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

108 Imperfections Not Stated info@fonsiemealy.ie 777. Binding: Testi (Fulvio) Raccolta Generale delle Poesie del Signor Commendator dell ‘Inoisosa il Co: Fulvio Testi Cavalier di S. Iago. In Three Parts. 12mo Modana (Bart. Soliani) 1648. First Edn., hf. title, wd. cut vignette on each title, cont. full calf, tooled gilt panel, & spine, sm. cont. professional repair on head & tail of spine B.P. V. good clean copy. (1) €220 - €350 778. Leti (Gregorio) Via di Sisto V. Pontefice Romano, Scritta dal Signor Geltio Rogeri, All instanza di G. Leti. 2 Parts, 16mo Lousanne 1669. Two hf. titles, lg. engd. port. (folded), orig. full vellum; Giudici (Cesare) Accademico Faticoso, L’Osteria Magra, 12mo Padua 1692. First Edn., hf title, cont. red library stamps on title, & on verso of end leaf, wd. cut heads & tails, later full mor. mor. label. B.P.’s. Good. (3) €180 - €250 779. Strada (Famiano) De Bello Belgico, Decas Prima [- Decadis Altera] 2 vols. 16mo Rome (H. Scheus - Ludovici Grignani) 1637 - 1650 (Dominic Manelphuis) Add. engd. title Vol. I, hf. title Vol. II, 39 full page engd. plates, cont. full vellum, titles inscribed on spines. V. good. B.P.s. (2) €150 - €200 780. Early Printings: Satire di Cinque Poeti Illustri, di Nuovo Raccolte et Poste a luce, 12mo Venice (Gio Andrae Valuassori) 1565, 118 leaves, wd. cut decor. & device on title, wd. cut heads & initials, last few leaves stained, later full vellum, gilt spine, mor. label; Nostredame (Gio) Le Vite delli Piu Celebri et Autichi Primi Poeti Provenzali Che fiorirno nel tempo delli Re di Napole, & Conti di Prouenza, liquali hanno insegnato a tutti il Poetar Vulgare. Sm. 8vo Lyon (Alesandro Marsilii) 1575. First Edn., 254 [XVIII], wd. cut initials & ornaments, late 17th Century., hf. calf, mor. label. Both B.P.’s. Good. (2) €400 - €600 781. Early Printings: [Lando (Ortensio)] Letter di molte valorose donne, nelle quali chiaramente appare non esser ni di eloquentia ne di dottrina alli huomini inferiori. Sm. 8vo Venice (Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari) 1548 [-1549]. First Edn., dedicated to Sigismondo Rovello, vignette title, some wd.-cut initials, leaves 1 - 161 [-166] final leaf with printers device on verso, sm. pieces cut from top corners of title, & first two leaves, & repaired, re-cased in later full vellum, gilt spine, mor. label. B.P. Good Copy. (1) €300 - €400 782. Early Printing: da Benevento (Nicolo Franco) Dialoghi Piacevolissimi di Nicolo Franco da Benavento ..., Espurgati da Girolamo Gionnini Capugnano Bolognese. Sm. 8vo Venice (Alto bello Salicato)1590. Dedicated to Mons. Anibale Ruccelai. Wd. cut device on title, wd. cut initials, heads & tails, [8], 148 leaves, clean copy, in later full vellum, gilt fillets & tooled gilt spine in panels, mor. labels. B.P. V. good copy. (1) €250 - €350 783. Early Printing: [Sansovino (Francesco)]? Delle Lettere Amorose di Diversi Huomini Illusti, In 9 Books, in sm. 8vo Venice (Francesco Rampazetto) 1563. Wd. cut printers device on t.p. & end leaf, wd. cut initials & headpieces, name erased from title, full vellum,, mor. label. V. good copy. Rare. (1) €350 - €500 784. Marracci (Lodonico) Memorie di S. Maria in Portico di Roma, sm. 8vo Rome (Michele Ercole) 1675. First Edn., finely engd. frontis [177]pp in full cont. vellum, mor. label. B.P. V. good copy. (1) €150 - €200 785. [Croker (JohnWilson)] The Metropolis, 12mo Dubin (J. Barlow) 1805 Second Edn., 69pp., with wd.-cut end vignette; Bound with; The Second Part of The Metropolis, 12mo Dublin (J. Barlow) 1806. Second Edn., 87pp; Bound also with: Familiar Epistles to Frederick J..S., Esq., on the Present State of the Irish Stage, by the same author, 12mo D. (J. Barlow) 1804. Second Edn., 122pp., full green mor. gilt fillet borders, with centre blind tooled panels, spine gilt in panels, mor. label. B.P. V. good copy. (1) €150 - 200 786. With 2 A.L.s. from the Author Pennell (H. Cholmondeley) Fishing Gossip or Stray Leaves from the Note-Books of Several Anglers, 8vo Edin. 1866. First Edn., Hf. title, Engd. frontis one plt. & 1 text illus., fine hf. green mor., spine gilt in panels. B.P. V. good. (1) * Inscribed Presentation Copy, and with 2 ALs from author, plus one other ALs from W. Pinkerton, all to Thomas Westwood, Esq., plus some newscuttings tipped in at end. €180 - €250 777 780 781