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Duodecimo. Frontispice and engraved Titlepage, VIII, 590, 2 pages. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Binding slightly shaky but still holding. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his name in ink to endpaper. James Macpherson (Gaelic: Seumas MacMhuirich or Seumas Mac a' Phearsain; 27 October 1736 17 February 1796) was a Scottish writer, poet, literary collector, and politician. He is known for the Ossian cycle of epic poems, which he claimed to have discovered and translated from Gaelic. In 1761, Macpherson announced the discovery of an epic on the subject of Fingal supposedly written by Ossian, which he published in December. Like the 1760 Fragments of Ancient Poetry, it was written in musical measured prose. The full title of the work was Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem in Six Books, together with Several Other Poems composed by Ossian, the Son of Fingal, translated from the Gaelic Language. The narrative was related to the Irish mythological character Fionn mac Cumhaill/Finn McCool. The figure of Ossian was based on Fionn's son Oisín. Fingal takes his name from Fionnghall, meaning "white stranger". Another related poem, Temora, followed in 1763, and a collected edition, The Works of Ossian, in 1765. The authenticity of these translations from the works of a 3rd-century bard was immediately challenged by Irish historians, especially Charles O'Conor, who noted technical errors in chronology and in the forming of Gaelic names, and commented on the implausibility of many of Macpherson's claims, none of which Macpherson was able to substantiate. More forceful denunciations were later made by Samuel Johnson, who asserted (in A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, 1775) that Macpherson had found fragments of poems and stories, and then woven them into a romance of his own composition. Further challenges and defences were made well into the nineteenth century, but the issue was moot by then. Macpherson's manuscript Gaelic "originals" were published posthumously in 1807;[8] Ludwig Christian Stern was sure they were in fact back-translations from his English version. (Wikipedia) Sprache: english.

Duodecimo (8,5 cm x 15 cm). Pagination: Volume I: [36], 126, [2] pages / Volume II: [2], 115, [3], 11771, [1] pages / Volume III: 1-273, [1] pages. Hardcover / Original, 17th century leather with tooled ornaments to spine and boards. Firm and in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and only very minor damage to pastedown. Interior in unusually clean and bright condition. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate loosely attached to endpaper. This is an example of the rare, original John Field - Edition, not the long undetected John Hayes Reprint of the Bible / Septuagint after the Vatican Edition, which is mentioned in an important article in the Journal of Theological tudies, Vol. 6, No. 24 (July, 1905), pp. 611-614 (4 pages). [Darlow & Moule 4702] Sprache: english.

First Hibernia Press Edition in the year 1809 of the original 1633-Edition. Two Volumes [complete set]. Large Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: [2], 22, [4] pages, including the rare, engraved dedication-leaf with allegorical vignette for the "Dublin Society" [showing the Irish Harp etc.], [10], 266, [8], 204 pages plus one errata-leaf / Volume II: [4], 410, [II], 32 pages. Hardcover / Original, 19th century publisher's binding. Now professionally restored by a professional bookbinder. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Binding with some staining. Deckled edges. Name of pre-owner, H.L.Conner. to both title-pages. Sprache: english.

Octavo. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. See full description of these titles on our website under "Libraries and Collections". Roger O'Connor (17621834) was an Irish nationalist and writer, known for the controversies surrounding his life and writings, notably his fanciful history of the Irish people, the Chronicles of Eri. He was the brother of the United Irishman Arthur O'Connor, and the father of the Chartist leader Feargus O'Connor and of Francisco Burdett O'Connor who was to fight in the Spanish American wars of independence. O'Connor was born in Connorville, County Cork, into an Irish Protestant family. He studied law and was called to the bar in 1784. He married Louisa Anna Strachan, who died after giving birth to two children, Louise and Roderic. He remarried in 1788, to Wilhelmina Bowen, who bore him four sons and three daughters. Roger's younger brother Arthur O'Connor was one of the United Irishmen. Roger was himself associated with the movement, editing the nationalist journal Harp of Erin. His two other brothers, Daniel and Robert, were firm loyalists and, after 1800, Irish unionists. After his oldest brother Daniel got into debt, Roger bought out his inheritance for £5.000. These political and financial conflicts were deepened by a family dispute following the suicide of his sister Anne, who had not been allowed by the family to marry a Catholic man she was in love with. This led to a long feud between Roger and his brother Robert. According to historian James Dunkerley Robert, who was the local sheriff, "even tried to have Roger executed" for treason because of his involvement with Harp of Erin. Roger and Arthur engaged in nationalist activities in London, building a network of contacts along with Jane Greg who was to return as an active "United Irishwoman" to Belfast. Roger went into hiding in the run-up to the abortive 1796 rebellion. He subsequently surrendered to the authorities and was released. In July 1797 he assisted in the defence of other accused persons. According to Roger, this act led to further plots against him led by his loyalist brother Robert. He and Arthur were arrested and held in various locations over a period of several years before being finally released. Though an avowed Irish nationalist, O'Connor denied that he had ever been party to treasonable conspiracies. In 1799 he published To the People of Great Britain and Ireland, a booklet that detailed what he considered to be his mistreatment. The O'Connors received considerable support from Whig politicians in Britain. MP and playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan wrote that "the usage of Roger O'Connor, who is one of the finest fellows I ever saw, has been merciless beyond example". O'Connor was held in Fort George near Inverness until 1801, when he was moved to London, but was barred from travelling to Ireland. In 1803 O'Connor was finally allowed to return to Ireland. Following these troubles, O'Connor moved to Dangan Castle, Summerhill, County Meath having acquired the property on a permanently renewable lease from Thomas Burrowes of the East India Company. The castle had been the childhood home of Arthur Wellesley, who later became the Duke of Wellington. O'Connor asserted that he had acquired it as "a suitable residence in which to entertain Napoleon" after the anticipated success of Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom. At this time he began his career as a writer, preparing commentaries on the Old Testament. He did so from a position of scepticism towards religion; he once said Voltaire was his God. His wife Wilhelmina died in 1806. After her death O'Connor's behaviour apparently became increasingly eccentric and extravagant. In 1809 a large part of the Castle was destroyed by fire. O'Connor was suspected of insurance fraud, as he had recently taken out a policy on the house. Many years later his son Francis (then known as Francisco) wrote in his autobiography that he had accidentally start.

