing No.46 from May 28, 1763 – No.68 on October 27th, 1763) & The North Briton – Volume IV – Printed for W[illiam] Bingley, London and Dublin, 1769 (No.46 from November the 12th, 1763 – No. 66 (or XX (20) of the Continuation) from September 17, 1768].

Mixed Editions bound uniformly [First Edition and Corrected Editions together]. Four Volumes (Bound in Three). London and Dublin, E.Sumpter & Anonymously, 1763 – 1769 Octavo (10 cm x 16,5 cm). Pagination: Volume I and II: 269, [5] pages including Index with two title-pages but continued pagination / Volume III: 216 pages / Volume IV: 288 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century leather with gilt numbering on spine and new spine-labels , created to style of the 18th-century. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Edward Supple, [most likely the Edward Supple from Supple’s Court, Castlemartyr, County Cork], with his name to titlepages. A very rare set !

121. [Webb, William Livingston / United Irishmen] [Muralt, Béat Louis de (1665-1749)].

Lettres sur les Anglois et les François et sur les Voiages [Voyages].

Three Volumes bound in Two (complete set). [Paris], 1726. Small-Octavo (10 cm x 16 cm). 200, 200, 224 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century leather with gilt lettering on spine. New Spine-Label applied to Volume I. Both Volumes housed in a bespoke built Solander Box. Some minor rubbing. Provenance: From the library of a member of the 1798 Rebellion under Wolfe Tone, William Livingston Webb, with Webb’s name in ink to the titlepage of Volume I and his name also to the first page of Volume II. Webb notes in Volume two that he purchased the books in Lille. While other Protestant Leaders of the Rebellion were hanged, William Livingston Webb was exiled. With a manuscript-poem in english and remarks in french, citing “Voltaire” to rear endpaper of Volume II: “Les Tome auteur n’art de l’esprit qui autart qu’il enfant, ny le recherchant jamais pensent avec priment avec clarte” (?) – Voltaire (?).

122. Vallancey, Charles / Piers, Sir Henry [Provenance: Abraham Abell (Cork City)].

Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis – Five-Volume-Set with thirteen (13) Numbers (I – XIII) plus “A Vindication of the Ancient History of Ireland” and “Anecdotes of Chess in Ireland”. [See full list of Numbers, Chapters and Illustrations below and detailed images on our website].

Dublin, Thomas Ewing, 1770 – 1790. Octavo (13,5 cm wide x 21,5 cm high). Pagination: Volume I (contains Numbers I, II, III, IV): Frontispiece-Portrait, XIV, [6 unnumbered pages of “Contents”], 636 pages, [2] pages with the contents-page misbound [2], and 24 pages on “The Brehon Laws of Ireland” to the rear of the Volume. Volume I includes three illustrations (including the Large Folding-Map of Meath)/ Volume II (contains Numbers V, VI, VII, VIII, IX): 562 pages and 10 illustrations (including the Large Folding-Plan of the City of Kilkenny) / Volume III (contains Numbers X, XI, XII): LXX, 682 pages with one illustration (being the Large Fold-Out-Map of “Antient Ireland” by William Beauford) and VI Tables on two large sheets in the rear of the Volume (containing Orthography/Names of Numbers in different Languages, Names of Numbers of some of the Indians of America etc. etc. compared to the antient Irish) / Volume IV (contains Number XIII of Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis and “A Vindication of the Ancient History of Ireland” by Charles Vallancey”): LX, 161 pages (being the end of Number XIII), plus Pagination for “The Vindication of the Ancient History of Ireland”: Frontispiece-Map of Europe and Asia, XLVIII, 551 pages, followed by 16 unnumbered pages of an Index for “The Ancient History of Ireland”, followed by X (10) Plates (mainly fold-out plates with numerous illustrations for the “Ancient History of Ireland”, aslo included is a text-illustration “Inscription in the Cave of New Grange (page 212). / Volume V of Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis: 368 pages plus Hardcover / Original 19th century full-leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Spine of Volume Three is coming apart. From the library of Cork Antiquarian Abraham Abell, with an inscription and original manuscript letter by his friend and “Brother Antiquarian”, John Bennett, 9 Academy St., 18th September, 1841.

