New Acquisitions

POPISH PLOT

16. (ANON.

  The Popish Plot, Taken out of several Depositions Made and Sworn before the Parliament

(London), (1680?).

Sole edition, folio, drop head title, 4pp., disbound

Sets out the designs of the Papists to "reduce all his Majesty's Dominions to the Roman Religion". Wing P2956

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SATIRE ON THE CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL

17. ANON.

  My Fathers Ghost - or - Surrender of Right and Title.

(London) by George Sparks, (1829).

Broadside, oblong folio, engraved, early and very tasteful background in pale blue colour wash, printed one side as issued.

A Satire on George IV abandoning his duty as head of the Church by giving assent to the Caholic Relief Bill. The Ghost of George III advances into the room while George IV, accompanied by Wellington, is leaving. Peel sits at a table.

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FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION

18. MALVEZZI, Virgilio . (All by this author)

  Romulus and Tarquin, First Written in Italian By The Marques Virgilio Malvezzi: And now taught English by HCL.

London by I.H. for Iohn Benson, 1637.

First English translation, 12mo., without the engraved half title, , (10), 299, (1)pp., 19th Century full calf, gilt, label chipped, leading joint cracked but sound.

Translated by Henry Carey, Earl of Monmouth. STC 17219

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RARE ORIGINAL EDITION

19. BIRD, Bernard . (All by this author)

  A Brief History of Ireland.

Sheffield. Printed for the Author by J.Pearce, Jun. 1853.

First edition, 12mo., portrait, 96pp., in original cloth, paper label

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INSCRIBED COPY WITH INTERESTING AUTOGRAPH LETTER

20. FRANCIS, William . (All by this author)

  Gwennap: A Descriptive Poem. In Seven Cantos. Redruth.

Printed by J. , May 1845..

First edition, 8vo., xvi, (2), 171, (1)pp., slightly loose in original green blind stamped cloth, dull and rubbed. List of Subscribers

Inscribed copy: "Presented to Edwd Lovey with the Author's respects June 9th 1845" and tipped in a 3 page Autograph letter of the same date to his friend a subscriber and schoolmaster from Stroud. In the letter he presents him with a copy of his poem and requests "that you will greatly oblige me by carefully reading it, and giving one your candid opinion about it either for, or against...... this will assist me in writing a new edition....... I have written another poem...... in the common epice measure, it is an appeal to Great Britain in behalf of the labouring classes..... At present I am writing an Arithmetic which I intend to make as plain as possible that young persons may improve themselves in their leisure hours.......".

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