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

119 fonsiemealy.ie Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 852. Pamphlets: An important collection of early 19th Century Pamphlets, mostly of Oxford & Cambridge interest, approx. 20 items, including the following: 1. Gladstone (Rt. Hon. W.E.) Remarks on the Royal Supremacy as it is defined by Reason, History, and the Constitution , 8vo Lond. 1850, 88pp. 2. Lorain (M.) Memoire sur l'Universite d'Oxford , 8vo Paris 1850, 43pp; 3 . Anon. Oxford and The Scottish Universities, For Private Circulation, 8vo Edin. Presentation Copy, 8pp. 4. Daubeny (Chas.) Brief Remarks on the Correlation o the Natural Sciences , 8vo Oxford 1848. Presentation Copy, 23pp. 5. Gladsone (Rt. Hon. W.E.) Substance of a Speech on the Motion of Lord John Russell... with a view to the Removal of the Remaining Jewish Disabilities, Lond. 1848, 48pp. 6. Wordsworth (Christ.) The Ecclesiastical Commission and the Universities; A letter to a Friend. 8vo Lond. 1837, 77pp, and 14 other pamphlets sim., many Presentation copies, a fine collection, many bound as one, in cont. calf spine dam. B.P. a full collection available on request. (1) €300 - €400 853. With Hand-Coloured Plates A’Beckett (Gilbert Abbot) The Comic History of England, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1847 - 48. Illus. by John Leech, 2 hf. titles, red & bl. titles., mor. backed boards, gilt spines; also The Comic History of Rome, 8vo Lond. n.d., hf. title, hd. cold. plts. thro-out, a.e.g., cont. crushed green mor. by Riviere. (3) €200 - €300 854. Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 8vo Lond. (Chapman & Hall) 1839. First Edn., in Bk. Form. Port. & plts. (Some browning as usual), cont. hf. green mor. profusely gilt spine, mor. label, by Leighton, Brewer St.; also The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club, 8vo L. (Chapman & Hall) 1837. Frontis & title (stained) plus plts., cont. hf. mor. gilt spine. B.P.s. (2) €150 - €200 855. Merrick (J.) The Destruction of Troy, Being The Sequel of the Iliad. Translated from the Greek of Tryphiodorus. Roy 8vo Oxford (at the Theatre) 1739. First Edn., hf. title, engd. vignette title, extensive list of subscribers, orig. panel calf, B.P. V. good. (2) * Property of Tho. Fothergill, A.M., [Provost of Oxford], inscribed by him on front loose blank, dated 1740. Together with, Acland (HenryW.) The Plains of Troy, imp. 8vo Oxford (W. Baxter) 1839. First Edn., Dedicated to Thomas Gaisford, D.D. with fold. map, lacks drawing, orig. cloth. Pres. Copy to Gaisford, inscribed by author, Nov. 1st, 1839. €250 - €350 856. Maxwell (Sir. H.) The Life of Wellington The Restoration of the Marital Power of Great Britain, 2 vols. Lond. 1900, Fourth Edn., illus. thro.-out, hf. crimson mor., gilt spines; Siborne (Capt. W.) History of the War in France and Belgium, in 1815 ... and Waterloo, 8vo Lond. 1848. Third, ports. & illus., cont. calf, attractive gilt spine, mor. label. B.P. (3) €120 - €180 857. Burke (Oliver J.) The History of the Lord Chancellors of Ireland, 8vo D. 1879. First Edn., orig. photo frontis, & 1 other, cloth; Falkiner (C. Litton) Essays Relating to Ireland, and Illustrations of Irish History and Topography, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1909 & 1904, 3 fold. maps, orig. uniform hf. mor. gilt spines with shamrock motif, by Bayntun, Bath. (3) €200 - €300 858. In Fine Bindings 17th Century French Female Studies: Cousin (M. Victor) Madame de Longuevill, 8vo Paris (Didier) 1853; Madame de Sable, 8vo Paris 1854; Madame de Hautefort et Madame de Chevreuse, and Madame de Chevreuse et Madame de Hautefort, both Paris 1856. Together 4 vols., a.e.g., all in unusual full floral crimson mor., gilt fillet borders, & gilt spines in panels, mor. labels. B.P.’s. V. good copies. (4) €350 - €500 859. English Poetry: [Blencowe (Mrs.)] The Casket, A Miscellany, Consisting of Unpublished Poems, 8vo L. (John Murray) 1829. First Edn. hf. title, list of subscribers, orig. cloth, paper label; [Wellesley (Richard)] Primitiae et Reliquiae, 8vo Lond. (G. Nicol) 1841. First Edn., Inscribed Presentation to T. Gaisford from the Author, a.e.g., orig. cloth, gilt armorial; [Cholmondeley (Aton. Alice)] Poems, by A.C. sq. 8vo Lond. (Smith, Elder & Co.) 1871. Printed for Private Circulation. Inscribed Presentation inscription from Editor to Thomas Gaisford, some text illus., vellum type boards; Hake (Thos. Gordon) New Symbols, 8vo L. (Chatto & Windus) 1876. Hf. title, 32pp. Cat. at end, orig. cloth. All Scarce. (4) €160 - €240 860. Scaligeri (Jos.) & Barthii (Casp)Eds., Pervigiluim Veneris, ex Editione Petri Pithoei, cum ejus & Justi Lipsii Notis;... 8vo The Hague (H. Scheurleer) 1712. Red & bl. title, wd. cut decor. initials etc; Havercampus (Sig.)ed. Eutropii Breviarum Historiae Romanae, CumMetaphrasi Graeca Paeanii,... 8vo Leyden (Joh. Arnold Langerak) 1729. Red & bl. title, engd. head, m/ss annots in parts, both cont. full vellum. B.P.’s. (2) €180 - €250 854 855 852