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

54 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED info@fonsiemealy.ie fm 279 Co. Kilkenny: Tighe (Wm.) Statistical Observations Relative to the County of Kilkenny, 8vo D. 1802, First Edn., some fold. maps & plts. cont., hf. calf; Ryland (Rev. R.H.) The History, Topography and Antiquities of the County and City of Waterford, 8vo L. 1824, First Edn. Lg. fold. cold. map frontis, 6 engd. plts. & maps, mostly lg. fold. hf. mor. worn. As a coll of maps & plts. (2) € 200 - 300 280 Dublin Printings: Melmoth (Wm.)ed. The Letters of Pliny the Consul, 2 vols. 12mo D. (Geo. & Alex Ewing) 1748. red & bl. titles with vignettes; Churchill (Chas.) Poems, 3 vols. 12mo D. (For P. Wilson) 1766. Fourth, 2 port. frontis, all cont. calf, raised bands, mor. labels. (5) € 130 - 180 281 Hand-Coloured Plates: Shoberl (Fred.) The World in Miniature, Turkey 6 vol. in 3 vols.; also Illyria, and Asiatic Islands, together 5 vols. 20mo L. (For R. Ackerman) n.d. c. 1830. With hand coloured plts. thro-out, orig. cloth. (5) € 250 - 350 282 Dublin Printed Chapbooks Juvenalia: Voyages in the Arctic Seas from 1821 to 1825, for the Discovery of a North West Passage to the Paci fi c Ocean, 20mo D. (R. Napper) 1830, frontis & plts.; Travels in Germany, 20mo D. (P. Hayes) 1828, frontis & plts.; Travels in Southern Italy, 24mo D. (T.L. White) 1830. Frontis & plts. all in cont. sheep; 1 other children’s book. As a lot, w.a.f (4) € 200 - 300 283 Bound for William Stawell, Esq. Bindings: Watson Stewart (John) The Treble Almanack for 1806 and 1810, 2 vols. D. 1806 and 1810. First Edn., each containing Gentleman’s & Citizen’s Almanack ; The English Registry, and Wilson’s Dublin Directory, Volume for 1810 only with map, both in extremely fi ne full cont. crimson mor. profusely tooled with various elaborate designs, fl owers, sprays etc., the 1806 volume with lyres and arrows, etc., and each cover inscribedWilliam Stawell, Esq. Both in fi ne condition. (2) € 700 - 1000 284 Peel (C.V.A.) The Zoological Gardens of Europe, Their History and Chief Features. 8vo L. 1903. First Edn., hf. title, frontis plts. & illus., t.e.g., orig. gilt decor cloth. V. good. (1) € 100 - 150