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[O'CONNELL ( Daniel )]. Historical account of the laws against the Roman-Catholics of England. [Lond

Currency:EUR Category:Antiques / Books & Manuscripts Start Price:10.00 EUR Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 EUR
[O'CONNELL ( Daniel )]. Historical account of the laws against the Roman-Catholics of England. [Lond

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Auction Date:2012 Oct 20 @ 11:00 (UTC+1)
Location:38 Molesworth Street, Dublin, Dublin, ., Ireland
[O'CONNELL ( Daniel )]. Historical account of the laws against the Roman-Catholics of England. [London :] Printed by Luke Hansard & Sons, for Keating, Brown, & Co. … and Fitzpatrick & Coyne, Dublin, 1811FIRST EDITION, pages 51, (1, blank), (2, adverts for books published by Keating, Brown, and Keating), 8vo, recent marbled paper boards, with label : the title-page lightly dusty, but otherwise a large, uncut, and in great part unopened, copy.His first published work, remarkably scarce in commerce : NSTC locates four copies (L, C, O & E), all, excepting O, ascribing authorship to O'Connell. "While in popular esteem O'Connell is the quintessential Irish national champion, his international significance is underestimated. He was a key figure in the emergence of European democracy and no Irish person before or since has commanded so much attention on the continent as he did in his lifetime. Similarly forgotten to a large extent is his role as an advocate of the rights of those civilly disadvantaged such as Jews, black slaves, and Australian Aborigines. Universalist and nationalist, champion of the weak and truculent bully, man of principle and shameless opportunist, O'Connell remains, like Napoleon or Gladstone, one of those figures with whom historians will never even imagine that they have finished." - ODNB.HISTORY; CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION; CATHOLIC CLAIMS; RELIGION; IRELAND; ; ; ; ; ; ;