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The History Sale 19

th

April 2016

413 GORDON, REV. JAMES BENTLEY (1750-

1819).

A History of Ireland from the Earliest Account. To the Ac-

complishment of the Act of Union with Great Britain in 1801.

L. 1806. 2 vols. 8vo. 1st ed. Cont., calf with marb., boards.

Boards beginning to split, but holding firm. Spines with gilt

motif & black mor., j.t. (scuffed and rubbed). Copac reports

only 3 copies. Rare. Along with, Hole, (Dean R). “An Oxonian”.

A Little Tour in Ireland. L. 1859. 8vo. 1st ed. Fdg hand col’d.

engd. frontis, linen bck. 4 plts. complete. Orig pict blind stpd

cl gt & a.e.g. Nice copy. [3].

€ 100 - 120

414 PRIOR, JAMES (C.1790-1869).

Memoir of the Life and Character of the Right Hon.

Edmund Burke; with specimens of his poetry and

letters, and an estimate of his genius and talents, com-

pared with those of his great contemporaries. L. 1826.

2 vols. 2nd ed. Cont. hf. mor, with marb., boards. Gilt

tooling & numbering to spine with green mor., h.t.

Port. frontis. V. good. Together with, Bulwer, Sir Henry

Lytton. The Life of Henry John Temple, Viscount Palm-

erston. L. 1870. 8vo., 2 vols. Frontis of Palmerston.

Three-quarter calf with marbled bds. V good. [4].

€ 120 - 160