Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Rare Books & Collectors' Sale December 9th & 10th, 2020

12 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED info@fonsiemealy.ie fm 43 Salmon - A New Geographical and Historical Grammar: 8vo D. 1752. Third Edn., fold. map frontis., red & bl. title, engd. plt. & 21 fold. maps, some tears (one with some loss), cont. calf; A Compendious History of Captain Cook’s First and Second Voyages, sm. 8vo L. 1784, cont. calf; Fischer (F.A.) Travels in Spain, 8vo L. 1802, lacks fold. map,hf. calf. (3) € 120 - 180 44 Hawkesworth (John) An Account of the Voyages ... For Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successfully performed by Comm. Byron, Capt. Wallis, Capt. Carteret and Captain Cook, 3 vols. 8vo D. (... for A. Leathley, J. Exshaw, W. Sleater,.. and T. Todd) 1773. First Thus., cont. full calf, raised bands, gilt decor. panels, mor. labels. Good. (3) € 250 - 350 45 Medical: Mihles (Samuel) & Reid (A.) The Elements of Surgery, 8vo L. 1764. Second, 18 fold. plts., Proposals, leaves & advert leaf at end, cont. calf, worn. Scarce; Hamilton (Alex.) Outlines of the Theory and Practice of Midwifery, 8vo Edin 1787. New Edn., 424pp; Bound with, Morley (John) An Essay on The Symptoms of Pregnancy, from the Earliest Stage to the Period of Quickening, 8vo L. 1829. First Edn., 48pp, cont. calf, upr. joint cracked, mor. label. (2) € 150 - 220 46 Chandler (Samuel) Re fl ections on the Conduct of the Modern Deists, In their late Writings against Christianity, 8vo L. 1727. First Edn., LVI, 110pp; Bound with, by the same author, A Letter to the Reverend Dr. Rogers, ... 8vo L. 1727. First Edn., 143pp adverts on verso of last leaf, cont. blind tooled panel calf, lacks mor. label. B.P. of United Presbyterian College, Brown- Linsay Library. (1) € 220 - 350 47 Very Rare Presentation Copy [Clayton (Bishop Robert)] An Essay on Spirit, 8vo D. (S. Powell, for J.P. Droz,..) 1750. First Edn., LXV, 171pp, Limited Edition to probably not more than 30 Copies. in fi ne cont. mottled calf, raised bands, spine gilt in panels, mor. label. Bookplate of Col. Cooper. A very fi ne copy of this rare work. (1) * Presentation Copy, inscribed, ‘ To the Bishop of Elphin [X?] from the Author.’ € 700 - 1000 48 Binding: Milton - A Review of the Text of the Twelve Books of Milton’s Paradise Lost, 8vo L. 1733. Cont. full calf, with attractive tooled gilt borders & spine; Suckling (J.) The Works of Sir John Suckling Containing the Poems Letters and Plays, 8vo D. (Oli. Nelson) 1766. lacks front loose blank, Advert. leaf at end, cont. calf, mor. labels. (2) € 130 - 180