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27 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 218. The River Shannon Maps & Plans: J.F. Burgoyne, Richard Griffith, & Harry D. Jones: The Commissioners Appointed .. for the Improvement of the Navigation of the River Shannon , folio Dublin (Alex Thom.) 1837. Second Report. 75 lg. folding (hand- coloured in outline) engd. maps, recent buckram, mor. label. As maps, w.a.f. Clean copy. (1) €325 - €450 219. The River Shannon Maps: The Commissioners Appointed .. For the Improvement of he Navigation of the River Shannon, Fourth Report, Parts I & II. Together 2 vols. folio Dublin 1839. First Edn., With 121 lg. folding engraved maps some hand-cold. in outline, recent full green cloth. V. good clean set. As maps, w.a.f. (2) * Rare complete report, with maps, plans & estimates. €600 - €800 220. Astronomical: Smyth (Vice-Admiral W.H.) The Cycle of Celestial Objects continued at The Hartwell Observatory to 1859, With a notice of Recent Discoveries, including details from The Aedes Hartwellianae. Lg. 4to London (John Bowyer Nichols & Sons) 1860. Printed for Private Circulation. First Edn., Engd. vignette on title, 6 full page plts. text illus. etc., orig. cloth, needs re-binding. Scarce. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €120 - €180 221. With Attractive Coloured Plates Rutter (John) Delineations of Fonthill and its Abby, lg. 4to London 1823. Published by Author. First & Only Edition. lg. fold. cold. map of the Estate, & 12 full page plts. of which 3 are hand coloured, & wd. cut illus. vignettes thro-out text, plus plate South West View, which is lacking in most copies, a.e.g., cont. hf. crimson mor. gilt tooled spine, & gilt Gothic design on front cover. V. good. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €120 - €180 222. Fine Hand Coloured Plates: de Moleville (M. Bertrand) The Costume of the Hereditary States of The House of Austria,... Trans. by R.C. Dallas. Folio Lond. (for Wm. Millar .. by Wm. Bulmer & Co.) 1804. First Edn., 50 full page hand coloured plates (include frontis), a.e.g., full crimson mor., with lg. blind & gilt tooled borders. V. good. Bookplate of Michael, Earl of Rosse. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €425 - €750 223. With Attractive Plates Bury (Lady Charlotte) The Three Great Sanctuaries of Tuscany, Valombrosa, Camaldoli, Laverna: A Poem, Oblong folio Lond. (J. Murray) 1833, First Edn., full page engd. add. title, engd. port. list of subscribers, & 6 lg. full page sepia prints, orig. full cont. cloth, mor. label. (1) * Lady Charlotte Bury, was the mother Harriet Bury, Countess of Charleville, Co. Offaly. €100 - €150 224. Borrow - The Works of George Borrow, Edited with much Hitherto Unpublished Manuscript, by Clement Shorter. 16vols. 8vo London (Constable & Co. Ltd.) 1923- 24. Norwich Edition. Limited to 775 Copies NO. 160. Uncut, unopened, orig. green cloth, some stains, spines faded. (16) €200 ‑ €300 225. Millais (J.G.) Rhododendrons and The Various Hybrids, Second Series. Lg. folio Lond. 1924. Lim. Edn. No. 73 of 550 Copies. Fine cold . & other plts. orig. gilt lettered crimson cloth. Good. (1) €250 ‑ €350 226. Miller (Philip) The Gardener’s Dictionary, lg. folio Lond. (For the Author) 1759. Seventh Edn., Engraved frontis & 19 full page plts. (together 20 plts.) cont. full calf, profusely tooled gilt spine in panels, upr. cover loose & worn. (1) €200 ‑ €300 219 222 224 226