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

104 Imperfections Not Stated info@fonsiemealy.ie 758. In Royal Binding Minsheu (John) The Guide into the Tongues, With their agreement and consent one with another, as also their Etymologies, that is, the Reasons and Derivations of all or the most part of works, in these eleven Languages, viz... . Lg. folio London (John Browne) 1617. First Edn., Subscribers list at front with large wd. cut initial, title in 2 sections, Latin & England, & within wd. cut decor. border, [16] 543pp plus Vocabularium Hispanico Latinum et Anglicum copiosissimum, ... (170)pp., some damp stains, mostly in lower rt. hand corner, some slight worm dam. at spine not affecting text. In full cont. calf, blind fillet borders, raised bands, top of spine repaired, bottom of spine damaged. Both covers stamped with large gilt Royal Coat of Arms. (4) €200 - €300 759. Craffonara (Giuseppe) I Pui Celebri Quadri Delle diverse Scuole Italiane Riuniti nell Appartamento Borgia del Vaticano... E brevemente descritti da G.A. Guattani. Lg. atlas folio Roma (Stamperia de Romanis) 1820, 41 full page plts., uncut, orig. boards B.P. Good (1) €300 - €400 760. Clochar (P.) Palais, Maisons et Vues D’Italie, Mesures et Dessines. Lg. folio Paris (a La Bibliotheque Imperiale) 1809. Engd. title page & 102 full page plts., cont. full calf, dble gilt fillet borders, tooled gilt spine in panels. B.P. V. good copy. (1) €1000 - €1500 761. Editio Princeps Appian: Appianou Alexandreos Romaikon. Appiani Alexandrini Romanorum Historiarum, Large folio Paris (Typis Regiis, Caroli Stephani) 1551. First Edition. Printers device on title, wd. cut heads & initials, damp stain in lower rt. hand corner throughout making some corners weak, later rebacked mottled calf, mor. label. (1) * With 2 A.L.s. from Maria M. Pollen to Julian Gaisford, tipped-in at front. The first (9 June 1903) offering this book to him, the second (15 June) expressing her pleasure that he would like it. ‘ Maria Margaret La Primaudaye Pollen (10 April 1838-c.1919) known as Minnie, was a decorative Arts. Collector.’ As Mrs. John Hungerford Pollen, she became known during the early 20th Century as an authority on the history of textiles, publishing “ Seven Centuries of Lace,” in 1908 (Wikipedia). €400 - €600 762. Ecclesiastical Revenues: Report of the Commissioners Appointed ... to Inquire into The Ecclesiastical Revenues of England and Wales, Lg. folio Lond. 1835, XII, 12, 985, 48pp cont. hf. calf, joints cracked. B.P. (1) €180 - €250 763. Evelyn (John) Silva: or A Discourse of Forest-Trees, 2 vols. lg. sq. folio York (A. Ward.) 1786. New Edn., With Notes by A. Hunter, engd. port. frontis. Vol. I, 2 lg. fold. tables & 41 engd. plts. (1 lg. fold.), cont. full mor. dble gilt fillet borders, spine gilt in panels, mor. labels. B.P.s. V. fine clean copy. (2) €300 - €400 764 – See page 105 765. Sloane (Wm. Milligan) Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, 4 vols., folio New York (The Century Co.) 1906. Ports. views etc., many plates in colour, uncut, orig. vellum backed green cloth, gilt lettered spines. B.P.’s. A very good set. (4) €250 - €350 766. With Fine Coloured Plates Robinson (W.) Editor - Flora and Silva, A Monthly Review for Lovers of Garden, Woodland, Tree and Flowers, ... Garden Beautiful, Home Woods and Home Landscape, 3 vols. folio London 1903 - 24 full page coloured plts., uncut, orig. hf. vellum, strongly bound. (3) * Contains an A.L.s. to 'Dear St. Lawrence,' pointing out mention of Howth, at p. 165 Vol. I., from E.M. Blackburn. €300 - €400 758 766 760 761