Set of Nine Volumes (bound in Seven). Folio (24,5 cm x 36 cm). Volume I: Portrait-Frontispiece of Symonis Patrick by Godfrey Kneller & Gerard Vandergucht, [2], 908 pages / Volume II: [2], 755 pages plus 28 unnumbered pages of an Alphabetical Index / Volume III: [6], 544 pages / [Volume IV]: [2], IV, 540 pages including an Index. / [Volume V (Being Volume I of Daniel Whitby's "Paraphrase": [2], L, 736, [5], pages / [Volume VI (Being Volume II of Daniel Whitby's "Paraphrase": [4], XXXIV, 854 pages / [Volume VII (Being the "Critical Commentary of the Book of The Wisdom of Solomon" by Richard Arnald): [1], XXXII, 148 pages / [Volume VIII: (Being the "Critical Commentary upon the Book of the Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach"): IX, [7], IV, 248 pages / [Volume IX: (Being "A Critical Commentary upon the Books of Tobit Judith etc.")XII, 128 pages.// Recently rebound set in Hardcover (Modern cloth and one modern half leather). All Volumes in protective Collector's Mylar and with new endpapers and new spine-labels. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. The Interior in very good, rather excellent condition with only some very few sections with some browning. The paper-quality of this set is magnificent ! From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his name and date of his studies in Oxford on all titlepages. A very rare set of the important Commentary by Symon Patrick, Bishop of Ely. With all the original illustrations by Gerard Vandergucht. The set includes the continuations of Simon Patrick's works by William Lowth, Daniel Whitby and Richard Arnald. Please see the numerous, detailed photographs for this set on our website. The price does NOT include shipping / Extra shipping-costs required. Simon Patrick (8 September 1626 31 May 1707) was an English theologian and Bishop. He was born at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, on 8 September 1626, and attended Boston Grammar School. He entered Queens' College, Cambridge, in 1644, and after taking orders in 1651 became successively chaplain to Sir Walter St. John and vicar of Battersea, Surrey. He was afterwards (1662) preferred to the rectory of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, London, where he continued to labor during the plague. He was appointed Dean of Peterborough in 1679, and Bishop of Chichester in 1689, in which year he was employed, along with others of the new bishops, to settle the affairs of the Church in Ireland. In 1691 he was translated to the see of Ely, which he held until his death on 31 May 1707. He was buried in Ely Cathedral. He had Dalham Hall built. His sermons and devotional writings are numerous, and his Commentary on the Historical and Poetical Books of the Old Testament, in 10 vols., going as far as the Song of Solomon, was reprinted in the 1810 Critical Commentary on the Old and New Testaments and Apocrypha, along with works of Richard Arnald, Moses Lowman, William Lowth, and Daniel Whitby. Patrick's Friendly Debate between a Conformist and a Nonconformist was a controversial tract, defending the Five Mile Act. It excited considerable feeling at the time of its publication in 1668. Among replies was one from Samuel Rolle as Philagathus. He also contributed to a volume of Poems upon Divine and Moral Subjects (1719). The first collected edition of his works appeared at Oxford in 1858 (9 vols.), edited by Alexander Taylor; a small Autobiography was published also at Oxford in 1839. He is the author of the anti-semitic pamphlet, "Jewish Hypocrisie, A Caveat To The Present Generation." Simon Patrick, was influenced by prominent Arminian theologians as Henry Hammond, and the Cambridge Platonists; and was criticized for his Arminian belief. He is described by historians as an influential Arminian Anglican. (Wikipedia) Sprache: english.