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27 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 149. [Locke (John)] Some Thoughts on Education, 8vo Lond. (A. & J. Churchill) 1699. Fourth Edn. Title with double lined borders, soiled, cont. mottled calf, some wear; also Watts (Isaac) Logick: or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, Sm. 8vo Lond. 1755. Red. & bl. title, cont. full calf, mor. label, some wear. (2) €130 - €180 150. Aldine Press: Manutius (Aldus)ed. Ciceronis, De Oratoe Libri III, De Optimo Genere Oratorum. De Claris Oratoribus, sm. 8vo 1569. Printers device on title, some mis-pagination stained thro-out, early m/ ss notes, orig. full limp vellum. As sample of early printing, S.N.S.R. (1) €140 - €200 151. Atlas: Cary (John) Traveller’s Companion, or, A Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales,... laid down on a New Set of County Maps. sm. 8vo L. 1791. Engd. title, advert & contents, & 42 of 43 (lacks Yorkshire) full page maps, hand cold. in outline, cont. full mottled calf, gilt roll border. V. good. as an Atlas, w.a.f. (1) €120 - €180 152. Atlas: Hill (P.) & Co., publ. Travelling Map of Scotland , 12mo Edin. n.d. [c. 1820] engd. title, engd. contents, 64pp. include 56 engd. hd. cold. pp of maps, advert. leaf at end, hf. calf, marbled sides with orig. ptd. label on upr. covers. V. good. (1) €120 - €180 153. Ware (James) De Hibernia & Antiquitatibus ejus, Disquisitiones, Sm. 8vo London 1658. Second Edn., red & bl. title, engd. & wd. cut illus., engd. map of Ireland, lacks frontis cont. vellum, w.a.f. Wing W844. (1) €200 - €300 154. In Fine Modern Binding Hudson (Wm. E.) A Treatise on the Elective Franchise and the Registration of Electors in Ireland under The Reform Act, Sm. thick 8vo Dublin 1832. First Edn. engd. fold. map frontis of Dublin, & 33 other engd. full page maps, [II], [XII], 443 _ LX, pps. In fine modern binding in the 18th Century Irish style by Antiquarian Bookcrafts, full calf, lg. gilt borders & corner decorations, each cover with inset shaped vellum lozenger, & profusely gilt spine. V. good. Rare. (1) €400 - €600 155. Rare Dublin Printing Hawkey Classic : S. Crispi Salustii Opera, 8vo Dublin (E. Typographia Academiae) 1747. Title with engd. vignette of the Doric portico of T.C.D., wd. cut headpieces, pp. [II] 198 (mis-numbered 168), uncut, orig. boards. Rare; also Electa Minora ex Ovidio, Tibullo, et Propertio, Usui Scholae Etonensis. 8vo Eton (J. Pote) n.d. c. 1720? [II] 140pp in orig. full sheep, worn. (2) €200 - €300 156. Rare Commentary on the Church of Ireland 1842 Lifford (Right Hon. Lord Viscount) Ireland and the Irish Church: its past and present state, and future prospects. London, 1842. M/ss notes on endpapers and occasionally in text. Pp xvi, 154. Orig. embossed cloth. Scrace. James Hewitt, Viscount Lifford, was a Donegal landlord and an active member of the Church of Ireland. He was also the author of Thoughts on the present state of Ireland (1849) and A Plea for Irish Landlords (1867). (1) €100 - €150 157. Blackmore (Sir Richard) Redemption: A Divine Poem , In Six books 8vo L. 1722. First Edn., red & bl. title, inscribed Philippe Jephson, with stamped monogram, cont. panel calf, mor. label. Mallow Castle Copy. Scarce. (1) €80 - €120 158. Important Account of Prison Life Sheehy (David) M.P. Prison Papers , sm. 8vo D. 1888. First Edn., in bk. form, orig. ptd. cold. decorated boards, recent cloth reback. Scarce. (1) €100 - €150 150 153 158 154 149