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

200 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED info@fonsiemealy.ie fm 1115 [Baron (Richard)] The Pillars of Priestcraft and Orthodoxy Shaken, 4 vols. 12mo L. (for Mr. Cadell) 1768. Second Edn., cont. calf, dble gilt fi llet borders, profusely tooled gilt spine in panels, mor. labels. (4) € 200 - 300 1116 V. Fine Rawden Binding Dublin Binding: Clayton (V. Revd. Dr. Robert) Bishop of Clogher, A Vindication of the Histories of the Old and New Testament, In Answer to the Objections of the late Lord Bolingbroke. In Two Letters to a Young Nobleman. 2 vols. 12mo D. (Geo. Faulkner) 1754. Fourth Edn., 12 engd. plts. (include. 2 fold.), cont. full calf, with single fi llet border & fl oral corner decorations, fi nely tooled gilt spines, in panels & with blue and red mor. labels, by Rawden. (2) € 350 - 500 1117 [Toland (John)] High-Church Display’d; Being a Compleat History of the A ff air of Dr. Sacheverel, 12mo L. 1711. First Edn., L.S. on title, cont. calf, blind fi llet borders, raised bands, mor. label. Good Copy. (1) € 350 - 500 1119 Berkeley (George) Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous, [10] 166pp., 8vo Lond. (for Wm. & John Innys) 1725. Second Edn., lacking adverts at end, orig. loose end blanks, plus new papers, cont. calf, professional reback, raised bands recent mor. label. V. clean copy. (1) € 800 - 1200 1118 Gordon (Thomas) & Others. A Cordial for Low Spirits, Being A Collection of Curious Tracts A. 3 vols. 12mo L. (For Messrs. Wilson & Fell) 1763. Third Impression., engraved frontis., advert leaf end of Vol. III, cont. calf, tooled gilt spines, with armorial of The Signet Library on all covers. Good. (3) € 200 - 300 1120 Matrimony & Drink in the 17th Century [Matrimony & Drink] Anon: T he Petition of the Ladies of London and Westminster to the Honourable House for Husbands, L. (Mary Want-Man) 1693, 4pps; A Humble Remonstrance of the Bachelors in and about London to the Honourable House, in Answer to a late Paper Entitled A Petition of the Ladies for Husbands; L. (Bookselling Bachelors) 1693, 4pps; The Petition of the Widows, in and about London and Westminster for the Redress of their Grievances, L. (Printed for the Use of the Wide-O’s) 1693, 4pps; Lambeth Ale, L. (Abel Roper) 1693, 4pps, all bound together, in later full gilt lettered calf, clean copy [Wing H3616]. (1) € 400 - 600