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26 St Stephens Green, Dublin 2
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An Italian early 19
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century scagliola trompe l’oeil circular tabletop by Pietro Della Valle, with signature oak-leaf and anthemion
ground decorated in a naturalistic manner with four scattered engravings; sheet music for “
St. Patrick’s Day in the Morning
”; an enve-
lope addressed to ‘
Miss Edgeworth, Edgeworthstown, Ireland
’ from William Macbean and an extract from Sir Walter Scott’s General
Preface to the Waverley Novels where he commends Miss Edgeworth’s literary accomplishments. Dated 1832. 84.5cm diameter.
