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Shelf No	Shelf Description
Shelf No	Shelf Description
1	Miscellaneous scriptural study; C of E apologetics; the Royal House of France.
2	Christian Hebraists; Irish Statutes; the Lord's Prayer
3	Law & Parliament; Church of England order; collections of pamphlets; Apologetics
4	Mainly Law -Civil, Ecclesiatical, Parliament, etc.; Natural Law.
5	Varied legal material - civil, ecclesiastical, parliamentary; Greek New Testaments; etc.
6	Mainly legal material, civil & ecclesiastical; Monarchy; continental spirituality; etc.
7	Matthew Poole's Biblical Criticism; House of Lords' Journal 1634-1786
8	Acts of the Dublin Parlaiment, 1783-94.
9	Noel Alexandre's Church History (18 volumes).
10	Mainly pamphlets; miscellaneious titles in religion, politics and history.
11	Sermons, spirituality (especially French); religious controversy.
12	Law, politics and the Church; controversy (John Milton); heraldry & the nobility.
13	Works of Denys Godefroy, jurist, etc.
14	Various pamphlets, statutes, legal texts, engravings, classical history, etc.
15	Statutes 1801 -1808
16	Christian Hebraists; apologetics; church order; catalogue of the Harleian Library.
17	Miscellaneous biblical studies, spirituality, Hebraism, pamphlets; travel, etc.
18	Law & government; biblical studies; spirituality; natural history; etc.
19	Law Proceedings before the House of Lords, 1761-81.
20	Law Reports; pamphlets; International Law (de Soto); Adam Smith; etc.
21	Statutes. 1809-22.
22	Dominican Theology (Noel Alexandre); Revenue in Ireland; War and Peace.
23	Mostly pamphlets; Jansenist (Quesnel) and other French spirituality ; etc.
24	The occult & exorcism; pamphlets; philosophy; French Spirituality.
25	Journals of the House of Commons, 1547-1699.
26	Mainly Law Reports; Emperor Justinian's Constitutions.
27	Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons, 1921-22.
28	Mostly pamphlets; plus Numismatic, Luretius, Bishop Lancelot Andrewes
29	Alchemy; pamphlets; philosophy; travel; geography; military history.
30	Various: Medecine; philosophy; the occult; spirituality; Williamite propaganda.
31	Journals of the House of Commons of Ireland.
32	Law Reports and pamphlets.
33	Statutes of George IV; numismatics; poetry; Muratori's Annals of Italy.
34	Mostly pamphlets; a Bible dictionary; Church of England apologetics.
35	European languages; French history, geography law & literature; pamphlets.
36	Pamphlets; French drama, history, cuisine, topography, literature, etc.
37	Journals of the House of Commons of Ireland.
38	Law Reports and pamphlets.
39	Atlas of Brabant; Scots, English and French History; The Harleian Miscellany (S Johnson)
40	Mainly sermons, French & English; pamphlets; ancient Israel & Egypt.
41	French Law Reports; French History
42	[ADOPTED] French literature, history, philosophy; Travel in France, Italy & England.
43	Journals of the House of Commons of Ireland
44	Mainly law, civil & canon; Royalty, philosophy
45	Natural & political philosophy; science; etc.
46	[ADOPTED] European history, poetry and literature.
