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

9 fonsiemealy.ie Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 2. Bindings: The Connoisseur, An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors. Vols. 1 - X, and Vols. 15 - 22, together 22 vols. in 9 vols., folio London Sept. 1st 1901 - Aug. 1908. Profusely illustrated with cold. & other plts. cont. hf. crimson mor.; also Chambers Encyclopaedia, 7 vols. only (ex. 10) folio L. 1888. cont. hf. crimson mor. As bindings, w.a.f. Good. (16) €130 - €180 3. French Academy - Dioctionnaire de l’Adademie Francoise, 2 vols. 4to Paris 1825. Fifth Edn., hf. titles, cont. full tree calf, tooled gilt spine, red mor. labels; also, Institut de France - Dictionnaire de L’Accademine Francoise, Published in 1835, 2 vols. lg. 4to Paris 1835. Sixth, 2 engd. vign. titles, hf. calf, mor. labels, bookplates of Charles Fielding; also Alberti (F.) Dictionnaire Francois-Italien, 2 vols. lg. 4to Florence 1810, cont. hf. calf, worn. (6) €150 - €200 4. Fauriel (M.C.) Histoire de la Croisade contre les Heratiques Albigeois, ... Lg. 4to Paris (Imprim. Royale) 1837. Engd. plt., lg. fold. map, hd. cold. in outline, v. good cont. calf, profusely gilt spine in panels, mor. label; La Croix (M. Paul) & Sere (M.F.) Histoire de L’Orfevrerie - Joaillerie, sm. folio Paris 1850. Frontis, cold. plts., ports. etc., cont. full tan calf, gilt borders, profusely gilt spine, mor. label. Both v. good. B.P.’s. (2) €130 - €200 5. Butler (Arthur G.) Foreign Finches in Captivity, small folio Hull & L. 1899. Second Edn., 60 cold. by F.W. Frohawk, t.e.g., cont. crimson mor. backed cloth boards. V. good copy. (1) €200 - €300 6. Pitre-Chevalier (A.M.) La Bretagne Ancienne et Moderne, sm. thick folio Paris n.d. Hf. title, cold. frontis., red & bl. title, hd. cold. map, engd. views & other illus., cont. hf. mottled calf, tooled gilt spine; Chodzko (Leonard) La Pologne Historique, Litteraire, Monumental et Illustee, sm. folio Paris 1839 - 41. Hf. cold. fold. map, engd. views, ports. etc., cont. hf. crimson mor., gilt spine. (2) €100 - €150 7. Chambaud (Louis) Nouveau Dictionnaire Francois - Anglois & Anglois - Francois, 2 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1805. New Edn., ed. by J. Th. des Carrieres, hf. titles, cont. calf, blind tooled borders, gilt spine in panels, red & green labels; Fleming & Tibbins, Profs. Royal Dictionary English and French and French and English, 2 vols. lg. 4to Paris (Firmin Didot Freres) 1844. Hf. titles, attractive catspaw calf, gilt roll tooled borders, profusely tooled gilt spine in panels, labels (2 lacking). (4) €120 - €180 8. Bindings: Sismondi (J.C.L. Simonde) Histoire des Republiques Italiennes du Moyen Age, 16 vols. 8vo Paris 1809, with, De La Litterature du Midi de d’Europe, 4 vols. 8vo Paris 1813. Cont. full calf, gilt spines in panels, mor. labels, uniform set; also Lanzi (L’Abbe) Histoire de La Peinture en Italie, 5 vols. 8vo Paris 1824, hf. mor. As a coll. of bindings. B.P.s. (25) €220 - €350 5 9. Lawrence (John) The History and Delineation of the Horse, in all its Varieties, ... Character of the Race-Horse, .. Business of the Turf, ... Distinguished Sportsmen. Lg. 4to L. (Albion Press) 1809. First Edn., engd. frontis add. engd. title & dedit., & 12 full page plts., plus illus. engd. etc., some spotting, a.e.g., cont. full calf, gilt & blind tooled borders, & with race-horse motif. (1) €300 - 400 1. Bindings: Biographie Universelle Ancienne et Modern, Vols. 1 - 85, together 85 vols. 8vo Paris 1811 - 1862. Cont. full calf, profusely tooled gilt spines, red & green mor. labels (a few lacking). V. good. (85) €1000 - €1500