6661. [William Westropp Roberts – Mathematician Trinity College Dublin 1870] – Mill, John Stuart / [Provenance: William Roberts, Trinity College Mathematician, being W.R.W. Roberts (1850-1935), son of Mathematician Michael Roberts from Carrigaline, County Cork].

A System of Logic – Ratiocinative and Inductive. Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence and the Methods of Scientific Investigation.

Seventh Edition. In Two Volumes (Complete Set). London, Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1868. Octavo. Volume: XVIII, 541 pages / Volume II: XV, 555 pages. Hardcover / Original, absolutely stunning Trinity College Dublin Prize-Binding with the University Signet in gilt to all four boards (see images). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Provenance: “William Roberts” Mathematician with two price-labels from Trinity college stating: “Ingenuo magnaeque spei Adolsecenti Guilielmo Roberts Schol. [William Roberts, scholar] propter insignies in Mathematicis. Progressus in Classe secunda Praemium hoc Literarium. Primi Ordinis dederunt Praepositus et Socii Seniores Collegii Sacrosanctae et Individuar Trinitatis juxta. Dublin, Examinatione habita initio Termini S. Michaelis, A.D.1870.” [Translates: “A young and promising young man, William Roberts, [William Roberts, scholar] for his distinctions in Mathematics. Progressed in the second Class, this Literary Prize. First Order, given by the Provost and Senior Fellows of the College of the Holy and Individual Trinity, near Dublin, Examination held at the beginning of the Term of St. Michael, A.D. 1870.”]. With several text-markings and manuscript – annotations by Roberts.

6662. Habermas, Jürgen.

Theorie und Praxis – Sozialphilosophische Studien [Signiert / Widmung / Widmungsexemplar des Philosophen Jürgen Habermas an den amerikanischen Philosophen Victor Gourevitch].

21. – 32. Tausend. Frankfurt, Suhrkamp, 1963. Oktav. 466 Seiten. Original Softcover. Sehr guter Zustand / Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Inscribed / signed by german philosopher Jürgen Habermas to american philosopher Victor Gourevitch:″Victor Gourevitch mit herzlichem Dank – Jürgen Habermas – 12.I.72”.

6663. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John.

Samuel Beckett – Centenary Shadows [Signed]. With Essays by John Wallace / Billie Whitelaw / Desmond O’Grady.

First and only Edition. London, Robert Hale Limited, 2006. Small Quarto (19.6 cm wide x 25.3 cm high). 124 pages. Illustrated with Minihan’s photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Inscribed and SIGNED by John Minihan to an irish man of arts. Excellent, close to new condition.

6664. James, John.

The Mother’s Help – Towards Instructing her Children in the Excellencies of the Catechism, and of the Services appointed by the Church of England. For the More Special Occasions which mark Christian Life.

London, Printed for J.G.F. & J. Rivington, 1842. Octavo (12.2 cm wide x 19.3 cm high). XI, 533, [1] pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s half cloth with new spine-label in the style of the 19th century. The binding is in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle). With a giftinscription: “Louisa S. Meade from R H M – 1866”.

6665. [Gifford, John / Gifford William] / Whittle, Thomas (Publisher) / Rowlandson, Thomas (Illustrator) / Davison, Alexander (Illustrator).

The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine ; Or Monthly Political and Literary Censor. From January to April, (Inclusive) 1799 – With an Appendix, containing An Ample Review of Foreign Literature. [This being the Rare Volume which deals with the 1798 Irish Rebellion and its aftermath reflected in publications]. Volume II (Embellished with Plates).

London, Printed for the Proprietors, by J. Plymell, at the Anti-Jacobin Press, 1799. Octavo (14 cm wide x 22.5 cm high). IV, 586 pages. With three Illustrations (Two XXL-Fold-out Caricatures by Thomas Rowlandson and one Engraving on Nelson in Octavo by Alexander Davison). Hardcover / Original, very decorative half-leather with gilt lettering and prnament on spine and marbled-paper-covered boards. In protective Collectors-Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very Rare original edition in its original binding !

6666. Brown, Thomas.

Lectures on The Philosophy of the Human Mind – With a Memoir of the Author, by David Welsh.

Seventeenth Edition. Edinburgh, William Tait, 1848. Octavo (14.5 cm wide x 22 cm high). Portrait-Frontispiece of Thomas Browne, XXXI, 692 pages. Hardcover / Original, very decorative full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Very good and firm condition with only minor signs of wear. The Portrait with the original tissue-guard. Very minor signs of foxing only.

6667. [Euclid / Euklid] Simson, Robert.

The Elements of Euclid ; Viz. The First Six Books, Together with the Eleventh and Twelfth. The Errors, by which Theon, or Others, have long ago vitiated these Books, are corrected, And some of Euclid’s Demonstrations are restored. Also “The Book of Euclid’s Data”, in like manner corrected. By Robert Stimson, M.D. Emeritus Professor of Mathematics in the University of Glasgow. The Sixteenth Edition, carefully revised and improved. To which is added, “A Treatise on the Construction of The Trigonometrical Canon ; And a Concise Account of Lograithms”.

