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

79 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 556. Nardini (Famiano) Roma Antica, 4to Rome (Per il Falco) 1666. Wd. cut initials, wd. cut text illus. & 15 engd. plts. (some lg. fold.), rebound in full panel calf, orig. tooled gilt spine laid down. A clean copy. (1) €300 - €400 557. R.I.A.: Wilde (W.R.) Catalogue of The Antiquities .. in the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy, 3 vols. in One, 8vo D. 1857- 1861-1862. First Edns., text illus. thro.-out, orig. ptd. boards bound in, attractive hf. mor., tooled gilt spine in panels. (1) * Michael Herity’s copy, signed by him Oct. 11, 1966. A v. good copy. €200 - €300 558. Inscribed Presentation Copy Foster (Thos. Campbell) Letters on the Condition of The People of Ireland, 8vo thick Lond. 1847. Second Edn., lg. fold. map of Ireland, recent hf. green mor. gilt spine mor. labels. Valuable work on the Great Irish Famine. (1) * Pres. Cop, ‘The Rt. Hon. Lord Chief Justice Campbell with the respectful Compliments of the Author.’ Rare. €220 - €350 559. The Poet’s Copy Irish Archaeological Society: Tracts Relating to Ireland, 2 vols. 4to D. 1841-1843, First Edns., cont. hf. mor.; O’Donovan (John)ed. The Banquet of Dun na n-Gedh, and The Battle of Magh Rath, 4to D. 1842 First Edn., Title page inscribed ‘W. Allingham,’ [Poet], recent cloth backed boards; also Cormac’s Glossary, trans. by John O’Donovan, 4to Calcutta 1868, recent cloth backed. (4) €150 - €200 560. Irish Arch. & Celtic Society: Reeves (Wm.)ed. The Life of St. Columba, .. Written by Adamnan. 4to Dublin 1857. First Edn., engd. map frontis, L.S. on title, fold. tables, orig. cloth rebacked; Smith (John) The Life of St. Columba, The Apostle and Saint of the Ancient Scots and Picts., and Joint Patron of the Irish. 8vo Edin. 1798. First Edn., mor. backed boards. Scarce. (2) €150 - €200 561. Genealogy: Vicars (Sir A.) Index to the Prerogative Will of Ireland 1536 - 1810, roy 8vo D. 1897. First Edn., orig. buckram, gilt. V. good copy. (1) €100 - €150 562. Fine Binding: [Surtees] Jorrocks Jaunts and Jollities, roy 8vo Lond. n.d. New Edn. Extra Illustrated, with fine hd. cold. plts., t.e.g., marble ends, full green mor. triple gilt fillet borders, tooled gilt spine, with hunting motifs in panels, by Hatchards of Piccadilly. V. good. (1) €200 - €300 563. Warburton (J.), Whitelaw (J.) &Walsh (Rob.) History of The City of Dublin, 2 vols. v. lg. 4to Lond. 1818. First Edn., 2 engd. frontis plans (1 lg. fold.), 2 fold. plans of Canals, & Botanic Garden, & 20 engd. views, plans etc., cont. hf. calf, rebacked, with orig. tooled gilt spine laid down, mor. labels. V. good copy. (2) €350 - €500 557 558 563 562 556