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

29 fonsiemealy.ie fm All contents and images are subject to copyright 144 [Molesworth (Robert)]trans. Franco-Gallia: or, An Account of the Ancient Free State of France,... Written Originally in Latin by the Famous Civilian Francis Hotoman in the Year 1574. 8vo L. 1721. Second Edn., hf. title, XXXVI, [6], 10, VI, 148pp plus 4pp adverts., cont. blind tooled panel calf, gilt fi llet borders, raised bands. V. good. (1) € 250 - 350 145 [Berkeley] Prior (Thos.) An Authentic Narrative of the Success of Tar-Water .... To which are subjoined Two Letters from the Author of Siris, showing the Medicinal Properties of Tar-Water.. . 8vo Dublin, & Lond. Re-printed, 1746. With A New Letter by Berkeley on Tar-Water, by David Berman, an O ff print from ‘Hermathena,’ bound in at end, old boards rebacked; also Alciphron: or The Minute Philosopher, 12mo L. 1755, cont. calf, lacks label. (2) € 250 - 350 146 Price (Richard) Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, The Principles of Government, and the Justice and Policy of the War with America, 12mo D. 1776. Eight, hf. title, fold. table at end, XII, 179pp. cont. tree calf. V. good copy. (1) * Bookplate of Chris Nicholson, Co. of Meath. € 250 - 350 147 Clayton (Dr. Robert) Lord Bishop of Clogher. A Vindication of the Histories of the Old and New Testament, in Answer to the Objections of the late Lord Bollingbroke, In Two Letters to a Young Nobleman. 12mo D. (Geo. Faulkner) 1752. Errata slip tipped-in, some damp stains to front few pages, and at end, cont. calf, raised bands, mor. label. (1) € 225 - 350 148 With Caricature Engravings Anon. A Political and Satyrical History of the Years 1756 and 1757, In a Series of Seventy-Five Humorous and Entertaining Prints. 16mo L. (for E. Morris) n.d. 15pp. plus 75 engd. full page plts. (plt. 75 dam. with some loss), recent black buckram. (1) € 200 - 300 149 [Prevost (Abbé) Campagnes Philosophiques ou Memoires de M. de Monteal, Aide-de-Comp de Mr. le Maréchal de Schomberg, contenant l’Histoire de la Guerre d’Irlande. 2 vols. in one, 12mo Amsterdam 1742. Two hf. titles, red & bl. titles with vignettes, orig. mottled calf, gilt spine rubbed, lacks label. Scarce. (1) € 125 - 175