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83 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 552. 19th Century Irish School Miniature : “Lord Edward Fitzgerald,” oils on card, depicting head and shoulders with red scarf and velvet jacket, in gilt frame, with later engraved gilt plaque. (1) €350 - €420 553. 19th Century Irish School Miniature: “Henry Sheares,” oils on card, oval depicting Young Gentleman with curly hair wearing white neck scarf, beige waistcoat and velvet jacket, in contemporary gilt frame, later gilt plaque. (1) €350 - €420 554. 19th Century Irish School Miniature: “Robert Emmett,” oils on card, depicting Young Gentleman, an interior with panelled walls, arms crossed wearing green velvet jacket, with overcoat laying on chair, in contemporary ornate gilt frame. (1) €350 - €420 552 553 554 555. The Only Inscribed Copy Known to Us [Tone (TheobaldWolfe)] . An Argument on behalf of the Catholics of Ireland. 1791, re-printed by order of the Society of United Irishmen of Belfast. Disbound (evidently from a collection of pamphlets), pp. 32. Inscribed on t.p., ‘To Henry Barry Esq. and Colonel Foot – with great respect from the Author’ [i.e. Tone]. Inscription slightly trimmed but legible. Tone’s revolutionary pamphlet arguing that Catholics and Protestants should unite to break the connection with England – the never-failing source of all our political evils, Signed as by ‘A Northern Whig’, issued in the same year when Tone, with Thomas Russell and James Napper Tandy, founded the Society of United Irishmen - just seven years before his death while awaiting execution for high treason. Probably the most important Irish pamphlet issued during the entire 18th century, and the only known copy to bear the author’s inscription (though not his signature). €4000 - €6000 Theobald Wolfe Tone