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54 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED 48 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED 276. Astronomy: Copeland (Ralph) Annals of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, Vols. 1 & 2. Together 2 vols. lg. 4to Glasgow 1902-1906. First Edns., text illus. thro.-out, ends loosened by dampness, orig. dam. (2) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €80-€120 277. Atlas: Joly (Joseph- Romain) Atlas de l'Ancienne Geographie Universal Comparee a la Moderne, precede D'Une Table Generale, en Forme de Dictionnaire, ... Folio Paris 1801, 18 lg. fold. maps, cont. hf. calf. As an Atlas, w.a.f. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €75-€100 278. Brockhaus (Albert) Netsuke, Versuch Einer Geschichte Der Japanischen Schnitzhunst. Sm. folio Leipzig 1905. First Edn., hf. title, 53 full page coloured plts. (1- 53), a couple of tissue guards torn, silvered endpapers, t.e.g., orig. gilt stamped lettered & decor. mottled grey calf, top and bottom of spine somewhat worn, but a very good copy. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €350-€500 279. de Gancourt (Ed. & Jules) La Femme au Dix Huitiene Siecle, Lg. thick 4to Paris 1887. New Edn., Hf. title, port. frontis red & bl. title, & 57 other plts. include some cold. complete, orig. mor. backed marble boards. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €100-€150 280. Astronomy: Memoirs of The Astronomical Society of London, Volume I, only, 4to London (Baldwin, Cradock & Joy) 1822. First Edn., 6 engd. plts. (some fold.), fold. table, cont. hf. calf, pce. from top of spine lacking. As a periodical, w.a.f. Good Scarce. (1) * Charles Babbage was one of the founders of the Society. Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €100-€150 281. Co. Leitrim: Griffith (R.) Valuation of Rateable Property in Ireland - Union of Carrick-on- Shannon, and Union of Mohill, Co. Leitrim, 2 vols. folio Dublin 1856 & 1857, First Edns., later blue buckram, v. good; Walsh (Michael) Shannon Days and Happy Cruising Days..., folio n.d. (c. 1975), typescript, with two related items, laid in, gilt decor. cloth. Good. (3) €120-€180