Fonsie Mealy's RARE BOOKS & COLLECTIBLES December 7th & 8th, 2021

35 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 210. Bindings: Shakespeare - Wood (Manley)ed. The Plays of William Shakespeare, 14 vols. Sm. 8vo Lond. (for George Kearsley) 1806. Engd. port. frontis, Vol. I & engd. plts. thro.-out, cont. calf, gilt fillet borders, gilt spines. Good. (14) €200 - €300 211. Bindings - Bibles The Holy Bible, 8vo Lond. (R. Bowyer) 1796. Engd. title & contents leaf, engd. plts. by H., Richler, silk ends & gilt doublures, cont. straight grained mor. tooled gilt borders & spine. The Chichester - Templemore Copy, inscribed by various members of the family; also The Holy Bible for the use of the Family, thick 8vo Lond. (Printed for Robert Scholey) 1809. Engd. frontis & title, a.e.g. cont. straight grained crimson mor. blind & gilt tooled borders, & spine. Inscribed ‘John Alexander, [Milford]’ As bibles, w.a.f. (2) €200 - €300 213. Manstein (Gen. C. Hermann) Memoirs of Russia, Historical, Political and Military, 8vo D. (for James Williams) 1770. First Dublin Edn., Trans. by David Hume, cont. full calf, mor. label. V. good. Scarce. (1) €220 - €350 214. Pamphlets: Volume with 5 works as follows: 1. Gibbon (Edward) A Vindication of Some Passages in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Chapters of the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 8vo Dublin 1779. 158pp; 2. Pulteney (Wm.) Considerations on the Present State of Public Affairs, and the Means of Raising the Necessary Supplies, D. (for Wm. Hallhead) 1779, hf. title, 56pp; 3. Burke (Ed.) Speech .. On Presenting to the Hse of Commons.. A Plan for the Better Security of the Independence of Parliament, and The Oeconomical Reformation of the Civil and other Establishments, 8vo D. (R. Marchbank) 1780. Hf. title, 95pp; 4. Anon. A Faithful account of the late Proceedings and Outrages of the People at Edinburgh and Glasgow... to which are added, The Petition of the Roman Catholics of Scotland ..., 8vo Lond. & D. Reprinted by Wogan. Bean & Pike 1779, 62pp; 5. A Defence of the Act of Parliament lately Passed for the Relief of Roman Catholics;.. By a Protestant, 8vo L. & D. Reprinted 1780, 42pp; together 5 works, as a lot, cont. calf, mor. label. Good. Scarce Collection. (1) €300 - €400 215. Presentation Copy Hassen (Hafiz Ahmed) Pilgrimage to the Caaba and Charing Cross, 8vo Lond. n.d. First Edn.? Hf. title, orig. port. photo frontis, [10]pp cat. at end, orig. green cloth, gilt decor. Title inscribed ‘With the author’s compliments’ Good. (1) €180 - €250 213 210 212. Vallancey (Maj. Charles) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vols. I - VI. Together 6 vols. roy 8vo D. (Thos. Ewing) 1770 - 1804. Engd. port. frontis Vol. I, & plts. illus. etc. as follows: Vol. I - Lg. fold. map & 1 fold. plt. Vol. II - Lg. fold. map & 8 plts (tables etc) Vol. III - V. lg. fold. map, fold. table & 2 plts. Vol. IV - Lg. fold. map & 24 fold. & other plts. Vol. V - 14 fold. plts. as per list. Vol. VI - Fold. map & 23 varied plts., wd. cut, sepia etc., some fold., also wd. cut illus. in text. All in uniform hf. green mor. raised bands. A very clean set. Ex. Rare. (6) €1000 - €1500 214 215