Fonsie Mealy's THE LIBRARY HOWTH CASTLE September 22nd & 23rd, 2021

10 Imperfections Not Stated info@fonsiemealy.ie 12. Presentation Copy from Author Buckland (Rev. Wm.) Reliquiae Diluvianae; or, Observations on the Organic Remains contained in Caves, Fissures and Diluvian Gravel, and on Other Geological Phenomena. Lg. 4to L. 1823. First Edn., fold. table, 27 full page & fold. plts. (3 hd. cold.), 8pp catalogue at end, uncut, orig. boards (upr. cover lacking). Presentation inscription on front loose blank, ‘Rev. T. Gainsford, with the Authors Best Regards.’ (1) €200 - 300 13. Atlas: Brion (M.) Atlas General, Civil, Ecclesiastique et Militaire ... Desine Specialement a l’Instruction de la Jeune Noblesse de l’Ecole Royal Militaire... Folio Paris 1772. Third Edn., lg. engd. dble. page title, 34pp alphabetical table, with plts. & maps Nos. 1 - 53 lacking nos, 26, 28, 48 & 51, & half of No. 11, all dble. page engraved, and with cont. hand colouring, a few small tears, & some spots, orig. calf backed boards, worn. As an atlas, w.a.f. (1) €700 - 1000 10. Irish Botanical: Gaisford (Teresa) Howth Sea Weeds, An important Album of 84 examples of Irish Sea Weeds, collected, dried and mounted by Teresa Gaisford from the Howth area of Dublin in 1857. Each example is identified by its Latin names. Orig. mor. bound cloth Album, 4to As a coll., w.a.f. (1) * There is an A.L.s. from David Jeffrey, School of Botany, T.C.D., dated 1982, after examining the Album, loosely inserted. He makes two comments, “ First it is a remarkably comprehensive set for an amateur to collect, and represents a token or index of coastal pollution at that time,” Secondly, “the date 1857, is the second year of the Professorship in Botany of Wm. Harvey in T.C.D..... I suspect that he might have had a hand in the naming of the collection so fully and accurately...” €700 - €1000 13 11. Walpole (Robert) Memoirs Relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, lg. 4to Lond. 1817. Vignette title, errata slip, engd. full page map, lg. fold. inscription plts., 5 dble page panoramas etc., 7 full page maps & plts. text illus.; also Walpole (R.) Travels in Various Countries of the East; Being a Continuation of Memoirs... lg. 4to L. 1820. Engd. map frontis, 11 engd. plts. (1 fold.) 1 text vignette, & wd. cut illus. thro.-out, uniform full calf, spines profusely gilt in panels. V. good B.P. (2) €1000 - 1500