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

21 fonsiemealy.ie Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 107. [Johnston (Charles)] The Pilgrim: or, A Picture of Life, In A Series of Letters, Written mostly from London by a Chinese Philosopher, to His Friend at Quang- tong... By the Editor of Chrysal. 2 vols. 12mo Lond. (for T. Cadell) n.d. [1775] First Edn., cont. Irish full tree calf, attractive gilt spines with urn motif, mor. labels. etc. Inscribed by Charles Fielding, and with his B.P.s. V. good set. (2) * Johnston was an early Irish Novelist. €250 - €350 108. Morell (Sir Chas.) The Tales of the Genii: or, The Delightful Lessons of Horam, The Son of Asmar, 2 vols. sm. 8vo Lond. 1766. Third Edn., hf. title Vol. II, 2 engd. frontis, & 18 engd. plts., cont. calf, tooled gilt spines, mor. labels; Galland - Arabian Nights Entertainments: Consisting of One Thousand and One Stories. 4 vols. 12mo L. 1778. cont. calf, tooled gilt spines, mor. labels (1 lacking). B.P.’s. (6) €250 - €350 109. Irish Poetry: Garth (Sir Sam.) The Works of ..., 12mo D. (for Thomas Ewing) 1769. First Edn., red & bl. title, finely engd. heads and tails, orig. calf; Stuart (James) Poems on Various Subjects, 12mo Belfast (Jos. Smyth) 1811. First Edn., list of subscribers, cont. hf. calf. (2) €160 - €240 110. [Brydges (Thos.)] A Burlesque Translation of Homer, 2 vols. 12mo L. 1770. Third Edn., 2 engd. frontis., orig. calf, tooled gilt spines in panels, mor. labels, v. good; Hackett (John) Select and Remarkable Epitaphs, on Illustrious and Other Persons, in Several Parts of Europe. 2 vols. 12mo L. 1757. First Edn., engd. frontis. Vol. I, sprinkled calf, dble gilt fillets, raised bands, gilt décor, mor. labels; Philips (Ambrose) Pastorals, Epistles, Odes and other Original Poems, 12mo L. 1765. Cont. calf, mor. label. All B.P.s. (5) €200 - €300 111. Poetry: The Works of Mr. Abraham Cowley, 2 vols. 12mo L. 1721. Engd. port. frontis Vol. I, cont. calf, blind décor. boards; The Works of Edmund Weller, Esq., in Verse and Prose, Published by Mr. Fenton, 12mo L. 1730. Engd. port. frontis., plts. calf, joints cracked; The Works of Sir John Suckling, Containing Poems, Letters and Plays. 2 vols. 12mo L. 1770. Cont. full calf, tooled gilt spines, mor. labels, Vol. II inscribed ‘ Rd. Mant, Oriel College, 1800’; The Poems of the Late Christopher Smart, M.A., Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge, 2 vols. 12mo Reading 1791. Engd. port. frontis. Vol. I, cont. tree calf, tooled gilt spines, mor. labels. Good. All B.P.’s. (7) * Richard Mant, later Bishop. €250 - €350 112. First Novel Written in America Penrose - [Williams (Wm)] The Journal of Llewellin Penrose, A Seaman, 4 vols. in 2, 12mo Lond. (Murray) 1815. First Edn., 4 hf. titles, attractive hf. calf, profusely tooled gilt spine, in panels, mor. labels. by Riviere. B.P.’s. (2) * Scarce First Edition of the First American Novel, written by the teacher and friend of Benjamin West, to whom the book is dedicated. (2) €300 - €400 113. Knight (Chas.)ed. London, 6 vols. sm. folio London 1841 - 1844. Illus. thro.- out, cont. hf. calf, profusely gilt spines in panels, mor. labels, stamped ‘Bound by Hering.’ An attractive set. (6) €200 - €300 114. Engraved Plates: Tombleson’s Views of the Rhine, ed. by W.G. Fearnside. Roy 8vo L. 1832. Engd. title, lg. fold. engd. panorama & 68 engd. plts.(all clean), front loose blank inscribed ‘Henrietta Horatia Maria Fielding, 23 August 1836,’ in fine full purple mor. gilt borders & spine; Roscoe (Thos.) The Tourist in Italy, roy 8vo L. 1831. Engd. plts. after S. Prout, a few leaves loose, a.e.g. full green mor. (2) €200 - €300 107 108 111 112 113