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

201 fonsiemealy.ie fm All contents and images are subject to copyright 1121 [Clayton (Bp. Robert)] An Essay on Spirit, where in The Doctrine of the Trinity is considered In the Light of Nature and Reason... From the Dublin Edition,... 8vo Lond. 1751. LXIV, 152pp; Bound with, [Hopkins (Rev. Wm.)] A Sequel to the Essay on Spirit: ... With some Observations relating to the Athanasian and Nicene Creeds. 8vo L. 1752. First Edn., [84]pp recent marble boards; [Clayton] The Bishop of Clogher’s Speech Made in The House of Lords in Ireland,.... Feb. 1756. 8vo L. 1757. 31pp disbound; and also A Vindication of the Histories of the Old and New Testament, 8vo D. 1753. Second Edn., hf. title, 140pp disbound. As a lot, w.a.f. (3) € 200 - 400 1122 Important Early Irish Herbal K’eogh (Joh.) Botanalogia Universalis Hibernica, or, A General Irish Herbal, Calculated for this Kingdom giving an Account of the Herbs, Shrubs.. to which are added, two short Treatises, 4to, Corke (George Harrison) 1735, First Edition, dedication (4pps), preface (8pps), subscribers (4pps), 145pps, 32pps index, later full calf. (1) * Scarce in complete format (Henry 879). € 2000 - 3000 1123 Threlkeld (Caleb) Synopsis Stirpium Hibericarum Alphabetice Dispositarum Sive Commentatio de Plantis Indigenis praesertim Dublinensibus Instituta being a short Treatise of Native Plants, especially such as Grow Spontaneously in the Vicinity of Dublin, 12mo D. (S. Powell) 1727, First, dedit (6pps), contemp. full panelled calf, professional reback, orig. label laid down. Scarce. (1) € 750 - 1000 1124 [Bolingbroke (Henry St. John, Viscount)] A Dissertation upon Parties; in Several Letters to Cabeb D’Anvers, Esq., 8vo L. 1739. Fifth, Engd. frontis XXXI, 252pp., cont. calf, dble. gilt fi llet borders, raised bands. V. good copy. (1) € 140 - 180 1125 Dublin Prize Binding: Hawkey (John)trans. The Ascent of Cyrus The Younger: and The Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks, 8vo d. (Geo. Faulkner) 1738 First Edn., some damp stains, Prize Bookplate for Arthur Pomeroy, 1740, errata leaf at end, cont. calf, stamped T.C.D. prize binding, a tooled gilt spine in panels, some wear; Ramsay (Chev. A.) The Travels of Cyrus, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1728. Third Edn., 2 engd frontis, wd. cut heads & tails, advert leaf at front Vol. I, cont. blind tooled calf, raised bands, mor. labels. (3) € 250 - 350 1126 [Toland] Des Maizeaux (Mr.)ed. The Miscellaneous Works of Mr. John Toland, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1747. Red & bl. titles, cont. calf, raised bands, top and bottom of spines dam., mor. labels. (1) € 350 - 500