Beschreibung:

Lot 533/0289 “The Republic Still Lives” Excessively Rare 1918 Proclamation “ Poblacht na h’Eireann.” The Provisional Government of the Irish Republic to the People of Ireland. Irishmen and Irishwomen … . an early reprint of the 1916 Proclamation (probably the third printing) reset in similar style to the original, with an extra line in capitals at end after the signatures: “The Irish Republic Still Lives!” There is no printer or date mentioned, approx. 30″ x 20″, some creasing or minor dam. but generally in good condition. (See Bouch’s study, “Bibliographical Society of Ireland.” vol. 5, No. 3, bottom of page 51.] The first edition of the Proclamation was printed in Liberty Hall on the Sunday before the Easter Rising in 1916, in an edition of about 1000 copies, of which about 50 at most have survived. On the anniversary of the Rising, at Easter 1917, an almost exact type facsimile was printed and distributed in Dublin, which can be distinguished from the original mainly by the mis-spelling of Eamonn Ceannt’s name. The second edition is known only from one or two? surviving copies. The present document is neither the 1916 or the 1917 edition. A similar copy is described by Bouch, who concludes that it probably was printed around the time of the General Election of December 1918 (at which Sinn Fein swept the country). this seems a reasonable conclusion, since if issued later than January 1919 one would expect the final line to include some reference to the First (or Second) Dail then sitting. It is in any case an excessively rare document. Apart from the copy examined by Bouch, we are aware of only one other copy of this printing, sold in Dublin some ten years ago and now believe to be in America. To our knowledge it is the last full-size edition of Proclamation published during the 1916-1921 period. (1)