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147 fonsiemealy.ie Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 981. Stanhope (John Spencer) Topography, illustrative of The Battle of Plataea, The Plain of Olympia and the Ruins of the City of Elis, 8vo Lond. 1835. First Edn., no engravings, orig. cloth. B.P. With an A.L.s. from J. Mullingen (archaeologist?) to Dean Gaisford dated London July 2nd, 18334. (1) €120 - €180 982. Cobbett (William) A History of the Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland, 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1829. Two hf. titles, attractive full sprinkled calf, tooled gilt roll border, tooled gilt spine in panel, mor. labels. B.P.s. V. good. (2) €140 - €200 983. Bindings: Cramer (Rev. J.A.) A Geological and Historical Description of Ancient Italy; 2 vols. Oxford 1826, fold. plan only; A Geographical and Historical Description of Antient Greece, 3 vols. Oxford 1828, fold. plan only; The Public Economy of Athens, 2 vols. L. 1828, fold. plt.; and An Historical and Geographical Description of Asia Minor , 2 vols. Oxford 1832, no map, all uniform full sprinkled calf, tooled gilt spines in panels, mor. labels. B.P.’s. V. good set. (9) €120 - €180 984. Mitchell (T.) The Wasps of Aristophanes, L. 1835, With the Editors Respects, cloth; Hamilton (W.R.) trans. Essay on ‘The Birds’ of Aristophanes, by J.W. Suvern. L. 1835, boards; Mitchel (T.) The Acharneses of Aristophanes, with Notes. L. (J. Murray) 1835. Inscribed “With the Editor’s best Respects,”, orig. cloth backed boards; Wellesley (Henry) Anthologia Polyglotta, A Selection .. Chiefly from the Greek Anthology, L. 1849 First, cloth; Donaldson (J.W.) The Antigone of Sophocles, in Greek and English. L. 1847. First Edn., engd. frontis. inscribed Pres. Copy & with A.L.s. from Author to T. Gainsford. Boards, B.P.’s. As a lot. (4) €100 - €150 985. Linwood (Wm.) Anthologia Oxoniensis, 8vo L. 1846. First Edn. inscribed ‘From the Author’ litho plt.; Drury (Henry) Arundines Cami sive Musarum Cantabrigiensium Lusus Canori, Cambridge 1851 Fourth, red & bl. title, cloth; 3 other Classical works. (5) €100 - €150 986. Presentation Copies Lewis (Geo. Cornewall) An Essay on the Origin and Formation of The Romance Languages, 8vo Oxford 1835, inscribed ‘From the Author’ orig. cloth; also Babrii Fabulae Aesopeae, cum Fabularum Deperditorum Fragmentis, ed. by G. Cornewall Lewis. Oxford 1846. First Edn., cont. newspaper cutting re same tipped- in, cloth; Price (Uvale) An Essay on the Modern Pronunciation of the Greek and Latin Languages, Oxford 1827. First Edn., inscribed on hf. title ‘Rev. T. Gainsford from the Author,’ B.P.g. full vellum. (3) €150 - €200 987. Leake (Lt. Col. W.M.) The Topography of Athens with Some Remarks on its Antiquities, 8vo L. 1821. Hf. title, errata leaf, orig. cloth backed boards, with 3 Page A.L.s., to T. Gainsford; de Pauw, Philosophical Dissertations on the Greeks, 2 vols. in one, 8vo D. 1793. Lg. fold. engd. map, cont. mor. (2) €150 - €200 988. Gardner (Percy) Sculptured Tombs of Hellas, sm. folio L. 1896. First Edn., hf. title, frontis & 29 plts. complete, text illus., etc., uncut, buckram. (1) €130 - €180 989. Heber (Rt. Rev. Richard) Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, form Calcutta to Bombay, 1824 - 1825. 3 vols. L. 1828. Third Edn., wd. cut plts. & illus. thro.-out, also Plates to Illustrate Bishop Heber’s Journal of Travels to India, 4to Album, c. 1827, 10 full page engd. plates, & lg. fold. map, hd. cold. in outline, cloth, & orig. ptd. label, orig. full sprinkled calf, dbl. gilt fillet border, tooled gilt spine in panels, mor. labels. Good. B.P.’s. (4) €200 - €300 990. Mills (Chas.) The History of the Crusades, for the Recovery and Possession of the Holy Land. 2 vols. L. 1828. Fourth Edn., hf. titles, 2 engd. frontis (1 port) & fold. map, B.P., full cont. mor. gilt fillet borders and spines; Ryan (F.W.) The House of the Temple, A Study of Malta and its Knights in the French Revolution. L. 1930. First, Frontis port. & plts., cloth; King (Col. E.J.) The Knights of St. John in the British Empire, L. 1934, ports & plts., cloth. (4) €120 - €180 991. Romer (Mrs.) The Rhone, The Darro, and The Guadalquivir; A Summer Ramble in 1842, 2 vols. L. 1843. Two litho frontis (1 hd. cold.), & text illus., vol. II loosening in binding; also Romer - A Pilgrimage to The Temples and Tombs of Egypt, Nubia and Palestine, in 1845 - 46, 2 vols. L. 1846. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, 2 litho frontis (1 hd. cold.) & 3 litho plts. plus text illus., all orig. cloth. (4) €200 - €300 992. Binding by C. Kalthoeber Binding: Butt (George) Poems, 8vo Kidderminster (G. Gower) 1793. Printed for The Author. First Edn., engd. port. frontis. Vol. I, & engd. view as frontis. Vol. II, a.e.g., marble ends, orig. straight grained crimson mor. gilt fillet border raised bands, with ticket of C. Kalthoeber, London. V. good copy. (2) €250 - €350 993. Ringhieri (Innocenzio) Cento Givochi Liberali, et D’Ingegno, novelamente ritrovati, e in dieci libri descritti, 4to Bologna (Anselmo Giaccarelli) 1551. Lg. wd. cut device on title, a smaller device on end leaf, wd.-cut initial letters, [4], 162 folios plus final leaf with wd. cut device, title & first four folio somewhat soiled, otherwise a very clean copy, in 18th Century hf. green mor. décor. marble boards. B.P. Scarce. (1) €450 - €650 993 981