123. Sommer, James van / Spohr, Louis / Keller, Karl / Beethoven, Ludwig van / Hummel, Johann Nepomuk / Weber, Carl Maria von / Eberwein, Traugott Maximilian / etc.

Manuscript of: “Songs &c., chiefly by German Composers. With English Words by James van Sommer, by whom also the Music was ruled and transcribed”. / 19th century Manuscript by british composer James van Sommer with transcriptions of German Lieder in poetry form and score. Marvellous original manuscript with early transcriptions into english of some unusual composers. The manuscript in a beautiful and steady hand in ink/ Originales Manuskript von Transkriptionen teilweise ungewoehnlicher Lieder deutscher und europaeischer Komponisten des spaeten 18. und fruehen 19.Jahrhunderts. Wundervolle, sehr akkurate Handschrift.

[England, possibly Hoxton], James van Sommer, 1837. Octavo. 157 pages. Modern, unsophisticated Hardcover with new endpapers. Excellent condition.

124. Smith, Charlotte.

Montalbert – A Novel.

First Irish Edition. In Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for P.Wogan, P.Byrne, J.Moore, J.Rice, G. Folingsby etc. etc., 1795. Small-Octavo (11 cm x 17 cm). 270, 276 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th-century leather with original spinelabels. Both Volumes in protective Mylar and now housed in a bespoke Solander Box. Bindings in excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Bookplate / Exlibris of Richard Meade of Ballymartle attached to pastedown of Volume I.

125. Roche, Regina Maria [Author of “The Children of the Abbey”].

Clermont – A Tale.

Second Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed by William Porter, 1799. Small-Octavo (11,5 cm x 17,5 cm). Volume I: 269 pages / Volume II: 326 (of 329) pages [3 pages missing at the end]. Hardcover / Modern, very decorative half-leather bindings with replicated spinelabels in the style of the 18th century. Both Volumes in protective Mylar and now housed in a bespoke Solander Box. Name of Richard Meade of Ballymartle on titlepage of both Volumes. Minor lesion and tear to titlepage of Volume II. Overall very good ! Extremely scarce publication in first or second edition !

126. Poilly, Nicolas Jean Baptiste de / Mitoire, Jean-Baptiste.

[18th century Playing Cards] Fortyfive (of 56) vintage geographical & historical playing cards, designed by Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly and printed by Jean-Baptiste Mitoire. Handcoloured set of 45 very rare cards, mainly depicting France and also French Territory of the Illes Balears / Islas Baleares / Balearic Islands Minorque (Menorca) / Mayorque (Mallorca) / Yvice (Ibiza) and Formentera. There are 37 french cards, 4 spanish cards, 3 cards on Flanders and 1 card on Sardinia. The 45 playing cards include 5 cards which essentially are maps showing: Gascogne, Languedoc, Picardie (with Pas de Calais and Canal D’Angleterre), Roussillon and Valencia-Murcia (incl. Balearic Islands).

[Paris, Poilly & Mitoire, c.1763. 8.5 cm x 6 cm. 45 (of 56) copper engraved playing-cards, handcoloured. Loosely in bespoke made solander-box. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare set.

127. Müller, Peter / Mueller, Peter.

De Jure Praegnantium – Vom Rechte Schwangerer Weiber [On the Rights of Pregnant Women – Abortion / Adultery / Marriage Fraud in the 18th century].

First Edition. Jena, Literis Ac Sumtibus Joh.Christ. Croeker, 1744. Octavo (17 cm x 21,5 cm). 160 pages plus 8 pages of an Index. Modern Hardcover with 18th-century bookblock bound in. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Faded dampstain to lower margins of some pages. An immensely important, early publication on women’s rights and pregnant women and their rights in particular.

