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87 fonsiemealy.ie Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 645. Thomas Gaisford Association Copies Bergk (Theo) Poetae Lyrici Graeci, 8vo Leipzig. Full calf, gilt borders, & fine gilt spines. With Authors Presentation letter tipped-in; Tate (James) Horatius Restitutus: or The Books of Horace, roy 8vo Cambridge 1832. Pres. Copy, boards; Linwood (Rev. Wm.) A Lexicon to Aeschylus, 8vo Lond. 1843. Full vellum. With 3pp A.L.s. from Author.; Barham (Thos. Foster) The Enkheiridion of Hehfaistiown concerning Metres and Poems, 8vo Cambridge 1843. In fine full mor., lg. gilt borders & spine, a.e.g. With Presentation note from Editor, tipped-in,; Burgess (T.) A Letter to the Rev. Thomas Beynon, 8vo Salibury 1829. Presentation Copy, hf. calf; Creech (T.) & Bentley (R.) ed. Titi Lucretii Cari de Rerum Natura Libri Sex, 8vo Oxford 1818. Profusely annotated by Gaisford throughout, cloth backed boards. As a lot. (6) €200 - €300 646. Greece, Italy & Roman History, some English History also, approx. 90 volumes, as a lot, w.a.f. Five Shelves. (5) €120 - €180 647. History & Biography: Lecky (Wm. Ed. Hartpole) A History of England in the Eighteenth Century, 6 vols. Lond. 1888; Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh Second Marquess of Londonderry, Vols. I - VIII, 8 vols. Lond. 1848 - 1851, orig. cloth; Gregory (Lady) ed. Sir William Gregory K.C.M.G., London 1894, all cloth; in all approx. 165 vols., as a coll., w.a.f. Eight Shelves. (a lot) €300 - €400 648. Art & Architecture: Ruskin (John) The Seven Lamps of Architecture, folio Lond. 1849, plts. etc; Howard (F.E.) & Crossley (F.H.) English Church Woodwork, sm. folio L. 1919; Baldry (A. Lys) Modern Mural Decoration, sm. folio L. 1902; Eastlake (Chas. L.) Hints on Household Taste in Furniture, Upholstery, etc, 8vo L. 1868, mor. backed boards; Robinson (J.C.) Italian Sculpture of the Middle Ages and Period of the Revival of Art, sm. folio Lond. 1862. Presentation Copy; Moore (Chas. H.) Character of Renaissance Architecture, roy 8vo N.Y. 1905; The Modern Gallery of British Artists, lg. 4to Lond. 1837. V. clean engd. ptls., cloth; & approx. 90 other vols. As a lot, w.a.f. Four Shelves. (a lot) €250 - €350 649. Periodicals: Robinson (Comm. Chas. N.) Navy & Army Illustrated, Vols. I - XIX, together 19 vols. lg. folio Lond. Dec. 1895 - March 1905, cold. & other illus. thro.- out, cont. hf. mor.; & 3 other items. As periodicals, w.a.f. (22) €150 - €200 650. A collection of folio and other illustrated Children’s Books, coloured illus., etc., mostly orig. wrappers. As a lot, w.af. . (1) €150 - €200 Large Volumes 651. Coney (John) Engravings of Ancient Cathedrals, Hotels de Ville, and other Public Buildings of Celebrity in France, Holland, Germany and Italy, Lg. elephant folio London (Moon, Boys and Graves) 1832 titles and text in English & French, 32 full page or fold. engraved plts., some spotting, in cont. strongly bound hf. crimson mor. with Fielding & Gaisford B.P.’s. (1) €500‑€800 652 – See Page 88 653. Penrose (Francis Cranmer) An Investigation of The Principles of Athenian Architecture, Published by The Dilettanti Society Elephant folio Lond. 1888. New & Enlarged Edition. Engd. frontis., red & bl. title, text illus & 47 engd. full page plts. (1 double page) include some coloured all with tissue guards. Orig. mor. backed green cloth boards, git lettered. V. good. (1) €450‑€700 654. Large Engraved Plates: Antiquities of Ionia, Published by the Society of Dilettanti. Part The Fourth. Elephant folio Lond. (Macmilan & Co.) 1881. Engd. frontis & 29 full page plates, complete. Cont. crimson mor. backed cloth boards, gilt lettered. Clean Copy. (1) €300‑€400 655. Metz (Conrad Martin) Imitations of Ancient and Modern Drawings, From the Restoration of The Arts in Italy to the present Time. V. lg. atlas folio Lond. 1798. Printed for the Author. Litho frontis., Dedit to Benjamin West, 114 full page etched and aquatint plts. (some cold & some with multiple images) cont. hf. calf, spine dam., upr. cover loose, but plates v. clean. B.P. (1) €500‑€700 656. Fine Litho Plates Vivian (G.) Spanish Scenery, lg. atlas folio Lond. (Colnaghi & Co.) 1838. Full litho title, engd. plate list, preface leaf with litho vignette, & 27 full page litho plts., mostly with paper guards, in orig. mor. backed cloth boards. B.P. V. good copy. (1) €1700‑€2500 653 654 656