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21 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 151. Rare Irish Edition Dublin Society: Tull (Jethro) The Horse- Hoeing Husbandry; or, An Essay On the Principles of Tillage and Vegetation, 8vo Dublin (A. Rhames for R. Gunne) 1733. First Edn., fine wd. cut headpiece, 6 lg. fold. plts. at end, XVII, 417[IV], cont. calf, blind fillet borders, raised bands mor. label. V. good copy of this rare volume. (1) €450 - €700 152. Smith (Charles) The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Waterford, 8vo Dublin 1774. Second Edn., port. frontis, engd. title vignette, lg. fold. map & fold. plan with straight fold. tears, 5 engd. plts. (3 lg. fold. & 1 other fold.), cont. sprinkled calf, mor. label. Good copy. (1) €300 - €400 153. Polack (J.S.) New Zealand: Being a Narrative of Travels and Adventures.. between the Years 1831 & 1837., 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1838. First Edn., fold. map, 6 litho plts. (include. 2 frontis), attractive cont. green mor. tooled gilt corners, gilt fillet borders & spines, mor. labels. V. good. (2) €200 - €300 154. Bibliography: Keaney (Marian) Westmeath Authors, Athlone 1969; Kavanagh (Michael V.) A Bibliography of the History of County Kildare in Printed Books, Kildare 1976; O’Hanrahan (B.) Donegal Authors, Dublin 1981; Browne (B.) Living by the Pen, The Authors ... of Co. Wexford, 1997; & 2 others sim. As a lot. (6) €80 - €120 155. Irish Travel: Hoare (Sir R. Colt) Journal of A Tour in Ireland, A.D. 1806, roy 8vo Lond. 1807. First Edn., hf. title, engd. frontis attractive mor. backed blind tooled calf, gilt spine; also West (Mrs. Frederick) A Summer Visit to Ireland in 1846, Lond. 1847. First Edn., sepia frontis & 2 sim. plts. cont. hf. mor. mor. label. Very good copies. (2) €200 - €300 156. Irish Travels: The Traveler’s New Guide Through Ireland, 8vo Lond. 1819. Engd. frontis, lg. fold. Map of Ireland, engd. view, 10 single page maps, & fold. Map of Lakes of Killarney, hf mor; Hansbrow (Rev. G.) Hibernian Gazetteer, 8vo Dublin 1835. First Edn., cloth. (2) €150 - €200 151 152 150. James (Wm.) A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of The Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America; 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1818. First Edn., four fold. plts. include 7 maps & plans, later hf. crimson mor. tooled gilt spines. Good set. (2) €650 - €900 153