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

181 fonsiemealy.ie fm All contents and images are subject to copyright 996 Photographs: South Africa, c. 1880. Thick 4to Album containing approx. 26 orig. photos of Kimberley, South Africa, principally of the Water Works, the building of same, construction of town & various buildings, groups of workers, etc., some dam., each approx. 14cms x 19cms (5 ½ ” x 7 ½ ”), & mounted on card, heavy hf. mor. As an album, w.a.f. (1) € 150 - 200 994 [The Franks Family] Photographs: A small leather bound Album of Card-de-Visite from the Franks Family, Dundrum, Co. Dublin, taken by L. Werner, 15 Leinster St., Dublin; Nelson & Marshall, T. Gran fi eld, Dublin School of Photography (F.H. Mares) Lafayette and others, approx. 22 cards, as an Album, w.a.f. (1) € 120 - 180 997 Scrapbook of a Mediterranean Cruise, 1899 Scrapbook kept by Miss Ellen Perowne of a cruise on board the steam yacht Argonaut in February and March 1899, departing from Marseilles and visiting Naples, Greece, Constantinople, Palestine and Egypt. The contents include a Manuscript Journal kept by Ellen Perowne, beginning with her departure from Hartlebury Castle (the residence of her father, the Bishop of Worcester); extracts from a journal of the cruise printed in a magazine; commercial photographs of buildings and monuments they visited; Ellen’s own more informal photographs; and ephemera such as menus and programmes for concerts and parties. She accompanied her father, the Bishop and her brother Connop Perowne, both of whom gave lectures and guided tours, while Ellen helped with the entertainments. (Bishop Perowne was a respected Hebrew scholar, well known for his moderate views on biblical scholarship.) The scrapbook also contains items relating to a later cruise of the Argonaut in which Ellen Perowne took part, departing from Hull and visiting the Norwegian fj ords and the North Cape in July and August 1901. The Argonaut had been built in 1879, and was now owned by Henry Lunn World Travel. She had recently been fi tted with new boilers and engines, and had fi rst-class facilities for its 120 passengers. She came to grief on 29 September 1908, when she collided with a steamer in a fog and sank rapidly; no lives were lost, but the passengers lost all their possessions. An interesting record of a bygone world. As a manuscript, w.a.f. 38cms x 28cms. (1) € 350 - 450 999 Rare American Photographs Niagara Falls: Zyback (J.) Photographer, Niagara. Two large original photographs of The Falls at Niagara, each approx. 21”x 16 ½ ”(54cms x 42cms), one stamped ‘P. Zyback, Niagara’ As photos, w.a.f. (2) € 170 - 250 998 Pioneering Female Photographer Photograph: Cameron (Julia Margaret) Portrait of Sir John F.H. Hershel, A large contemporary reprint of the iconic photo of Hershel, 33cms x 28cms (13”x 11”). Inscribed on reverse ‘ To / Sir John F.W. Herschel / from his Friend / Julia Margaret Cameron,’ With sm. straight tear to white border. As a photo, w.a.f. (2) * Herschel was a mathematician, astronomer and philosopher. His early work in 1819 provided a basis for Daguerre’s and Talbot’s experiments. He was the fi rst person to use the word ‘photography’ This lot also includes copy of, Gernsheim (Helmet) Julia Margaret Cameron, Her life and photographic work, 4to L. 1948. First Edn., illus. & d.w. (2) Provenance: From the collection of M.F. Hardcastle, Burley, 1949, via the Perceval family, Temple House, Co. Sligo. € 700 - 1000