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THREE MID-VICTORIAN BOUND VOLUMES OF 'THE FIELD, THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S NEWSPAPER' FROM THE LIBRARY OF SIR ROBERT FITZGERALD;
Vol. XXXI. - NO. 784 (JAN. 4, 1868) to Vol. XXXII. - NO. 826 (OCT. 24, 1868);
Vol. XXXIII. - NO. 843 (FEB. 20, 1869) to Vol. XXXIII. - NO. 861 (JUNE. 26, 1869);
Vol. XLI. - NO. 1,045 (JAN. 4, 1873) to Vol. XLII. - NO. 1,095 (DEC. 20, 1873);
all bound in green cloth over board, leather spine titles with guilt lettering 11 1/2 x 17 1/4in., total of 113 editions covering all aspects of country life, including shooting, hunting, fishing and sports, the 1868 and 1869 volumes with a book-plate on the inside cover with coat of arms above 'Sir Robert Uniacke Penrose Fitz-Gerald, / Cork Begg, Island', covers worn, some foxing and loose binding

Provenance: Sir Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet of Lisquinlan and Corkbeg (10 July 1839 – 10 July 1919), was a British Conservative politician and MP for Cambridge. Strongly against Home Rule, he owned some 6,000 acres in County Cork and was director of the Property Defence Association and Cork Defence Union against Land League. He was also president of the Council of the Yacht Racing Association and Honorary Colonel of the 9th (North Cork Militia) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps



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