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23. Brian Boirumhe, King of Munster.<br />
Brian Boirumhe, being joined by Malachy,<br />
King of Meth, and heading 30,000 men,<br />
gave battle, on the 23rd of April, 1014, to<br />
the Danes,<br />
on the plains of Clontarf. [...]<br />
Printed and Sold by James O' Neill, 40, , Ann - Street, ,<br />
Belfast. [n.d., c.1830].<br />
Woodcut, very scarce. Printed area: 550<br />
x 450mm.<br />
(21½ x 17¾" "). Unexamined out of frame. £650<br />
Brian Boirumhe or Brian Boru (941 - 1014) was an<br />
Irish king who ended the domination off the High<br />
Kingship of Ireland by the<br />
Uí Néill. Building on the<br />
achievements of his father, Cennétig mac Lorcain, and<br />
especially his<br />
elder brother, Mathgamain, Brian first<br />
made himself King of Munster, then subjugated<br />
Leinster, making himself ruler of the south of Ireland.<br />
He is the founder of the O'Brien dynasty.<br />
[Ref: 30020]<br />
attaquent laa garnison de Yueng-ming-yuen<br />
(ville située à 2 lieues de Pékin) mettent les<br />
Chinois en fuite f et s'emparent du<br />
Palais (5<br />
Septembre 1860) 1<br />
L. Scherer lith. [in image] Lith. Lanoue r. d'Arcole 5bis<br />
Paris Publié parr Delamare Edit. r. St. Andre des Arts,<br />
45.<br />
Lithograph withh hand-colouring, printed area a 450 x<br />
590mm (17¾ x 23¼"). Staining, two small holes<br />
towards top.<br />
£950<br />
The looting of the t Old Summer Palace in Beijing by<br />
British and French troops in 1860 during the t Second<br />
Opium War. It was later destroyed as a response to<br />
Chinese treatment of a British delegation sent s to<br />
negotiate.<br />
[Ref: 30058]<br />
24. Chine. Prise de la résidence d'été de<br />
l'Empereur de la Chine.- Les alliés<br />
commandés par le GénéralMontauban,<br />
25. [Gordonn Riots, 1780] Les Effets du<br />
Fanatisme Sédition S violente excitée a<br />
Londres contre le parti Catholique et en<br />
faveur d'unee pétition soutenue par les<br />
Discours fanatiques dee Lord Gordon,<br />
Président edt Chef de l'Association