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415 JOHN CARR. THE STRANGER INIRELAND;
or, A Tour in the Southern and Western parts of
that Country in the year 1805. L. 1806. 1 vol. 1st
ed. Beautifully rebound in brown leather, with
marb., bds. Gilt tooling to spine with red mor.,
h.t. Some tears to pps. without loss to text. All
plates present as called for, one coloured, with
exceptional folding plates of Dublin’s Four Courts,
and Cork’s Mardyke in particular.
Nice copy[1]
€ 350 - 450
416 AN TIOMNA NUADH …ÍOSA CRIOSDUilliam O’Domhnuill (trans.). Bagster & Thoms. 8vo. 1vol. Rare 1827 London printed New Testament in Irish. Copac reports 3 copies of this ed., with
a further 3 possible i.e. dates not specifically stated. None in Irish institutions. 12mo. Full brown cont calf, with the very rare emblem of the British
& Foreign Bible Society imprinted onto the ft brd., (exterior rubbed and chipped with cracking to boards, though holding firm.) Text crisp & clean.
Ticket of T. Cross binder to inside f.b. 4 small inscrip. to front and rear endpapers. Double column text in old Irish script. Irish/English glossary or
Focloir to the rear. Alphabetic & Phonetic pronunciation table also to the rear. Published on the cusp of Catholic Emancipation, these Bibles were
specifically aimed at converting the native speaking “heathen Irish”, that began to flock into Britain’s cities such as, London, Glasgow, and Liverpool.
V. good. Along with another N.T., in old Irish script. Trans., Uilliam O’Domhnuill. 1849. Cont cf (rubbed & scuffed, with loss to spine). 12mo. [2].
€ 100 - 150