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123 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 876. Brennan (Rev. M.J.) An Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, Dublin 1848, Second Edn.,; Graham (H.) The Early Irish Monastic Schools, D. 1922; O’Riordan (Rev. M.) Catholicity and Progress in Ireland, Lond. 1906; Meehan - Irish Franciscan Monasteries, D. n.d.; Godkin (James) The Religious History of Ireland L. 1873, all cloth. Emf. (5) €80 - €120 877. de Las Cases (Le Comte) Journal da la Vie Privee et des Conversations de l’Emperor Napoleon, a Sainte Helene, 4vols. roy 8vo London 1823. Two hf. titles, one engd. 1 frontis, fold. plan & 2 fold. maps, uncut, cont. hf. crimson mor. by Zaehnsdorf, London. V. good. (4) €150 - €220 878. Plowden (Francis) An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Rise, Progress, Nature and Effects of the Orange Societies in Ireland, ... 8vo Dublin 1810, [X], [144], plus Rules & Regulations, 16pp. Bound with: Plowden A Postliminies Preface to the Historical Review of the State of Ireland, Dublin 1804. Second Edn., 80pp. Two works in one volume, cont. hf. calf, mor. labels. (1) €140 - €200 879. Martineau (Harriet) Endowed Schools of Ireland, Reprinted from‘The Daily News.’ 8vo Lond. 1859. First Edn. Book Form. 79pp & 16pp Cat. at end, orig. cloth, rebacked. Scarce. (1) €130 - €180 880. Book Catalogue: Sotheby & Co., Catalogue of the Important Collection of Manuscripts from Stowe, 8vo Lond. 1849. First Edn., 2 fold. engd. plts., with orig. wrappers bound in, later cloth. Scarce. (1) * An extraordinary collection of Irish manuscript material. €200 - €300 881. Sayers (Brendan) & Sex (Susan), Ireland’s Wild Orchids, A Field Guide , 8vo Dublin n.d. Limited Edition No. 497 of 850 Copies, Signed by Authors . Cold. illus. thro.-out, orig. mor. backed cloth, & slipcase. V. Good. (1) €200 - €300 882. McGahern (John) Memoir, 8vo Lond. (Faber & Faber) 2005. Signed Limited Edition, No. 6 of 250 Copies, orig. cloth backed boards, & matching slipcase. (1) €200 - €300 883. Fishing : Fly-fisher’s Classic Library: Scrope (Wm.) Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing, roy 8vo Devon 1991; Malone (E.J.) Irish Trout and Salmon Flies, roy 8vo Devon 1993; [Fitzgibbon(Edw.)] The Book of Salmon: In Two Parts, roy 8vo Devon 1995. All cold. & other illus., t.e.g., orig. bindings & slipcase. Pristine. (3) €140 - €200 884. Jansen (Antoni)ed. Zinnebeelden, Getrokken uit Horatius Flaccus, Naer de geestriike vinding van den geleerden Otto Van Veen..., 4to Amsterdam (Justus Dankerts) 1683, title with oval engd. port. vignette, & 103 engd. bl. & white illus.; Bound with, ‘t Doolhof te Versailles..., 4to Amsterdam 1722. 41 engd. plts., cont. calf, early reback, orig. gilt spine laid down. (1) €300 - €400 885. Heaney (Seamus) The Midnight Verdict, 8vo, Meath (Galley Books) 1993, Signed, First Edn., black cloth, d.j.; The Haw Lantern, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987., First Edn., cloth & d.j.; Beowulf, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1999, First Edn., boards, d.j., as a lot. (3) €200 - €300 882 & detail 877 879 884 881