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

27 fonsiemealy.ie Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 156. [Drummond (Wm.)] Herculanensia; or Archaeological and Philological Dissertations, Containing a Manuscript Found Among the Ruins at Herculaneum. Lg. 4to L. (Bulmer & Co.) 1810. First Edn., Hf. title, 3 fold. plts. text illus., errata leaf at end, uncut, orig. boards, loose; also Hayter (John) Observations upon A Review of the ‘Herculanensia,’... in a Letter to the Rt. Hon. Sir William Drummond..., 4to Lond. 1810., 22pp., with an engd. plate loosely inserted, orig. paper wrappers. (2) €150 - €200 157. With Attractive Coloured Plates Periodical: Paris Comique, Revue Amusante, lg. 4to Paris n.d. Hf. title, 20 full hand coloured plates, after designs by Bouchot, Daumier, Gavarni, Grandville etc., cont. hf. mor. coll. of plts., w.a.f. Good. (1) €160 - €250 158. With Fine Coloured Plates Ferguson (Samuel) The Cromlech on Howth, A Poem. Folio Lond (Day & Son) 1861. Sole Edn., red & bl. title, add. cold. title, cold. frontis & 6 cold. litho plts. complete, text décor. thro-out with cold. illuminations from Books of Kells and Durrow, rebacked orig. cloth profusely gilt with Celtic designs. (1) €300 - €400 159. Lewis (Samuel) A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. v. large 4to L. 1837. First Edn., later buckram. V. clean copy. (2) €180 - €250 160. White (J.) Aegyptiaca: or, Observations on Certain Antiquities of Egypt, In Two Parts. Part I ‘The History of Pompey’s Pillar Elucidated.’ Part II ‘ Abdollatifs Account of the Antiquities of Egypt, Written in Arabic A.D. 1203,’ Part I Only. Lg. 4to Oxford (University Press) 1801. For the Author, 7 engd. plts. include. fold ‘ Plan of Alexandria,’ uncut, orig. boards, paper spine, worn. B.P. A v. clean copy. (1) €220 - €350 161. Lenygon (Francis) The Decoration and Furniture of English Mansions During the Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries, Folio L. (Werner Laurie) 1909. numerous mounted plts., orig. buckram. Clean Copy. (1) €100 - €150 162. Raleigh (Sir Walter) The History of the World, In Five Books. Lg. folio Lond. (For Robert White, T. Basset,... and T. Sawbridge) 1677. ‘The Mind of the Front’ leaf, engd. port., red & bl. title plus add. engd. title, 6 dble page engd. maps, 2 dble page plts., text illus., orig. mottled panel calf, joints worn, lr. cover loose. A clean copy. W. 167. (1) €500 - €700 163. Stanley (Thos.) The History of Philosophy: Containing The Lives, Opinions, Actions and Discourses of the Philosophers of Every Sect. Folio L. 1687. Second Edn., Engd. port. frontis, red & bl. title, 22 engd. portraits, cont. full calf, raised bands, mor. label. B.P. (1) €300 - €400 157 158 160 & detail 162 163