47	History, esp. Louis XIII, Wm III; literature
48	Religious pamphlets; misc. literature, history etc.
49	Classical authors & times; Christian spirituality
50	Irish Census Returns 1831,41,51.
51	History: European, Peru; etc; the nobility.
52	European history; Travel, Poetry; etc.
53	History, Philosophy & Literature, English, Spanish, etc.
54	Literature & history, mainly French.
55	French authors & editions: history, religion, politics.
56	French History
57	European history; travel - Europe, Near East.
58	Frederick II; Poor Law reports; TCD; etc.
59	Letters, Literature & History, etc.
60	Varied C18th literature, history & politics.
61	French editions of classical texts, etc.
62	Virgil, Cicero, Caesar, Homer; Engravings
63	Mainly classical authors, Greek & Latin.
64	History: E & W Indies; French Revolution; Rome.
65	Classical authors; Catholic historiography etc.
66	Mainly classical texts & times; Quakers; tithes.
67	Classical editions in French & Latin, etc.
68	History, mainly English & French;
69	Classical authors; two Nordic authors; etc.
70	Christian Stoicism; Art history; etc.
71	Mainly classical authors, etc.; P. Abelard.
72	Classical texts; letters (politics); etc.
73	Misc. literature, science, gardening, etc.
74	Misc. Poetry, History, Topography,Theology & Spirituality.
75	Largely poetry and fables, mostly English.
76	Histories of France, England & Theodosius, all in French.
77	Poetry, History, Philiosophy, etc.
78	Classical texts, Essays & Journals, Heraldry, Poetry, etc.
79	Poetry, Essays, Literature, Astronomy, etc.
80	Mainly Law, Philosophy and ecclesiastical writing.
81	History, esp. of the Netherlands; Population of GB; Music & Musicians
82	Church matters; biblical studies; sermons; Latin grammar, etc.
83	Travels, Current Affairs, Biography, etc.
84	Jonathan Swift - collected works; Literary criticism, Roman History.
85	The Spectator, 1713; Geography, Travel, Poetry & the Stage, etc.
86	The Gardeners' Chronicle 1857-67; collected statutes; theology.
87	Gardener's Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette, 1841-56.
88	Misc., incl. Hogarth, Harrison (clocks); Malthus; Moral philosophy; etc.
89	Travels, Topography, Politics, Revolutionary History.
90	Henry Fielding- collected works; History, Roman & Naval; Poetry.
91	Miscellaneous, mostly French.
92	Chambers Dictionary of Arts & Sciences 1740-58
93	Theology & controversial literature; Papal Bulls; History, Geography; etc.
94	Geography & Travel; Letters and History.
95	Controversial Literature; History & Geography
96	Misc. History, Geography, Letters, Essays & Poems.
97	Letters & Literature; Politics; Classics; History, etc.
98	Rymer's 'Feodora' - a compilation of treaties of the English Crown, 1727.
99	Music; lives of Archbishops of Canterbury; Dictionaries.
100	Mineral waters; C19th Irish Church affairs; political subjects, etc.
101	Pamphlets & controversial literature, political and religious.
102	Travel & Topography, etc.
103	Greek and Latin Testaments; Classical texts;
104	Architecture, Topography and Treason!
105	[ADOPTED] Roman Antiquities; Establ'd Ch in Ireland; Natural History; Art & Architecture.
