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Portrait bust of Francis Blackburne (1782–1867), Lord Chancellor of Ireland (1852–3, 1866–7) and President of the RDS for the same period; the subject modelled to front; wearing classical robes; on a white marble socle of quadrangular, waisted…
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Portrait of Thomas Pleasants (1728-1818), Irish landowner and philanthropist. The subject depicted full length, seated, in three-quarter left profile and gazing front; in an open-arm, red-upholstered fauteuil-style armchair, against the rear left…
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In the form of crouching fox on a rockwork base, set with red glass eyes, the turned wooden base applied with a silver shield engraved ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY FOR JOSEPH WIDGER PERPETUAL CHALLENGE TROPHY FOR BEST MEDIUM WEIGHT HUNTER BRED IN IRELAND…
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Vignettes of people and events at the Dublin Horse Show.
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Poster design for the 1939 Dublin Horse Show, depicting two chestnut hunters and riders in red hunting coats, directed right, jumping from a high bank, against a background of an obscure skyscape, inscribed 'Dublin Horse Show. August 8, 9, 10, 11 and…
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Portrait of The Hon. William Evelyn Wylie, K.C. (1881–1964), Irish barrister, legal advisor to Dublin Castle, judge of the High Court in Ireland, President of the Royal Dublin Society (1938-41), Vice-President of the Royal Dublin Society (1926-64),…
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Portrait of Professor Felix Edward Hackett, M.A., Ph.D. (1882–1970), Irish physicist and lecturer, Dean of the Royal College of Science, Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, UCD, President of the Royal Dublin Society (1953-56),…
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Portrait of The Hon. William Evelyn Wylie, K.C. (1881–1964), Irish barrister, legal advisor to Dublin Castle, judge of the High Court in Ireland, President of the Royal Dublin Society (1938-41), Vice-President of the Royal Dublin Society (1926-64),…
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Portrait of Edward Bohane, Director of the Royal Dublin Society (1921-36). The subject depicted half length, directed right, in three-quarter profile, gazing front; seated in an armchair, his left arm resting on a table upon which are five books, the…
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In Charles II style, the large openwork crown finial engraved and chased with the Royal Arms, the sides engraved with various coats-of-arms and symbols including that of the Royal Dublin Society and the Guinness family, the latter which reads SPES…
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A silver trophy presented to the Royal Dublin Society by Queen Victoria on the occasion of Her visit to Ireland in 1900. The pear shaped body on a robust stem with central knop, the base applied with two female figures seated, one with an owl on her…
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A silver presentation trophy, the tapering cylindrical body on a spreading base, with a Celtic knot decorated stem, with two Celtic knot decorated handles and a similarly decorated band at the rim, the detachable cover with a finial in the form of a…
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Of ovoid form with cover on a square base, chased with scrolls, the lower body chased with leaves, the rim and conforming cover each chased with flowers and scrolls and with two reeded scrolling handles, engraved on one side with the inscription…
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Realistically modelled as The Warwick Vase, with beaded shell and dart rim, the campana-form body chased with lion’s pelts and applied in high relief with Bacchic masks and thyrsi, with a roundel of chased stiff leaves below, the twin reeded…
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Depicts two dead game birds on a table.
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Still life with four dead gamebirds. A grey partridge hangs by its proper right leg above a falconry perch, from which a rufter hood hangs, and a fringed cloth is draped over the edge; above the partridge a small, short-beaked gamebird hangs by its…
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A view of the Giant’s Causeway from a westerly direction.
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A view of the basalt columns caused by a volcanic eruption, known as the Giant's Causeway in County Antrim, Ireland. To the left, the interlocking columns descend from a cliff to the water. In the centre is a block of high columns and to the right,…
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Portrait bust of Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773), Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1745-46) and President of the RDS for the same period; the subject modelled to proper left, wearing classical robes; on a black marble socle of…
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Portrait bust of the Reverend Samuel Madden D.D., one of the leading founders of the Dublin Society. The subject modelled with head inclined slightly to the right, wearing long wig, wearing clerical robes, bands and waistcoat, inscribed "Van Nost…
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Portrait bust of Thomas Prior, leading founder and first Secretary of the Dublin Society. The subject modelled wearing classical robes, head inclined slightly to the right, inscribed J I van Nost Ft 1760 and the socle inscribed Thomas Prior.
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History painting; a preparatory oil sketch depicting the proposed design for the ceiling of St. Patrick’s Hall at Dublin Castle; commissioned by George Nugent Temple Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham; the works carried out at Dublin Castle by…
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The Charter of Victoria Creating an Executive Council. An original counterpart copy, 1866.
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The Charter of George II Giving the Society a Corporate Status Under Law. An original counterpart copy, 1750.
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The Robert Boyle medal awarded by the RDS for scientific excellence.