128. Kotzebue, August von / [Plumptre, Anne].

The Constant Lover; Or, William and Jeanette: A Tale. From the German of Augustus von Kotzebue. To which is prefixed “An Account of the Literary Life of the Author” [with the printed dedication by Kotzebue to his friend Charles Georg Graumann] / Also included (separately bound): “Pizarro – The Spaniards in Peru; or, The Death of Rolla. A Tragedy, in Five Acts:. The original of the play, Performing at the Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane, under the title of PIZARRO. Translated from the German by Anne Plumptre – Translator of Kotzebue’s “Virgin of the Sun”, &c.

First Edition. Three Volumes in one Solander Box. Dublin, Printed by William Porter / Printed for J. Moore, 1799. Small Octavo (11 cm x 17 cm). Pagination of the two Volume-Set: “The Constant Lover / Account of the Literary Life of Kotzebue”: Volume I: XIV, 203 pages / Volume II: 216 pages / Pagination for the accompanying Volume: “Pizarro”: 102 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. All three Volumes housed in a bespoke built Solander Box (see plenty of images on our website). Excellent condition. From the library of Susannah Townsend-Meade (Ballymartle), with her name to titlepage. The accompanying Volume bears the name of one Mary Johnston. The “Constant Lover”, with the “Account of Kotzebue’s Life” is a very scarce publication !

129. [Hales, William].

Irish Pursuits of Literature, in A.D. 1798, and 1799, consisting of I. Translations, II. Second Thoughts, III. Rival Translations, IV. The Monstrous Republic [The Monstrous Republic – Or, French Atrocities Pourtrayed [sic] Portrayed], V. Indexes.

Dublin, Printed for J. Milliken and J. Wright [London], 1799. Large Octavo. [2], XXVII, [1], 153, [1], 99, 71 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s interim – binding, paper-covered boards with spinelabel. Very good condition ‘Sammelband’ with several works bound in one. Only minor signs of external wear. The interior in excellent, near Fine condition. Extremely scarce compilation. From the library of Richard Meade, Ballymartle (County Cork), with his name in ink on titlepage and loosely inserted his bookplate.

130. [Cumberland, Richard] Anonymous.

Henry. By the Author of “Arundel”. In Two Volumes.

First Irish Edition. Dublin, Printed for P.Wogan, P. Byrne, W.Jones etc., 1795. Small Octavo (12 cm x 17 cm). IX, 440, VIII, 411 pages. Hardcover / Modern half-leather, bound to style of the 18th-century with spine-labels. Housed in a bespoke Solander Box. Excellent condition. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown of Volume Two. Name of Richard Meade to both titlepages.

131. Reimmann, Jacob Friedrich.

Versuch einer Einleitung in die Historie der Theologie insgemein und der jüdischen Theologie ins besondere; Nahmentlich der Jüdischen Theologiae, Polemicae, Metaphrasticae, Exegeticae, Homileticae, Ethicae, Asceticae, Liturgicae, Masorethicae, Talmudicae, Cabalisticae, Karaiticae, Samaritanae, Atheisticae, Ingleichen derer Dinge die in der jüdischen Theologie verlohren und wieder neu-erfunden, und billich noch erfunden werden sollten. Welchen noch mit beygefüget Eine Einleitung In das Erkaentnis der verschiedenen Grund-Saetze der Lehre, des Lebens und der Ceremonien die sich in denen verschiedenen Arten der Theologie bey denen Juden befinden.

Magdeburg und Leipzig, Verlegts Christoph Seidel, 1717. Octavo. Mit gestochenem Frontispiz und 1 Faltblatt (″Typus Systematis Antiquitatis Literariae”), 11 nn. Bl., 807 Seiten plus 81 nn. Seiten Index Autorum und Index Rerum. Hardcover / Originales Ganzleder des 18.Jahrhunderts. Der Buchblock sehr gut, wirklich tadellos erhalten. Die Bindung etwas berieben. Kleiner Wurmgang an einigen Stellen des hinteren Einbanddeckels. Sehr seltene Publikation !

132. Quin, Charles William.

A Treatise on the Dropsy of the Brain, Illustrated by a Variety of Cases to which are added, Observations on the Use and Effects of the Digitalis Purpurea in Dropsies. By Charles William Quin, M.D. – Fellow of the King’s and Queen’s College of Physicians, Physician General of His Majesty’s Army in Ireland and of the Royal Hospital of Invalids, near Dublin.