106	Medals; Astronomy; C19th & C20th Church; C20th Ireland;
107	Literary Journals, 1722 - 1736
108	The Monthly Review', 17 Vols, 1749
109	Classical texts; History; Travel; Literature; Languages.
110	C19th archaeol & hist; Shakespeare, Dryden, etc.
111	History, Natural History, Antiquities, etc.
112	Architecture, Antiquities, Gems (Tassie, etc.)
113	Dictionaries and Languages.
114	History, Letters, Anatomy
115	Literary magazines; controversies; Utd States.
116	Languages; Church History; Prayer Books.
117	Dictionaries, Naval Tactics, Missionary Travel.
119	Science, Philosophy, Antiquities, Ireland etc.
120	Pamphlets: religious controversy.
121	Pamphlets: religious controversy.
122	Medecine, Gardening, Prayer Books.
123	Biblical commentary, etc; pamphlets; antiquities, etc.
125	Politicis, Letters, Travels, etc.
126	Pamphlets; Languages, Medecine, Music, etc.
127	Pamphlets: religious controversy; Euclid
128	Botany (Dodoens, 1616); Gems (Zanetti, 1750).
129	Mainly medicine; Botany; London.
131	Natural History, Farming & Gardening.
132	Anatomy & Medecine.
133	Medecine & Anatomy
134	Dictionnaire de Trevoux & Hooker's Ecclesiastical Polity.
135	Varied science, agriculture, medecine, mining.
136	Mathematics, astronomy, a herbal, manufacturing, etc.
137	Principally medecine; gardening; Robt Boyle's Philosophy.
138	Mainly medecine.
139	Mainly medecine and health.
140	Maths, Geography, Astronomy, and two saints!
141	Varied sciences, philosophy, law, horsemanship - and the Council of Trent!
142	Gardening etc., war, and much else.
143	Sir Robert Boyle; various philosophy etc., trade.
144	Early sciences and mathematics.
145	Early sciences and philiosophy.
146	Works of St John Chrysostom (10 vols).
147	Mainly sermons, theology and apologetics
148	Public General Statutes
149	Medecine, political economy, Erasmus., etc.
150	Medecine(esp inoculation); maths & astronomy.
151	Sir Robert Boyle, Erasmus, mathematics, etc.
188	Works of St Augustine; Catholic Church History; Josephus.
189	Works of Chrysostom; Reformed theology; Catechism.
190	Crockford's Clerical Direstory 1951-2004; etc.
191	Collected sermons, discourses, etc.
192	works of Chrysostom; Reformed theology; Catechism.
193	Principally sermons; Baxter; Wesley on Original Sin.
196	Calmet's Biblical Commentary, etc.
197	Mainly sermons; controversial literature; etc.
198	Controversial literature; Papal Bulls; Anglican order.
199	Medecine; Logic; Sermons; Workhouses; Defoe; etc.

£150 donation

Shelf No	Description
49	Classical authors & times; Christian spirituality
426	Church Fathers
618	Parliamentary Debates
621	Genealogical Histories & Bibliographic Dictionaries
625	Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature
628	Archaeology

£200 donation

Shelf No	Shelf Description
Shelf No	Shelf Description
314	Scriptures Old and New, in many languages, incl. One 'Polyglot' Bible in eight languages
315	About the Bible, in Greek, Hebrew and Latin.
316	Mainly about the Bible and its languages; also the metrical psalms (for singing) by Sternhold & Hopkins, 1629
317	Prayer Books, Scriptures and Commentary; Roman coins; incl. 3 volumes of an annotated Hebrew Bible, 1539-41.
318	The Psalter; the Scriptures Old and New and their interpretation.
319	The New Testament in Greek and its interpretation; incl. the New Testament in Greek and Latin with notes, 7 volumes, published in Riga, 1782-88
320	Judaism, Septuagint, Douai Bible, etc. and their interpretation, incl Theodore Beza's version of the New Testament, Geneva, 1565.
321	Controversies, apologetics; worship, Catholic and Anglican; New Testament, Greek and Irish, incl. the Capuchin mission to Maragnan, Brazil, 1614.
