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SHIRLEY ( Evelyn P

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SHIRLEY ( Evelyn P

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Auction Date:2012 Oct 20 @ 11:00 (UTC+1)
Location:38 Molesworth Street, Dublin, Dublin, ., Ireland
SHIRLEY ( Evelyn P. ). Original letters and papers in illustration of the history of the church in Ireland, during the reigns of Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth. Edited, with notes, from autographs in the State-Paper-Office. Francis & John Rivington, 1851FIRST EDITION, pages xxiv, 336, 8vo, original cloth by Westleys & Co., with their ticket, the inside hinges cracked but the binding strong and otherwise a very good to nice copy. It was in the study of history and antiquity that Shirley's real interests lay, and in his library at Lough Fea he acquired and developed one of the finest private collections in Ireland. Disraeli portrayed him in Lothair as Mr Ardenne, ‘a man of ancient pedigree himself, who knew everybody else's’.ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1) KING ( Wm. ). The State of the Protestants of Ireland under the late King James's governement … With an appendix … Dublin : Printed by S. Powell, for George Risk … George Ewing … and William Smith … , 1730. Pp (18), 270 ; 124, 8vo, light browning : very good in recent boards, armorial bookplate of Surgeon Lieut.Colonel Greene and, on verso of title, the small, neat stamp of R. H. Inglis First published 1691. "Though more of a party pamphlet than an impartial history, it is a powerful vindication of the principles of the revolution … " - D.N.B. (2) O'SULLIVAN BEARE ( Philip ). Ireland under Elizabeth. Chapters towards a history of Ireland in the reign of Elizabeth. Being a portion of the history of catholic Ireland by Don Philip O'Sullivan Bear. Translated from the original Latin by Matthew J. Byrne. Dublin : Sealy, Bryers & Walker, 1903. FIRST EDITION THUS, with a folding map (short tear without loss), pages xx, xxvii, 212, (3, subscriber list), 8co, original cloth : a very good copy. His most important work, probably the single and most important source for the Elizabethan wars in Ireland written by an Irishman. It "is an important reflection of Irish Counter-Reformation mentality, with miracles, prophecy, and providence to the fore. This patriotic history gives pride of place to the role of his own family …" - OCIH. (3) DAVIES ( John ). Discovery of the True Causes why Ireland was never Entirely Subdued. Introduction by Professor John Barry. Shannon:Irish University Press 1969. Pages viii, (4), 284, (4), 8vo, quarter vellum over printed boards, gilt, edges gilt, in a matching slip-case : a fine, fresh, unmarked copy.A fine facsimile reprint of the rare original edition of 1612, and, though not so stated, one of a few copies handsomely bound by Museum Bookbinders, Dublin. (4) CROKER ( Thomas Crofton ), ed. Narratives illustrative of the contests in Ireland in 1641 and 1690. Printed for the Camden Society, 1841. FIRST EDITION, pp xiv, (2), 149, (1), 35 (adverts), 4to, original cloth : a very good copyComprises Cuffe's 'The Siege of Ballyally Castle, Co. Clare' & O'Kelly's 'Macariae excidium, or, the destruction of Cyprus.' Croker helped to found the Camden Society in 1839, and was even more energetic in setting up the Percy Society(5)IRELAND; RELIGION; HISTORY; ENGLISH PRE 1801; DUBLIN PRINTED; ; ; ; ; ; ;