Speeches at the Bar and in the Senate, By The Right Honourable Wm. Conyngham, Lord Plunket, Lord High Chancellor of Ireland. Edited with a Memoir and Historical Notices by John Cashel Hoey. Dublin: James Duffy, 1859. Pp xxiv, 480; [Bound With]. The Speeches of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke. With Memoir and Historical Introductions by James Burke. Dublin : Duffy, 1854. Pp xxiv, 456. Bound in contemporary red morocco, elaborately tooled in gilt, featuring the crest of Carlow College prominently centered on both upper and lower covers. The volume boasts gilt edges, marbled endpapers, and decorative gilt dentelles. Light scuffing to the board edges, yet remains a very well-preserved and elegant example.

A distinguished Irish statesman and jurist, Lord Plunket was a leading advocate for Catholic emancipation and parliamentary reform. Called to the Irish Bar in 1787, he became a prominent Whig politician, serving as Solicitor-General (1803) and Attorney-General (1805) for Ireland. As Lord Chancellor of Ireland (1830–41), he played a key role in legal reforms.

An Anglo-Irish thinker, writer, and orator, Edmund Burke was a pivotal figure in 18th-century politics. His critiques of the French Revolution (Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1790) established him as a founder of modern conservatism. Though advocating for Irish rights and Catholic relief, his influence extended globally, shaping political thought for generations.