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145 info@fonsiemealy.ie 540 [Walcot (John)] A Poetical and Congratulatory Epistle to James Boswell Esq., On his Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with the celebrated Dr. Johnson. By Peter Pindar, Esq., Sm. 8vo Dublin (for Messrs Colles, White, Byrne, M’Kenzie, Marchbank, and Moore) 1786. First Dublin Edn.? Hf. title, 26pp, disbound. Good. Rare. (1) ) €80-€120 541 Regarding Jewellery of the Earls of Dysart of Ham House, Richmond
Manuscript : Copy of inventory dated 8 August 1888, compiled for probate purposes, of the Dysart Diamond and other Jewellery, valued at £917. With receipt dated 22 December 1889 stating the “Dysart Katherine Huntington received from Hon. Algernon Gray Tollemache, surviving trustee and executor of the will of Hon. Laura Maria Grattan (Lady Grattan) the pearl necklace bequeathed to deceased by her grandmother Louisa late Countess of Dysart, and the ring containing a miniature of Grace Carteret Countess of Dysart.” As a Scottish peerage, the Dysart title could pass through the female one; at this time it was held by the Tollemache family. Laura Maria Grattan, nee Tollemache, was the wife of James Grattan, son of the Irish stateman Henry Grattan. €80-€120 542 Astronomy: Ellis (Hercules) Observations on The Corona, 12mo Dublin (Edward Purdon) 1871. Sole Edition 12pp Dedication dated Sept. 1871. Disbound. (1) * In it he requests that astronomers should test the correctness of these notes by actual observation of the total eclipse of the Sun in December 1871. Very Scarce. (1) €80-€120 543 Architectural Pamphlet: [Brettingham (R.), Bonomi (J.), Carr (J.), Sir Wm. Chambers,... James Payne, N. Rivett, John Soane, JamesWyatt & others,] Resolutions of the Associated Architects; with the Report of a Committee by them Appointed To Consider the Causes of the frequent Fires and the best means of Preventing the like in Future, 8vo [Lond. 1793]. drophead title [4], 31pp unopened, uncut, orig. grey wrappers. Very Rare. (1) * Resolutions.. to be adopted in all new Houses built on the Duke of Bedford’s Estates, or Houses belonging to his Grace, let on repairing Leases, in Cases where such Repairs include relaying of floors, or resetting the wooden Staircases. €100-€200