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70 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 544. The Council of Ireland: Rules, Orders and Directions by the Lord Lieutenant and Council, For the Regulating of All Cities, Walled Towns and Corporations in this Kingdom of Ireland, 12mo Dublin (Geo. Grierson) 1742., title within tooled borders, & with Royal Cipher on title page, mostly B.L., covers some towns individually, 77pp cont. calf, new spine. V. good. (1) €175 ‑ €225 545. Eachard (Laurence E.) An Exact Description of Ireland; Chorographically Surveying all its Provinces and Counties, 16mo Lond. 1691. Fold. Map of Ireland by Francis Lamb, & 4 fold. maps of the Provinces (Complete), cont. calf, raised bands, mor. label. V. good copy. (1) * From the Library of ‘N.K. de la Poer, 10th June 1976.’ €300 - €400 547. Ussher (James) The Substance of that which was Delivered in a Sermon before the House of Parliament in St. Margarets Church, Westminister, 18th of February 1620, 4to London 1621. First Edn., 50pp, recent calf backed boards. (1) €160 - €220 548. Special Limited Edition Dolmen Press: The Easter Proclamation of the Irish Republic, 1916, 8vo Dublin 1975. Special Limited Edition No. 10 of 125 Copies. Hf. title, frontis, & ptd. in black blue and red, in full calf, & slipcase. V. good copy. (1) €150 - €200 549. Binding: Stillingfleet (Edward) An Answer to several late Treatises,... Concerning he Idolatry Practiced in the Church of Rome,... First Part 8vo Lond. 1673 Imprim. leaf at front, a.e.g., cont. full crimson mor. with gilt tooled panel, corner decorations, gilt spine in panels (top dam). (1) €120 - €170 550. All of Irish Interest Fishing: Davy (John) The Angler and His Friend; or Piscatory Colloquies and Fishing Excursions. Sm. 8vo Lond. 1855 First Edn. some text illus., cont. hf. green mor. gilt spine, mor. label; [Fitzgibbon (Edward) Limerick] ‘Ephemera,’ A Handbook of Angling, sm. 8vo Lond. 1848. Second Edn., text illus., orig. cloth. Contains a lot on Irish Fishing; Barry (W.) Moorland and Stream, ... Shooting and Trout Fishing. Lond. 1871. First Edn., cont. hf. mor. gilt spine & mor. label, Irish interest; [Hamilton (W.H.)] Wild Sports of the West, 12mo Lond. 1843. New Edn., engd. frontis cont. hf. mor. mor. label; also A Tour in Ireland, by Dean Hole, lacks title, cont. hf. mor. As a lot. (5) €200 - €300 551. R.I.C.: Smyth (Head Constable J.) A Hand Book of Police Duties, 12mo Dublin 1894. First Edn., adverts front and end, orig. cloth; Standing Rules and Regulations for the Government and Guidance of the Royal Irish Constabulary; .. as approved by .. Neville Chamberlain, Inspector General. 8vo Dublin 1911. Sixth, orig. cloth, git decor. cloth. Scarce v. good. (2) €160 - €220 552. French Texts: Coyer (L’Abbe) Histoire de Jean Sobieski, Roi de Pologne, 3 vols. 12mo Warsaw 1761. Port. frontis. Vol. I; Marmontel - Contes Moraux, 2 vols. 12mo The Hague 1761, 2 engd. vignette titles; Les Caracteres de Theophraste et de La Bruyere, 2 vols. 12mo Dresden 1769. Engd. frontis., engd. vignette titles & head pieces; Letters Interessantes du Pape Clement XIV (Gauganelli) 2 vols. Amsterdam 1776. All cont. calf & tree calf. (9) €150 - €200 546. Carve (Thomas) Itinerarium R.D. Thomas Carve Tripperariensis, Sacellani Maioris in Fortisima iuxta et Nobilissima Legione Strenuissimi Domini Colonelli D. Walter Deveroux sub Sac. Caesar Maiestate Stipenclia Merentis cum Historia facti Butleri, Gordon,Lesly & Aliorum, 12mo, Moguntia (Mainz) impriemebat Nicolaus Heyll, 1639, First Edn., hf. title, dedit (10pps), 8pps, (Ad Lectorum) 4pps (Index), 1-315pps (complete) errata on final page, lacks endpapers, contemp. full vellum (worn). [Sweeney 850]. (1) €1500 - €2000 545 548