322	Testaments Old and New, Greek and Hebrew, incl Calasio's 4-volume Hebrew concordance.
323	New Testaments in Greek and Latin, plus Vol. 7 of Montano's 'Antwerp Polyglot' ,1572.
324	Photius of Constantinople; Cyprian, and biblical study, incl. a condordance of 1521.
325	Bibles in Hebrew and French; biblical commentary, incl. by Sir Isaac Newton.
326	Biblical commentaries, interpretation and dictionaries.
327	Bilical Interpretation; Religious controversy; apologetics, etc.
328	Religious controversies and sermons; doctrine and apologetics; incl John Locke on Jesus Christ
329	Biblical and religious commentary and controversy; English government of Ireland.
330	Andreas Gallandi's collection of the Early Church Fathers; fourteen volumes.
331	Liturgy books from France and Italy; biblical study.
332	Prayer Books; C17 & C18 controversies, etc., Sermons of Jeremy Taylor, Parr's Life of Ussher.
333	Varied colletion of Bibles, Liturgy, commentary, incl. by Heinrich Bullinger, Zurich, 1556-7.
334	Liturgy (especially Catholic); Rule of St Benedict (Cassinese); church history; Hebrew Bible, etc.
335	Early Church Fathers; religious & liturgical traditions & controversies; Synod of Dort.
336	Religious controversy and apologetics; Hebrew studies; biblical commentary.
337	French spirituality and liturgy; systematic theology and doctrinal controversy; Calvin's 'Institutes', Geneva, 1606.
338	Albrizzi's descriptions of Venice.
339	The Works of St John Chrysostom.
340	Eusebius of Caesarea, Archbishop Bramhall and Reformation theology in Holland.
341	Theology by three seventeenth / eighteenth century English bishops.
342	English Theology and Apologetics; Roman Catholic liturgy.
343	Mainly C18th bishops' sermons; religious instruction; apologetics, incl. by George Berkeley.
344	Apologetic and controversial works, mainly Anglican; incl the life of Bishop Bedell
345	Apologetics, controversy and ecclesiatical law; philosophy.
346	The Greek Fathers of the Church.
347	Author and title Information missing
348	Reformation theology, spirituality and history: England, Scotland, the Co of Trent; Ephraim the Syrian.
349	Bible commentary, etc; Archbishop Laud; Reformation history etc., and sundry Anglican divines.
350	Religious controversy, mainly English late C18th, including work by Jospeh Priestly.
351	Extensive religious controversies and apologetics, mostly English; a Swiss biblical thesaurus.
352	Mostly Church history, Anglican, also Lutheran, apologetic and contorversial works.
353	Very varied, incl. works by Pascal, Fenelon, Archbps James Ussher and Edward Synge.
354	Mainly Church Fathers - 17th and 18th century editions.
355	Church Fathers and Maurist authors, early 18th century.
356	English Church History; Devotional Writing.
357	Church history and doctrine - and the Psalms in verse!
358	Mainly sermons, and some controversial writing, by 18th century divines.
359	Quakerism; Doctrine; William Reeves on early Christian Fathers.
360	Controversial material by Church of England authors.
361	Mainly French theology and hsitory of religion; Church of England history.
362	Church Fathers - 17th and 18th century editions.
363	Church History, Theologym Naurist authors and Church Fathers.
364	English Church History; collected sermons; Huss; Luther's 'Table Talk'.
365	Various early church history; ancient religions and Islam; scritural studies.
366	Sermons and other matters concrning the Established Church in England
367	Christian doctrine, sermons and apologetics; Catholic criticism (Paulo Sarpi).
368	Mainly sermons, apologetics and English controversial material; Hebrew studies.
369	Varied Church of England material; Catholic and Orthodox liturgy; Venerable Bede (James Ware).
370	Collected works: Bochart, Calvin, Hooper.
371	Collected works: Hammond & Grotius; Reformation History.
372	Church History (Catholic); Apologetics; Heresy!
373	French Church: History, theology, biography, scholarship.
374	Biblical study; Church Fathers; Doctrine.
375	Mainly sermons, pamphlets; Ecclesiastical Biography; etc.
376	Prayer Books; Irish Church Disestablishment pamplets, etc.
377	French Relig. Controversy; misc. Irish Disestablish't; etc.
388	Critical dictionaries of the Bible and Eng. Lit., etc.
389	Irish Archaeology & History; Beausobre on Manichaeism.
390	C19th & C20th Historiography, etc., English & American.
391	Miscellaneous pamphlets, Archbp Robinson's collection.
392	Misc. pamphlets, Archbp Robinson's collect'n; Confucius.
393	Series of Shakespeare, French History.
396	Irish Family & Local History; Flacius' Ecclesiastical History.
397	Misc. C19th - C20th Biography, History, Theology, etc.
398	Early C20th Bible Commentary, History, Biography, etc.
399	Misc. C19th - C20th Biography, History, Theology, etc.
400	Pamphlets, mostly political, incl. Irish, Rich'd & Thos Robinson
401	Rich'd Robinson's Pamphlets, religious; Bartsch' Prints.
533	Official records, catalogues, reports & topography, Britain & Ireland.
534	History, Irish & English, and sources; Moryson's 'Travels'.
535	Irish History, Antiquities & Sources; 1824 Eccles. Returns; 1851 Census, etc.
536	Irish History, Topography, Memoirs & Sources; Bible, New Testament & Prayer Book in Irish.
537	Irish Church History; Surveys, Natural History of Ireland; The Irish Language.
538	Topography of Irish Counties; Irish History and sources; O'Flaherty's Ogygia, 1685.
539	History, Irish & British, memoirs and sources; Swift's 'Drapier'; European Topography.
540	Irish History (incl. Catholic & Presbyterian) sources & topography; Eng. & Irish Nobility; etc.
518	ADOPTED [Architecture]
605	[ADOPTED] Atlases & Maps
613	Atlases & Maps

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