Irish Gaelic printing
The Catechism, or Christian Doctrine by way of Question and Answer
£252
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
[Irish title: An teagasg Críosduidhe]. Paris: James Guerin, 1742. First edition, 8vo, contemporary tree sheep (lacking front board), liv 513 pp., parallel text and title-pages in Irish and English, small ink-stain to foot of title-pages, damp-staining to quires R, S and X [ESTC T97298];
Mignan, Robert. Travels in Chaldaea, including a Journey from Bussorah to Bagdad, Hillah, and Babylon, performed on Foot in 1827. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1829. First edition, 8vo, xvi 333 [3] pp., advertisement leaf, contemporary purple diced calf gilt, 2 folding maps, 7 aquatint plates [Atabey 908];
Hartshorne, Anna C. Japan and her People. Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1902. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, 50 photographic plates, folding map, bookplates;
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Footnote
Note: This Irish catechism, written by the Roman Catholic priest Andrew Donlevy (1680-1746), is 'the most complete formal text in Irish for [its] period and draws on the author's spoken Irish' (ODNB).