Sixteenth Edition. Three Volumes in One (complete). London, Printed for F.Wingrave and others, 1814. Octavo. VII, [1], 528 pages plus two plates 9as called for): 1. A Fold-Out-Plate of “Plane Trigonometry” bound in at page 484 and 2. A Fold-Ot-Plate “Spherical Trigonometry” bound in at the rear of the Volume. Hardcover / Original full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine and boards. Poor condition of the binding, boards nearly detached and the overall condition with stronger signs of wear. But this book is mostly interesting for the abundance of doodles by 19th-century Oxford – student Daniel Conner, from Ireland. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

6668. [Hammond, Henry].

The Whole Duty of Man, Laid Down In A Plain and Familiar Way for The Use of ALL, but especially The Meanest Reader. [Before the Preface we find here printed “Letter to the Bookseller” by Henry Hammond, dated March 7, 1657”]. Divided into XVII Chapters ; One whereof being read every Lord’s Day, the whole may be read over thrice in the Year. Necessary for ALL Families. With Private Devotions for several Occasions.

Dublin, Printed for William Watson, No.7, Capel-Street, 1809. Small Octavo (11.3 cm wide x 18.3 cm high). XXII, [1], 452 pages plus a Book-Catalogue over 4 pages “Books Sold By William Watson, No.7, Capel-Street”. Hardcover / Stunning full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Armorial binding with supralibros on front and rear boards “Association for Promoting the Christian Religion Incorporated”. The beautiful binding in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle). This is a prize-binding, awarded to “Mary Townsend Meade” at Christ Church Cork, 19th if October, 1814 by The Reverend Richard Lee.

6669. Goff, Robert J. Goff & Co. [Bloodstock Auctioneer in Dublin].

Collection of fifteen (15) Historical Auction-Catalogues of Bloodstock-Sales between the Years 1938-1954. / Includes the 54th Annual Sale in Conjunction with the Royal Dublin Society’s Horse Show in 1938, 1939 and 1940 / Includes Sales of Horses in Training, Likely ‘Chasers, Untried Stock, Stallions, Yearlings, Mares and Foals. Sales happened at Paddocks in Ballsbridge, Dublin etc.

15 Volumes. Dublin, Robert J. Goff & Co., 1938-1954. Octavo. c.2500 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some stronger signs of external wear.

6670. Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn.

Lectures on the History of the Jewish Church. Part I: Abraham to Samuel – With Maps and Plans (Plan of the Mosque at Hebron / Palestine before the Conquest / Migration of Abraham).

London, John Murray, 1863. Octavo. XLI, 523 pages with folded maps and plans. Hardcover / Original Half-leather with gilt lettering on spine. Upper spine slightly damaged. Otherwise in very good condition with some minor signs of wear only.

6671. [Sinclair, Sir George] Grant, James.

Memoirs of Sir George Sinclair, Bart., of Ulbster. [Includes the “Interview with the First Napoleon”].

London, Tinsley Brothers, 1870. Large – Octavo. Portrait – Frontispiece with printed signature, X, 484 oages. Hardcover / Original half leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Binding slightly rubbed, Interior a little dusty but otherwise in very good condition with some minor signs of wear only.

6672. Pincierus, Johannes / Pincier, Johannes / [ExLibris Adam Gottlob von Moltke – (Gut Bregentved / Gut Niendorf)]

Otium Marpurgense, in sex libros digestum: Quibus fabrica corporis humani, in fertis passim disputationibus, historiis & fabulis ad rem pertinentibus, facili ac perspicuo carmine describitur á Johanne Pinciero, Medicinæ Doctore.

Herbornæ Nassoviorum [Herborn], 1614. Octavo. [16], 423 p. Hardcover / Original, very decorative 17th century binding in full leather with coat of arms supralibro of Danish Statesman and Diplomat, Adam Gottlob Moltke to boards. Binding with some minor cracks to spine but still holding, boards slightly rubbed and partially with minor loss to leather but with the original spine-label intact and the binding overall still in splendid glory / Extrem seltene Publikation des Wetteraner Mediziners, Johannes Pincier, Professor in Herborn und Marburg sowie Leibarzt in Dillenburg und Braunfels. Aus der Bibliothek des dänischen Oberhofmarschalls am Hof in Kopenhagen, Adam Gottlob Moltke (1710 – 1791).

6673. Ammoun, Blanche D.

Histoire du Liban. [Avec Ephemera] Avec 70 Dessins de l’Auteur.

