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80 info@fonsiemealy.ie 292 O’Conor (Charles) Dissertations on the History of Ireland, 8vo Dublin (G. Faulkner) 1766. First Edn., with fold. plate ‘The Irish Alphabet,’ calf, lacks upper cover; also O’Conor (C.) The Ogygia Vindicated: .. by Roderick O’Flaherty, 8vo Dublin (G. Faulkner) 1775. First Edn., list of subscribers, inscribed by ‘James O’Flanagan 1787’ lacks front blanks, orig. calf, worn. Emf. Both Scarce. (2) €40-€75 293 Bindings: Clarendon. The Life of Edward, Earl of Clarendon, 3 vols. 8vo Dublin (For Peter Wilson) 1759- 60; also The State Letters of Henry Earl of Clarendon, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 2 vols. 8vo Oxford (Clarendon Press) & Dublin re-printed, 1765. List of subscribers, all uniform full cont. calf, raised bands, mor. labels (1 dam.) Emf. (5) €40-€70 294 Thompson (Mrs. D.P.) A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress... Religious Opinion ... in Dingle, and the West of the County of Kerry, Ireland, 8vo Lond. 1846. First Edn., fold. map frontis, vignette title, & 4 plts. orig. cloth. V. good copy. (1) €150-€225 295 With Fine Hand-Coloured Plates [Apperley (Chas. James)] ‘Nimrod’The Life of John Mytton, Esq. of Halston Shropshire. Roy 8vo Lond. n.d. Fourth Edn., hand cold. frontis engd. add. title, & 17 fine hand coloured plts., a.e.g., in attractive full gilt decor. crimson mor., tooled gilt spine; with, Beckford (Wm.) Thoughts on Hunting, In a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend. 8vo Lond. (Albion Press) 1810. Wd.- cut vignette, engd. frontis & add. engd. title, 8 plts. & one fold. plt. by John Scott, a.e.g., cont. full calf, gilt fillet borders, & attractive gilt spine with sporting motifs. V. good. (2) €170-€250