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

143 fonsiemealy.ie Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 948. With Coloured Plates Doyle (Richard) In Fairyland, A Series of Pictures from the Elf World, Lg. folio Lond. (Longmans Green & Co.) 1875. Second Edn., Cold. frontis & 15 full page cold. plts. (complete) a.e.g. all loose from orig. gilt decor. green cloth. (1) €325 - €450 949. Howth Castle: Game Register, Nov. 1915 - Dec. 1936. It details date, and those in the party on that occasion, also number of guns, and the outcome of the day. oblong 8vo, full mor.; also Howth Castle Garden Rainfall Register, very tall 8vo. This volume records the rainfall at the Castle for each day of each month form 1903 to February 1910. Mor. backed marble boards. As manuscript, w.a.f. (2) €200 - €300 950. Howth Castle: An unusual Ledger, 4to entitled Howth Castle, Weight Book, 1845 [7] - 1925, First entry page is dated Oct. 26, 1847, and continues to about 50pp, with approx. 1500 names of the good and the mighty. On th 5th Feb. 1909 it registers the weight of Isabel Poe, as 18st 2 lbs, as against Hugh Bellingham at 9st 10lbs, on 20th April, 1914, Lord Gormaston was 12st 3 lbs, and Eileen Gormanston at 7st 11lbs. All in manuscript 4to orig. cloth backed boards. As a m/ss, w.a.f (1) * An unusual and interesting volume. €300 - €500 951. Monumental Rubbing - large linen backed, rubbing, and two smaller similar. (1) €200 - €300 952. Ceci (Carlo) Piccoli Bronzi del Real Museo Borbonico, oblong atlas folio Naples (Salvatoro Piscopo) 1854. First Edn., dedit, 10 full page cold. plts., orig. ptd. wrappers. (1) €300 - €400 953. Adam (Victor) Combat du Taureau - Corrida de Toros, lg. oblong atlas folio Paris (Bulla et Aumont) n.d. 6 (ex 12?) large hand coloured engraving with decorated borders, in orig. pictorial wrappers. As a coll. of prints, w.a.f. (1) €300 - €400 954. Photographs: Album of mostly large original family groups, and other photographs of Howth Castle, some showing the Duke & Duchesse of York, the Marriage of Sir Benjamin Guinness to lady Henriette St. Lawrence, Sept. 11, 18881, funerals etc, nine items. As a coll. of photos, w.a.f. (1) €150 - €200 955. Greek: [Gaisford (Dean Thos.)] Small manuscript in Greek, the work includes notes on the Work of Dionysius Thras (170-90 B.C.), another of the first Greek Grammar; Georgius Choeroboscus, a 9th Century Byzantine grammarian; the Greek poet Hesiod and the legal commentaries of Aelius Marcianus. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1) €200 - €300 956. Italian Plays in Manuscript: A group of 14 manuscript Italian Plays and Novelle, folio, 4to & 8vo, & c. 1800, a few possibly earlier, all in orig. wrappers. As a coll. of m/ss, w.a.f. (1) * A rough list is available on Request. €300 - €400 957. Italian Plates: Sablet (J.) An Album of 9 plates, Roman Scenes, engraved by C. Dueros, oblong folio c. 1850, in orig. floral wrappers. As a coll. of plates, w.a.f. (1) €200 - €300 948 950 953 954 956