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CATALOGUES,

from the 1950s to 1980s, relating to rare Irish books, manuscripts

and Celtic philology. Formally from the library of the scholar

Seamas O’Saothrai (James Seery). Along with; By Honest Ranger,

(variously attributed to Arthur Murphy & John Ingeldew). Ranger’s

progress: consisting of a variety of poetical essays, moral, serious,

comic and satyrical. L. 1760. 1 vol. 12mo. 1st ed. Cont., cf. Gilt

tooling to bds & spine. [7].

€ 40 - 60

F.S.A. Including a Summary of the English Stage for the Last Fifty Years, and a Detailed

Account of the Management of the Princess’s Theatre from 1850 to 1859. L. 1859.

1st ed. 8vo. Two vols., in one, with separate pagination and title pages. Full crimson

leather. Bds with gilt tooling. Spines richly gilt with mor., lable. A.E.M & endpapers.

Fine. The subject of the book, Charles Kean (1811-68), the son of a famous Irish

actor Edmund Kean, was born in Waterford. By the 1860s, Charles Kean was among

the most internationally celebrated actors in the English speaking work, frequently

touring North America. “He served as director of the Princess’ Theatre in London from

1850-59, and was closely connected to Queen Victoria, who had not only revived

the Elizabethan office of Master of the Revels in Charles Kean’s honour, but had also

appointed him “manager of the Christmas theatricals” and even presented him with

a diamond ring.” Victoria’s Victoria: The Theatre Royal. Along with Maturin, Charles

Robert (1780-1824). Bertram; or, the castle of St. Aldobrand. A tragedy in five acts. L.

1816. 8vo. 4 separate works in 1 vol. Rare 5th ed. Amorial bookplates of Mary Anton

Jacson. Green Buckram. Lacks spine. Included; “The Man of Ton, a satire”, by Sir John

Dean Paul, 1st ed. 1828; “Europe; Lines on the present war” by Reginald Herber, 1st

ed. 1809 and one other. Green buckram boards. Lacks backstrip. Charles R. Maturin

was born in Dublin in 1782 of Huguenot stock & became a minister in the Church of

Ireland. Related to Oscar Wilde on his mother’s side, his literary career was short,

dying in York street, Dublin, at the age of 42. However, his writings made a significant

impact on the course of English literature. [2].

€ 80 - 120