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

44 Imperfections Not Stated Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 288. With Attractive Coloured Plate Rutter (John) Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey, folio Shaftesbury & Lond. (By the Author & Chas. Knight & Co.) 1823. First Edition, Hf. title, hd. cold. frontis & add. hd. cold. title, engd. plan, lg. fold. map hand cold. in outline, & 11 full page engd. plts. (1 hd. cold.), plus engd. text illus. thro-out, lists of subscribers, t.e.g., cont. hf. crimson mor., spine profusely gilt in panels. V. clean copy. (1) €600 - €900 289. One of 10 Copies, Specially Bound & Signed Sweeney (Tony) Ireland and the Printed Word, A Descriptive Catalogue... Folio Dublin (Ed. Burke Publishers) 1997. Lim. Edn. No. 6 of 250 Copies - This No. 6 of 10 Special Copies, bound in full green mor. & Signed. Extra cold. illus., in cloth slipcase. V. good. (1) €300 - €400 291. Public Records of Ireland: Reports From the Commissioners Respecting the Public Records of Ireland 1800 - 1819, With the Appendix, 2 vols. folio London 1819, 86 lg. fold. etc., fac-similes, some hd. cold.; together with The Sixth .. to the Fifteenth Reports .. Respecting The Public Records of Ireland, 2 vols. folio Lond. 1819, 1820, 1824 & 1825. 10 fold. plts., all uniform hf. calf, gilt ribbed spines, mor. labels. Good. (4) €300 - €500 292. Aringhi (Pauli) Roma Subterranea Novissima, 2 vols. lg. folio Rome (Typis Vitalis Mascardi) 1651. Hf. titles, red & bl. titles with engraved vignettes, and two add engraved historical titles, lg. engd. fold. map, 2 fold. plans of cemeteries, fine full page engd. plts. (some fold.); with numerous wd. cut illus. and plans in text, wd. cut heads, tails & initials thro-out, damp stain in lower rt. hand corners thro.- out, cont. full calf, professionally repaired and rebacked, with orig. tooled gilt spine laid down. Generally a very good copy. * This work expands on Antonio Bosio’s ‘Roma Sotteranea,’ which was unfinished at the time of his death in 1629. Bosio was the first person to explore and record the catacombs. €550 - €750 288 The Book of Kells - Most Sumptuous Edition Facsimile - Verlag, Luzern, Publishers : The Book of Kells , the most precious illuminated manuscript of the early Middle Ages, now reproduced, the FIRST AND ONLY COMPLETE FINE ART FACSIMILE EDITION, published by Authority of the Board of Trinity College, Dublin. Lg. thick 4to, Luzern 1990, LIMITED EDN. (1480), in fine white tawed leather over wooden boards. Contained in a specially created presentation box, the embossed surface with blind & gilt tooled Celtic decoration and silver and brass mounts. Together with a large Commentary Volume, with illus., leather backed cloth, and orig. advertising portfolio. An unique opportunity to acquire a complete facsimile of one of the Worlds greatest Art Treasures. As a lot. (1) €4000 - €6000 291 292 290.