Lee John Fiott (5 results)

Super octavo, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, frontispiece, xx + 377pp, NR FINE in VG+ d/w.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. London, Routledge for The Hakluyt Society, 2018. Small quarto, xx, 377 pages with 6 maps and 16 figures. Gilt-decorated cloth; a fine copy with the excellent dustwrapper (the rear panel slightly creased, with a short closed tear). Lee's 'observations paint a picture of Irish social, cultural, and political life in the aftermath of the 1798 and 1803 rebellions, and the 1801 Act of Union. The memory of 1798 looms large in the diaries, as Lee recorded conversations with witnesses and participants on both sides. These observations are laid against the backdrop of Lee's assessments of the Irish landscape . Lee also paid much attention to the physical remains of Irish history (earthen forts, early-Christian religious sites) and to the endurance of Gaelic culture (the Irish language, Gaelic games, "pattern" days) that made Ireland exotic to the English visitor. The volume includes an annotated transcription of Lee's five diaries and notes from his three sketchbooks, reproductions of some of his sketches, and a critical introduction setting Lee's diaries within their historical, cultural, and intellectual contexts' (dustwrapper blurb). Hakluyt Society Third Series, Volume 34.

1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. Lee and his wife held regular festivals of 'Peace and Temperance' in the grounds at Hartwell, and he writes that he hopes Ransome has received the prospectus of the festival which he sent him. He and his wife would be pleased were Ransome to attend, and he offers him 'a Bed in our house, or to secure one for you in Aylesbury'. In a postscript he states: 'If you cannot come or your Brother; I hope that you will send some delegate, or MP. to represent Ipswich at our peaceful Congress'.

3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged. Neatly and closely written. At the end of the letter Lee names the recipient as 'Miss May | Carr Street | Ipswich'. (She was the daughter of Quaker astronomer Charles May, a partner in the firm of civil engineers Ransomes and May.) Lee begins by stating that he and his wife 'are anxious to come to Ipswich on tuesday the first of July in order to attend the meeting of the British Association of Science'. He discusses in detail the 'humble lodgings' required, including 'a Bed Room for a Man servant', and asks the recipient and her brother to 'assist in securing such a lodging'. He had been in hopes of seeing her father at the Astronomical Society the previous Friday, and was grieved to learn of the illness which prevented his attendance.

8vo: [ii] + 18 pp. In worn original buff wraps with white printed label on front. Clear and complete. On aged, damp-stained paper. Presentation copy, with note on title-page: 'To John Lee Esqre. L.L.D. | with the Author's kind regards.' Ownership inscription of 'J. Lee. Hartwell. 3 May 1856.' also on title. Scarce.The only copies on COPAC at the British Library and the Society of Antiquaries.