RARE BOOK, LITERATURE & COLLECTORS’ SALE May 30th & 31st

117 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 797. [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.? H. title, 26pp, disbound. Good. Rare. (1) €150 - €200 798. Astronomy: Smith (Adam) The Principles which lead and direct Philosophical Enquiries Illustrated by the History of Astronomy, 8vo Mangalore (Basel Mission Press) 1880. [4], 124pp, orig. ptd. wrappers, worn & torn. Scarce. (1) €80 - €130 799. Astronomy: Dreyer (J.L.E.) An Historical Account of the Armagh Observatory, 8vo Armagh 1883 Printed for Private Circulation 20pp, orig. printed pink wrappers. Good. (1) €120 - €180 800. Astronomy: Crampton (Rev. Josiah) Rector of Killesher, Co. Fermanagh, Being an Account of The Meteoric Shower of Nov. 13th & 14th, 1866 , Sm. 8vo Lond. (William Macintosh) n.d. [1867] First Edn., Fold. frontis, one text illus., 38pp., orig. printed green wrappers, V. good. Ex. Scarce. (1) €220 - €320 801. 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) €180 - €250 802. Astronomy: Crampton (Rev. Josiah) Rector of Killesher, Diocese of Kilmore, in South Fermanagh. The Great Solar Eclipse of March 15, 1858, Sm. 8vo Dublin (George Herbert) 1858 (misprinted on title, MDCCCXLVIII). First Edn., title with sm. illus., Preface dated Enniskillen March 5th, 1858, with 6 text illus., 48pp orig. ptd. yellow wrappers, V. good. Ex. Scarce. (1) * He mentions in the text, ‘There will be no total eclipse in England again till February 1916.’ €220 - €320 803. Birr Castle A piece of the original Speculum of The Great Telescope of Birr Castle, mounted in a plastic display block, approx. 6cms x 10cms. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €150 - €200 804. Co. Offaly: Rare Lithograph The Great Telescope erected at Birr Castle, by the Earl of Rosse, President of the Royal Society. [Lord Rosse directing the conveyance of the Great Speculum to it’s position at the base of the Tube, North Side,] engraved by W. Bevan, from a drawing by Miss Henrietta M. Crompton, figures by Herbert Crompton Herrier, approx. 32cms x 49cms (15” x 19”) Mounted and framed. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €300 - €400 805. Rare Coloured Lithograph of the Great Telescope Co. Offaly: A coloured Lithograph, The Great Telescope erected at Birr Castle, in Ireland, by the Earl of Rosse, President of the Royal Society, [Lord Rosse directing the conveyance of the Great Speculum to it’s position at the base of the tube, North Side], engraved by W. Bevan after a drawing by Miss Henrietta M. Crampton - figure by Herbert Crompton Herries, hand coloured, approx. 32cms x 49cms (15” x 19”) Mounted and framed. Very good. Scarce. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €400 - €500 798 799 803 804 805 800