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

111 fonsiemealy.ie Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 802. Anon. [Griffith (HenryWharton)] A Lift for the Lazy, 8vo New York (Geo. P. Putnam) 1849. First Edn., title in red & black, B.P. some spotting, cont. hf. green mor., spine profusely gilt in panels. V.g. (1) €120 - €180 803. With Manuscript Notes on Donovan & Belleek Pottery etc., Marryat (Joseph) A History of Pottery and Porcelain, Mediaeval and Modern, 8vo L. 1857. Second Edn., fine cold. frontis & 5 cold. plts., with m/ss notes thro-out, in pencil. Notes on the Manufacture of Porcelain at Chelsea, by Augustus W. Franks, 10pp bound in at end, inscribed on front loose blank, ‘C. Villiers Bayly from the Author.’ also with letters, notes and sketches bound in or loosely inserted. A.e.g. full green mor. gilt fillet borders & gilt spine in panels, by Leighton. With bookplates of Thos. Gaisford, & of the author Joseph Marryat. V. good. (1) * Note on fly leaf, ‘ This vol. when first ;published was given by me to my old friend Chas. Villiers Bayly 1857. When he died twenty years after, his Executors gave it to me. It has been bound and illustrated with various notes in his hand writing, T. Gaisford.’ €250 - €350 804. Parry (John) The Vocal Companion, consisting of favourite Songs, Duets and Glees,... adapted for the Voice, Flute or Violin , Vol. I. 8vo L. 1829, port. frontis., 200pp; Bound with, The British Minstrel, 8vo Lond. 1837. Hf. title, 183pp; Bound with, Flowers of Song, 8vo Lond. 1837, 160pp. together 3 works in one volume, fine hf. tan mor., raised bands, mor. labels. B.P. V. good copy. (1) €150 - €200 805. With M/ss Notes, Newscuttings etc. tipped-in Military: Cannon (Richard) Historical Record of the Seventy-Second Regiment, or The Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders..., 8vo Lond. 1848. With 2 fine hand coloured plates, & with m/ss notes, correspondence, photo, newscuttings etc. tipped in, and loosely inserted, orig. cloth. (1) * Belonged to John Wm. Gaisford of Dolly’s Grove, Dunboyne, Co. Meath (1820 - 1889), 2nd son of Dean Gaisford, Lt. Col. 72nd Highlanders. €200 - €300 806. Manuscript of Italian Novella Manuscript: L’Iscrizione Novella del Cav. Clementino Vannetti Roveretano Signor di Villanova Accademico Fiorentino.. 1790, Dedicated to Conte Anton Maria Borromeo by Giulio Bernadino Tomitano, Oderso 1801, 4to 1801. With attractive decorated title with device of an owl on a stone, and with monogram of T.W. Gaisford, 12pp., sewn into an associated tree calf binding, with tooled gilt borders, worn. Rare. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1) * The author, Clementino Vannetti of Rovereto (1754-1795), was a prolific writer of prose and poetry in Latin and Italian, imitating the styles of Horace and Dante - also of picaresque short stories in the style of Boccaccio. This MS appears to be a transcript of one of his stories made by the bibliophile Giulio Bernardino Tomitano of Oderzo (1761- 1828) for fellow-bibliophile Anton-Maria Borromeo (1724-1813), a collector of Italian novelle. He evidently did not think much of his text, concluding with the pithy comments: "Finisce de ludibrio Turdi Rustici"; and "Salus scriptoris commendetur omnibus horis". €300 - 400 807. Greek Manuscript in the hand of Dean Thomas Gaisford Manuscript: Gaisford (Thos.) Transcript of Isaiou doros peri Fou Meneklous klerou, [Isaeus’s ‘On the estate of Menecles’] In a very neat and attractive hand, 4to [c. 1820], cont. hf. calf. B.P. of Thomas Gaisford. As m/ss., w.a.f. (1) * Isaeus (4th century BC) was a Greek orator and lawyer who specialised in problems of inheritance. The case of Menecles involved a point of law as to whether an estate could be inherited by an adopted son when claimed by the deceased’s brothers in blood. This is a transcript of the text as edited by Thomas Tyrwhitt and published in London by John Nicholls in 1785 (wrongly dated in MS MDCCCLXXXV). €300 - €400 809. Hesiodus: Hesiodi Ascraei Opera et dies. Theogonia. Scutum Herculis, 4to Venice (Bart. Zanetti for Giovanni Francesco Trincaveli) 1537. Wd. cut printers device on title, folio one printed in red & bl., one full page wd. cut of farm implements tools etc., text in Greek only, final leaf, sm. repair not affecting text, 188 ff., in later full calf, blind tooled borders & decoration, lacks label, but v. clean copy. B.P. (1) €800 - €1200 803 806 809