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An oval form gold medal with silver and gold suspension loop from which are a burgandy-coloured ribbon with three bars and a pin, the obverse with Minerva seated left with head turned towards right, with cornucopia with fruits in right hand, lower…
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After an Ancient Roman marble copy of a lost Greek statue in bronze thought to have been commissioned sometime between 230 and 220 BC by King Attalus I of Pergamon. It portrays a Gallic warrior in his last moments, as he struggles from a fatal wound,…
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The subject modelled head cast down to proper right, her proper right arm reaching for an arrow from a quiver carried on proper left shoulder, her proper left arm by her side.
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The subject modelled wearing a chiton, holding the excess folds of the fabric in her left hand, a staff in her proper right hand, her hair tied with a band in a chignon.
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The subject modelled standing, wearing classical robes, hair in a chignon, holding wheatsheaves and fruit in her proper left hand, on an oval marble base.
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With domed foot and tapering stem engraved with two wheatear bands, the bowl with twin scroll handles, also with chased wheatear bands at the base and rim, with an inscription reading ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY HORSE SHOW PERPETUAL CHALLENGE CUP CHAMPION…
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An Irish parcel-gilt silver model of a hunting horn, the curved cylindrical body engraved with flutes, with silver gilt bands, the rim engraved with an early Celtic inscription COMÔRTAS NA MARCRAIḊE CURAḊ-ṀÍR, with a separate, ebonised wood…
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In the form of a cow, on a wood plinth with applied silver plaque inscribed ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY SPRING SHOW PERPETUAL CHALLENGE TROPHY PRESENTED BY THE JERSEY CATTLE SOCIETY OF IRELAND FOR THE BEST JERSEY COW WHICH HAS A REGISTERED LIFETIME YIELD OF…
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The irregular-form body supported on a trumpet-shaped stem with two Celtic scroll handles, the detachable cover with a spire and Celtic scroll finial, the cover inscribed COMHRAMH NA HEIREANN ARNA BHRONNADH AG REALTAS NA HEIREANN DO CHOMÓRTAS…
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Portrait of General Charles Vallancey (Ca.1725-1812), British military surveyor, cartographer and Chief Engineer of Ireland, Vice-President of the (Royal) Dublin Society (1799-1812). The subject depicted full length, in three-quarter left profile,…
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Pastoral landscape at sunset. Positioned centre, a shepherd girl carrying a faggot in her proper left hand converses with a herdsman wearing a wide-brimmed hat and carrying a staff in his proper left hand while driving cattle and sheep on a hillock…
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The campana-shaped body on a stem cast as three horses sheltering under a tree with a rockwork base, the sides robustly chased with flowers and foliage on a matted ground, with two leaf-cap scroll handles, engraved on one side with a coat-of-arms and…
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The subject modelled after Bacon’s self-portrait triptych which he made in 1972.
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Portrait bust of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquis of Anglesey (1768–1854), Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1829-30, 1831-3) and President of the RDS for the same period; the subject modelled to proper left; wearing classical robes with two tassels on…
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Portrait bust of John Joly, geologist. Signed OLIVER SHEPPARD RHA 1930 and entitled JOHN JOLY.
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A George III, baluster-shaped coffee pot, with scrolled spout and handle fretted with scrolling acanthus leaves, beading, the hinged domed top with plain knop finial, the spreading circular foot, gadrooned border engraved with an armorial, the base…
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The subject modelled as a young woman, hair tied back in a bun, wearing a dress, the reverse inscribed and dated 1903.
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The campana-shaped body with two scrolling handles on a spreading foot, chased overall with foliage and flowers, further chased on one side with a woman at a spinning wheel and engraved on the other side with an inscription FLAX LIMERICK CHALLENGE…
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A tabletop statuette after John Michael Rysbrack's statue of Sir Anthony van Dyck. The subject modelled as the artist standing with an artist’s palette and brushes leaning against a draped pillar.
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2013, including Dublin Horse Show Official Catalogue, RDS National Crafts Competition Exhibition Catalogue, Annual Report and Accounts, and leaflets regarding events held in the RDS. 898pp.
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2012, including Dublin Horse Show Official Programme, Annual Reports and Accounts 2012, Minerva Issue No. 24, and leaflets regarding events held in the RDS. 761pp.
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2011, including Dublin Horse Show Official Catalogue, RDS Forestry Awards programme, Art Fair programme, Annual Reports and Accounts, and leaflets regarding events held in the RDS. 950pp.
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2010, including Minerva Issue No. 17, Dublin Horse Show Competition Schedule, Dublin Horse Show Official Programme, Annual Reports and Accounts 2010, and leaflets regarding events held in the RDS. 693pp.
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2009, including the RDS Student Art Award Catalogue, Irish Forestry Awards programme, Dublin Horse Show Prize Schedule, and leaflets regarding events in the RDS. 754pp.
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2008, including the Dublin Horse Show Official Catalogue, Minerva Issue No. 12, Annual Report 2008, and leaflets regarding events held in the RDS. 545pp.