2eme Édition. Beyrouth, Editions “Le Jour”, 1940. 19,5 cm x 15,5 cm. 196 pages. With many black-and-white illustrations throughout the book. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Edges a little rubbed and faded. Comes with unique original bookmark.

6674. Anonymus [Giovanni Tegrimi, Lucchese].

Rime Scelte di Diversi Autori Antichi, e Moderni. Tradotte in Lingua Latina da N.N. Con un’ Elegia in fine del medesimo Autore.

Lucca, Sebastiano ed Angelo Cappuri, 1745. Small Octavo. 235 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good in full vellum and raised bands on the spine.

6675. Frye, Northrop.

The Well-Tempered Critic.

First Edition. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1963. 20.7cm x 14cm. 160 pages. Original hardcover in original price-clipped illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Fine in publisher’s cloth-covered boards and like save a small closed tear to the bottom dust jacket. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Northrop Frye to Helen Randell on the title-page.

6676. Jones, Stephen.

A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing a brief account of the lives and writings of the most eminent persons and remarkable characters in every age and nation.

Fourth edition (corrected). London, Robinson / Longman and Rees / Wallis, 1802. 8.5 x 13.5cm. Unpaginated. Hardcover / Contemporary, full morocco with gilt lettering on spine and gilt tooling on board edges. Marbled endpapers and all edges gilt. Very minor signs of wear to spine and corners, otherwise excellent condition. Binding solid and text clear and bright. Previous owner’s name on title page: “Susan Courteney, died 10 June 1808”.

6677. Aristotle. [Anon].

The Works of Aristotle, The Famous Philosopher, containing I. His Complete Masterpiece, II. His Experienced Midwife, III. His Book of Problems, IV. His Remarks on Physiognomy, V. The Family Physician. New and improved edition.

London, The Booksellers, no date (c.1890). 9 x 13cm. 528 pages, with text illustrations and colour plates. Original illustrated hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear, some creasing to spine. Historical Sex-Manual, disguised as works of Aristotle. Discusses Virginity (and what it is), How Virginity may be lost, How a woman should order herself in order to conception, [″A woman that would conceive should observe that she does not use the act of coition too often; for gatiety gluts the womb and renders it unfit for office (!) – There are two things that demonstrate this: i.e., that common whores (who often use copulation) have never, or rarely, any children: for the grass seldom grows in a path that is commonly trodden in. The other is, that women, whose husbands have been long absent, do, after copulation with them again, conceive very quickly” / “Women ought to take great care that their imagination be pure and dear, that their child may be well formed”]. The book also discusses causes and cure of Barrenenss, Of the Hot Distempers of the Womb, The Diseases of the Womb, Palmistry, shewing the various judgments drawn from the hand, includes a choice of remedies for the several distempers to the human body, (Crabs, Herpes, Hysteria etc.).

6678. Grand Lodge of Edinburgh.

The Constitution and Laws of the Grand Lodge of Antient [sic] Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland.

First Edition. Edinburgh, Grand Lodge of Edinburgh and Grand Secrertary, 1958. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. VI, 178 pages. Original Hardcover (green cloth with gilt emblemata on the boards). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed: “Provincial Grand Secretary – 1st March, 1959”. This is an amended version, probably the copy of the Grand Secretary himself, in which clean, red highlighted corrections have been made by hand with printed errata leaves tipped in on three locations within the publication. Rare !

6679. Kearton, R.

Birds’ Nests, Eggs, and Egg-Collecting. Illustrated with 16 coloured Plates [colour-chromolithographs of eggs in nests].

London / Paris / Melbourne, Cassell & Company, 1890. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. 71 pages plus several pages of historical advertising. Hardcover / Original, illustrated publisher’s cloth in protective collector’s mylar. Binding a little shaky but overall in very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Contains an inscription by Professor J.H. Pollen from the year 1892.

6680. Lonicerus, Johann Daniel [Marburg / Basel].

Decades sex positionum medicarum de Angina Exquisita, Deo Dante, Nobilissimo Gratio-sissimoq Medica Facultatis legio permittente, Pro Laurea consequenda Medica in alma Rauracorum Academia [University of Basel], Publicae censurae subiiciet Ioh. Daniel Lonicerus Catto-Marpurgensis, Ad diem [2.] Julii, Anno MDCXXVIII. [Sixty Theses on Angina Exquisita].

Basileae / [Basel], Johan Jacob Genathi [Johann Jacob Genathius], 1628. Octavo (14 cm x 18 cm). [12] unnumbered Leaves (60 Theses / complete including title). Bound with an unidentified, additional Medical pamphlet on pharmaceutical questions regarding intestinal problems, listing CXLVI Theses on 5 unnumbered Leaves (Titlepage and A, A1 of this additional pamphlet are missing / Available are Theses LXIII – CXLVI). Modern Hardcover with original pamphlet bound in. Paper professionally restored in several locations. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely scarce, early cardiology-publication on Angina.