First Edition. London, Printed for J.Murray and W.Jones, Dublin, 1790. Octavo. [1], 227 pages. Original Bookblock (Disbound). Needs new binding but the bookblock is in excellent condition with some minor flaws only. Former copy of the R.C.P.I. Kirkpatrick Bequest, now Deaccessioned and furnished with three stamps of the Kirkpatrick Bequest. An extremely rare book.

133. [Moore, John] / [Anonymous: “By the Author of Zeluco and Edward”].

Mordaunt. Sketches of Life, Characters, and Manners, in Various Countries; Including the Memoirs of A French Lady of Quality. By the Author of Zeluco and Edward.

First Irish Edition. Three Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for W. Watson and Son, G. Burnet, G. Folingsby etc. etc., 1800. Small-Octavo (10.5 cm x 17 cm). II, 239, 276, 283 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th/19th-century leather with original spinelabels. All three Volumes in protective Mylar. The labels and spoine slightly damaged only. All Volumes firm and in overall very good condition. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his bookplate to the pastedown of Volume I. Bindings a little shaky but still intact; stronger rubbed with loss to labels. Bookplate / Exlibris of Richard Meade of Ballymartle attached to pastedown of Volume I.

134. [Mirror Club, The] / Henry Mackenzie / William Craig / Alexander Abercromby / Alexander Fraser Tytler.

The Mirror – A Periodical Paper, Published at Edinburgh in the Years 1779 and 1780 [″Veluti in Specula”].

Fourth Edition overall [First Dublin Edition]. In Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed by T.Henshall for T.Walker, 1782. Small Octavo (10 cm x 18 cm). VI, 288, VIII, 288 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century leather with new spinelabels, made to style. Both Volumes now in protective Mylar. Some minor wormhole-damage to the last 20 pages of Volume Two.Minor lesions to some pages only. Faded dampstain to both Volumes. Still, both Volumes firm and complete. Important scottish enlightenment publication. From the library of one “John Courtenay”, with his name in ink on the titlepages of both Volumes. This is possibly John Courtenay (22 August 1738 – 24 March 1816), who was an Irish officer in the British Army, later becing a politician in England. He was a Whig member of Parliament (MP) at Westminster from 1780 to 1807, and again in 1812. (Wikipedia)

135. Mason, Charlotte.

The Lady’s Assistant – For regulating and supplying her Table; Being a Complete System of Cookery containing one hundred and fifty Bills of Fare, properly disposed for Family Dinners of Five Dishes, to Two Courses of Eleven and Fifteen ; with Upward of Fifty Bills of Fare for Suppers from Five Dishes to Nineteen ; and Several Deserts ; Including Likewise The Fullest and choicest Receipts of Various Kinds, With Full Directions for preparing them in the most approved Manner, from which a continual Change may be made, as wanted, in the several Bills of Fare : Published from the Manuscript collection of Mrs. Charlotte Mason, A Professed Housekeeper, who had upwards of Thirty Years Experience in Families of the first Fashion.

The Fourth Edition. Dublin, Printed for Robert Burton, 1778. Octavo. 446 pages plus 10 pages [of 16] of Index. Original Full 18th century Leather, restored and repaired in the 20th century. Front free endpaper missing. LAst few pages of Index missing. Pages a bit rough. Former copy of an Elise Lean, Cork.

136. Locke, John.

De l’education des enfans; traduit de l’anglois de Mr. Locke, par Mr. Coste. [French translation of “Some thoughts concerning education” from 1695]. Sur l’édition angloise publiée après la mort de l’auteur, qui l’avoit revûë, corrigée, & augmentée. Suivant la copie imprimée à Amsterdam.

Édition pirate [de Suisse]. Amsterdam, 1730. Octavo (11 cm x 16.5 cm). Frontispiece – Portrait of John Locke, [6], 3-24, 468, [12] pages. Hardcover / Reliure originale. Un peu taché, frotté et heurté par endroits, le dos collé avec des bandes de papier et des étiquettes en papier. Globalement un très bon exemple de cette importante publication.

