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

94 Imperfections Not Stated info@fonsiemealy.ie 685. Fine Pickering Edition Herick: Hesperides or The Works Both Humane and Divine of Robert Herrick Esq., 2 vols. sm. 8vo Lond. (Wm. Pickering) 1846. 2 hf. titles, engd. port. frontis Vol. I, wd. cut device on both titles, a.e.g., cont. dark blue mor. triple fillet borders, spines profusely gilt in panels, by F. Bedford, stamped. B.P.’s. A fine desirable copy. (2) €400 - €600 686. [Moore (Thomas)] Fables for The Holy Alliance, Rhymes on the Road, etc., By Thomas Brown, The Younger. 12mo L. 1823. First Edn., hf. title, cont. calf, mor. label; Memories of Captain Rock, The Celebrated Irish Chieftain ... Written by Himself, 12mo L. 1813. Ninth Edn., hf. title, B.P. Charles Fielding & Thos. Gaisford; Lalla Rookh, sm. 8vo L. 1854, fine full straight grained green mor., gilt décor., profusely gilt spine. (4) €200 - €300 687. Travels in Asia and Africa, & The Middle East Finait - Bankes (Wm. J.)ed. Narrtive of the Life and Adventures of Giovanni Finati, 2 vols. 12mo, L. 1830. First Edn. Thus., lg. fold. map, cont. hf. calf, mor. labels. B.P.’s of Charles Fielding and Thos. Gaisford. V. good. (2) €200 - €300 688. Lover (Samuel) The Lyrics of Ireland, 8vo L. 1858. First Edn., port. frontis illus. thro.- out, cont. hf. mor. by Leighton, Brewer St.; also same author Songs and Ballads, sm. 8vo L. 1858. Fourth Edn., engd. port. frontis., cont. hf. mor. gilt décor. spine. B.P.’s Both v. clean copies. (2) €220 - €350 689. Lysaght (Ed.) Poems, by the Late Edward Lysaght, Esq., Barrister at Law, 8vo D. (Gilbert and Hodges) 1811. Sole Edn., hf. title, engd. port. frontis, list of subscribers, cont. full calf, blind & gilt borders. B.P. Good. Scarce. (1) €180 - €250 690. [Fleetwood (William)] Chronicon Preciosum: or, An Account of English Money, The Price of Corn, and other Commodities For the last 600 Years, 8vo L. (for Chas. Harper) 1707. First End., browned thro.- out, disbound. B.P. on front loose blank. (1) €300 - €400 691. Von Raumer (Fred.) England in 1835: Being a Series of Letters written to Friends in Germany,... 3 vols. 8vo Lond. 1836. Trans. by Sarah Austin, cont. hf. calf, gilt spines, mor. labels.; Burnet (G.) Bishop Burnet’s Travels through France, Italy , Germany and Switzerland, Written to the Hon. Robert Boyle. 12mo Edin. 1752. Cont. rippled calf, mor. label. B.P.’s. All v. good. (4) €220 - €350 692. Swan (Rev. Chas.) Gesta Romanorum; or, Entertaining Moral Stories, 2 vols. 12mo Lond. (for C. & J. Rivington) 1824. First Edn., a.e.g., cont. full vellum, gilt spines, mor. labels. B.P.s. (2) €180 - €250 693. Fine Bindings: Mathieu (B. Chas.) Livre de Prieres illustre a l’aide des Ornaments des Manuscripts, Sm. 8vo Paris 1858. Attractive cold. title & frontis, dedit & full page plts. highlighted in gold, cold. borders & plts. thro.-out, a.e.g. full mor. profusely gilt tooled and decor. covers in the 17th Century French style, by Riviere; also same author, Vol. II of same work, Paris 1862, text within decor. border, a.e.g. full crushed levant, gilt fillet borders & decor spine, by Riviere. B.P.s. Very attractive pair. (2) €300 - €400 694. Poetry: Moore (Thos.) Irish Melodies, 8vo L. 1854. Vignette title after Daniel Maclise, full cont. green mor. tooled gilt fillet borders, corner decorations & central harp motif on covers & on spine; Joyce (Rob. Dwyer) Ballads of Irish Chivalry, 12mo L. 1908. First Edn., port. frontis & 3 plts. later cloth; Tennyson - In Memoriam, 12mo L. 1851, attractive full green mor., tooled gilt décor., good. (3) €120 - €180 687 690 693 694