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

115 fonsiemealy.ie Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 823. Berkeley (George) Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, ... In Opposition to Sceptics and Atheists. Also, to open a method for rendering the Sciences more easy, useful, and compendious, 8vo Lond. (G. James, for Henry Clements...) 1713. First Edition First Issue. Title within dble ruled border, [10] 166pp. wd. cut decorations, small worm hole A3 - B1, v. slightly affecting a few letters, orig. tooled panel calf. B.P.’s. A most desirable copy. Keynes 9. (1) €1500 - €2000 824. [Berkeley (George)] Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, 8vo Dublin (By Margt. Rhames For R. Gunne) 1744. First Edn., title page inscribed ‘Lady Meath’, pp.3 - 261, plus “Corrigenda et Addenda” leaf, cont. calf, raised band, mor. label. V. good Copy. Keynes 63. (1) * With A.L.s. from A.A. Luce, Berkeley Scholar, dated T.C.D., 17th May 1953, concerning Siris etc. €800 - €1200 825. English Poetry: Rossetti (Dante Gabriel) Poems, Lond. 1870. Third Edn., hf. title, 4pp adverts at end, attractive gilt decorated floral covers; Knight (Jos.) Life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 8vo Lond. 1887, cloth; Day (Julia) Poems, sm. 8vo Lond. (Wm. Pickering) 1847. Hf. title, a.e.g., cont. full calf, gilt fillets & gilt spine; Lamb (J.) The Phenomena and Diosemela of Aratus, 8vo Lond. 1848 ‘From the Author,’ hf. title, a.e.g., cloth; Gray (T.) The Bard, with illus. from drawings by Hon. Mrs. John Talbot, 8vo Lond. 1837, hf. title, illus. cont. hf. mor. (5) €140 - €200 826. Hand-Coloured Plates Kirby (Wm.) & Spence (Wm.) An Introduction to Entomology, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1843. Sixth Edn., hd. cold. plts., orig. cloth, gilt; Landsborough (Rev. D.) A Popular History of Sea-Weeds, Sm. 8vo L. 1849. First Edn., 20 hd. cold. plts., cloth, spine dam.; Jardine (Sir Wm.) The Naturalist’s Library - Monkeys, sm. 8vo Edin. 1833. Hf. cold. title, & 29 hd. cold. plts., cloth. As a coll. of plts., w.a.f. (3) €200 - €300 827. Cunningham (Allan) The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern, 4 vols. London (For John Taylor) 1825, 2 hf. titles, cont. hf. crimson mor.; Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, 3 vols. 8vo Edin. 1803 Second Edn., Three hf. titles, tree calf, gilt decor. borders, gilt spines, top of one dam. (7) €150 - €200 828. Italian Manuscript Anon. : Statutes of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, Statuti et Ordinati Capitolari della Religione de Cavalieri Gerosolimitani, ... De Receptione Fratru Titulus ps. MDLV F. Claudius dela Sengle.. on p5 Dated 1558 on spine. However, each statute carries its own date, and some are later than 1558, but probably 16th Century nevertheless, 4to 224 folios, some damp damage, and badly wormed at spine throughout, generally not affecting text. As a manuscript, w.a.f. Rebound in modern hf. vellum boards by Colm O’Lochlainn. with a dedicaiton in Latin, dated 1st Jan, 1939 to Thomas Gaisford St. Lawrence, on front loose blank by C. O’Lochlainn, stating that this book is to be preserved for ever in the Library of Howth Castle. €500 - €800 823 824 826 828 827