137. Klesius [Clesius], Johann Jakob / [Heinrich Hugo Cöntgen].

Anleitung bestäubte Insekten zu sammlen [sic], für diejenige, welche erst zu sammlen angefangen, in drey Theilen.

[Zweite Ausgabe]. Koblenz, Verlegt von J.K.Huber, 1784. Oktav (11 cm x 18 cm). 70 Seiten mit 12 gefalteten Kupfertafeln von Heinrich Hugo Cöntgen. Hardcover / Originaler, schlichter Pappband des 19.Jahrhunderts. Die Bindung berieben und bestossen. Der Buchblock und die Tafeln jedoch komplett, sauber und in sehr gutem Zustand. Das Buch ist sehr selten aber noch seltener in dieser Vollstaendigkeit und Erhaltung. Aus der Bibliothek von Peter Josef Bohlen (1825) und Bernhard Cremer (1948) mit privaten Besitzvermerken auf dem Innendeckel und Vorsatzblatt / Binding rubbed but interior in excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Very scarce !

138. [Henry, David / Power, Francis / Carnan, Thomas / Sir Christopher Wren] Anonymous.

An Historical account of the Curiosities of London and Westminster, In Three Parts. Part I. Contains a full description of the Tower of London, and every thing curious in and belonging to it. Part II. Contains The History of Westminster-Abbey, from its foundation to the present time ; with its Antiquities, Tombs, and Inscriptions. Part III. Treats of the Old Cathedral of St. Paul’s and the new ; together with a full account of the Monument, London-Stone, the City-wall, Gates, and other Antique [Roman] remains.

With three separate titlepages. London, Printed for Francis Power and Thomas Carnan, 1785 – 1789. Small Octavo (11,5 cm x 17 cm). Part I: IV, 64 pages / Part II: IV, 139 pages plus 5 pages of a thorough Index / Part III: IV, 56 pages. Hardcover / Original half-vellum with marbled paper-covered boards. Binding with some minor signs of wear. Binding and spine firm. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner Mary Gray written in ink on titlepages.

139. Eichhorn, Johann Gottfried.

Geschichte des ostindischen Handels vor Mohámmed [Teil einer kleinen Sammlung mit zwei weiteren Schriften Eichhorn’s zur “Urgeschichte des erlauchten Hauses der Welfen” (Hannover, 1816 / Ehemaliges Exemplar der “Liverpool Free Public Library” in einem sagenhaften Bibliothekseinband des 18.Jahrhunderts (rotes Maroquin mit blingeprägtem Einbanddeckel “Liverpool free public library” und lackierten Vorsatzblaettern) sowie Halb-Band 1 und 2 der “Allgemeinen Geschichte der Cultur und Litteratur des neueren Europa” (Goettingen, 1796) – siehe Photos].

Gotha, Carl Wilhelm Ettinger, 1775. Klein-Oktav. V, 82 Seiten. Hardcover / Originales Ganzleder des 18.Jahrhunderts mit reicher Rückenvergoldung. Unteres und oberes Kapital mit kleineren Fehlstellen. Die seltene Originalbindung bis auf kleinere Schaeden in sehr guter Erhaltung. Der originale Buchblock von den schoenen, originalen Vorsatzpapieren flankiert und tadellos erhalten. Sehr selten !

140. Skinner, David.

Wallpaper in Ireland 1700 – 1900.

Tralee, Churchill House Press, 2014. Quarto (25 cm 216 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Unusually excellent, as new condition. A fantastic, extremly important and now very (very !) rare publication.

141. [MacMahon, Ella [Eleanor Harriet] / Watson, Aaron / Edwardes, Charles / Bonney, Professor / etc.].

Historical Houses of the United Kingdom [and Ireland] – Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial. [The two articles on Lismore Castle and Kilkenny Castle were written by irish romance novelist Ella MacMahon].