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2007, including Annual Report 2007, Dublin Horse Show Official Programme, and leaflets regarding events held in the RDS. 691pp.
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2006, including the Dublin Horse Show Official Programme, RDS twosevenfive: A Brief History of the Royal Dublin Society, Annual Report 2006, and leaflets regarding events held in the RDS.
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2005, including RDS Forestry Awards programme, Dublin Horse Show Programme, Dublin Horse Show Prize Schedule, and leaflets regarding events in the RDS. 624pp.
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2004, including Minerva Issue No. 2, Dublin Horse Show Programme, Dublin Horse Show Catalogue, Dublin Horse Show Prize Schedule. and leaflets regarding events in the RDS. 600pp.
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A digital reproduction of RDS proceedings from 2003, including Annual Report 2003, Dublin Horse Show Results, and leaflets regarding events in the RDS. 670pp.
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The Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 6 Series A: for the years 1977 to 1979
The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 6 Series A, for the years 1977 to 1979.
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The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 5 Series A, for the years 1973 to 1977.
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The Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 4 Series A: for the years 1970 to 1973
The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 4 Series A, for the years 1970 to 1973.
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The Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 3 Series B: for the years 1973 to 1976
The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 3 Series B, for the years 1973 to 1976.
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The Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 3 Series A: for the years 1967 to 1970
The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 3 Series A, for the years 1967 to 1970.
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The Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 2 Series B: for the years 1966 to 1970
The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 2 Series B, for the years 1966 to 1970.
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The Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 2 Series A: for the years 1964 to 1966
The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 2 Series A, for the years 1964 to 1966.
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The Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 1 Series B: for the years 1960 to 1966
The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 1 Series B, for the years 1960 to 1966.
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The Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 1 Series A: for the years 1959 to 1964
The digital reproduction of the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 1 Series A, for the years 1959 to 1964.
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The digital reproduction of the Journal of Life Science of the Royal Dublin Society, Volume 3, which includes articles from 1980.
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The digital reproduction of the Journal of Life Science of the Royal Dublin Society, Volume 1 and Volume 2, which include articles from 1980 to 1982.
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The digital reproduction of the Journal of Life Science of the Royal Dublin Society, Volume 5, which includes articles from 1983.
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The digital reproduction of the Journal of Life Science of the Royal Dublin Society, Volume 3 and Volume 4, which include articles from 1980 to 1982.
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The digital reproduction of the Journal of Life Science of the Royal Dublin Society, Volume 1 and Volume 2, which include articles from 1978 to 1980.
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The digital reproduction of the Economic Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, for the years 1951 to 1959.
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The digital reproduction of the Economic Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, for the years 1936 to 1950.
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The digital reproduction of the Economic Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, for the years 1910 to 1935.
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The digital reproduction of the Economic Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, for the years 1899 to 1909.
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The digital reproduction of the manuscript book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1832 to 1835.
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The digital reproduction of the manuscript book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1828 to 1832.
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The digital reproduction of the manuscript book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1824 to 1827.
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The digital reproduction of the manuscript book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1820 to 1823.
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The digital reproduction of the manuscript book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1817 to 1820.
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The digital reproduction of the manuscript book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1813 to 1817.
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The digital reproduction of the manuscript book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1809 to 1813.
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The digital reproduction of the manuscript book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1804 to 1809.
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The digital reproduction of the manuscript book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1791 to 1795.
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The digital reproduction of the manuscript book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1773 to 1775.
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The digital reproduction of the manuscript book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1772-1773
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The digital reproduction of the manuscript book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1771-1772
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The digital reproduction of the manuscript book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1769 to 1771.
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The digital reproduction of the manuscript book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1767 to 1769.
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The digital reproduction of the manuscript book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1766 to 1767.
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The digital reproduction of the Dublin Society's Weekly Observations for the Advancement of Agriculture and Manufactures, for the year 1756.
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The digital reproduction of the Dublin Society's Weekly Observations, for the year 1739.
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The digital reproduction of the Transactions of the Dublin Society Volume 6, for the year 1810.
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The digital reproduction of the Transactions of the Dublin Society Volume 5, for the year 1806.
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The digital reproduction of Transactions of the Dublin Society Volume 4, for the year 1804.
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The digital reproduction of the Transactions of the Dublin Society Volume 3, for the year 1803.
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The digital reproduction of the Transactions of the Dublin Society Volume 2: Part 2, for the year 1802.
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The digital reproduction of the Transactions of the Dublin Society Volume 2: Part 1, for the year 1801.
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The digital reproduction of the Transactions of the Dublin Society Volume 1: Part 2, for the year 1800.
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The digital reproduction of the Transactions of the Dublin Society Volume 1: Part 1, for the year 1800.
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The digital reproduction of the Journal of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 7, for the year 1878.
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The digital reproduction of the Journal of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 6, for the year 1870.
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