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59 info@fonsiemealy.ie 208 Temple - The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart, 4 vols. 8vo Lond. 1770. New Edn., port. frontis Vol. I, full calf, spines dam. (4) €75-€125 209 Helmholtz (H.) Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects,... With An Introduction by Professor Tyndall. 8vo Lond. 1873. First English Edn., hf. title, text illus., title tamped ‘Birr Castle’ with coronet on top; also Second Series, of above, trans. by E. Atkinson, 8vo Lond. 1881. First Edn., unopened; also Schorlemner (Carl) The Rise and Development of Organic Chemistry, Lond. 1894. Revised Edn., hf. title, port. frontis. All orig. cloth. (3) €40-€70 210 Joyce (P.W.) A Social History of Ancient Ireland, 2vols. D. n.d. illustrations; also Irish Names of Places, 3 vols. Dublin n.d., all orig. cloth. (5) * From the Library of T.P. Lyng, Historian. €80-€120 211 Astronomy: Chambers (Geo. F.) A Cycle of Celestial Objects, Observed Reduced and Discussed. 8vo Oxford (Clarendon Press) 1881. Second Edn., Reused, Condensed and Greatly Enlarged. Hf. title, cold. frontis, text illus., 36pp Cat & 8 other pps. of adverts., Birr Castle with Coronet, stamp on hf. title, & title, orig. cloth, faded. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate €40-€70