London / Paris / Melbourne, Cassell & Company, 1892. Quarto (23 cm x 27.5 cm high). Frontispice, VIII, 328 pages with numerous text-illustrations and severl full-page illustrations of the Houses and Castles. Original, decorative Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornament on spine and cover. Bidning shaky but bookblock firm. Wonderful publication with many historical building-details of irish and english houses. To our knowledge the full-page illustrations of Kilkenny Castle and Lismore Castle are not found in any other publication.

142. Harvey, William – [Harvey, William] van Bemmel, Willem (after the artist) / Houbraken, J. (engraver).

William Harvey M.D.

Original copper engraving portrait of english physician William Harvey, ″ first known physician to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood”. The vintage engraving shows William Harvey, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in a medallion draped with cloth, also shows a drawing of the cardiovascular system, parts of a plant, and a snake entwined around a stick, suggesting a caduceus. [The original engraving is framed and comes with an exceptional Facsimile of the first edition of “De Motu Cordis (see images)”]. [Amsterdam], J. Houbraken, no year [c.1770]. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with Harvey’s portrait: 32 cm x 38 cm. Size of the actual portrait engraving: 9.5 cm x 15.5 cm. Excellent condition !

143. Pfeiffer, August / [M. Nicolao Polemanno, Lüneburg].

Disquisitio Prima De Lingua Ebraica (Respondente M. Nicolao Polemanno, Lüneburgensi) in: “Introductio In Orientem” sive Synopsis Quaestionum Nobiliorum De Origine, Natura, usu et Adminiculis Lingg. (Linguae) Orientalium et Plerarumque Extra Europam: Ebraicae, Chaldaicae, Syriacae, Samaritanae, Punicae, Arabicae, Aethiopicae, Armenicae, Persicae, Turcicae, Copticae, Iberiae, Sinicae, Japonicae, Congensiae, Malaicae &c.

Editio Tertia. Jena, Heinrich Christoph Cröker, 1715. Klein Oktav. 24 nn., 190 Seiten plus 14 Seiten Index Literarum et Vocum Ebraicarum / Index Queastionum et rerum / Index Autorum //. Originaler Pappband der Zeit. Sehr guter Zustand der Originalausgabe. Kleine Läsur am Titelblatt (fachmännsich hinterlegt) / Excellent condition of this rare and early publication on the Hebrew Language.

144. Kant, Emmanuel (Immanuel).

Anthropologie. Suivie des divers fragments du même auteur relatifs aux rapports du physique et du moral et au commerce des esprits d’un monde à l’autre. Ouvrage traduit de l’allemand par J. Tissot.

Paris, Librairie Philosophique De Ladrange, 1863. 13 cm x 22 cm. 483 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar (Removable protective cover). Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Slight discoloration of opening pages.

145. Addison, Joseph / Steele, Richard.

The Spectator [This is the Rare Dublin Edition with Bookseller-Label of T. Connolly (Dublin)]. [With Frontispiece – Illustrations by Pierre-Alexandre Aveline, Jacques Philippe de Bas and Francis Hayman].

8 Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for W.Wilson, 1778. Small Octavo. Volume I: Frontispiece, VI, 325 pages plus 14 unnumbered pages of an Index (includes the notable essay “Inkle and Yarico” (Spectator 11) / Volume II: Frontispiece, IV, 336 pages plus 6 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume III: Frontispiece, IV, 314 pages plus 10 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume IV: Frontispiece, VI, 303 pages plus 9 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume V: Frontispiece, III, 301 pages plus 11 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume VI: IV, Frontispiece, 305 pages plus 19 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume VII: Frontispiece, V, 333 pages plus 9 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume VIII: Frontispiece, VIII, 300 pages plus 12 unnumbered pages of an Index [includes the Bookseller’s copyright-warning to the Reader that “no other Papers which have appeared under title of Spectator, since the closing of this eighth Volume, were written by any of those Gentlemen who had a hand in this or the former Volumes”. Hardcover / Original 18th century full leather. All Volumes firm and with some stronger rubbing (no broken spines or weak hinges). Binding of all eight Volumes look overall poor, with spinelabels missing or broken. Interior in excellent condition with some occasion faded dampstains but overall no browning and all the frontispieces in place. The Dublin Edition comes rarely to the market !