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

95 fonsiemealy.ie Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 695. Anon. Miscellanea Scotia, A Collection of Tracts Relating to the History, Antiquities, Topography and Literature of Scotland,4 vols. 8vo Glasgow (J. Wylie & Co.) 1818 - 1820. Full cont. calf, gilt fillet borders, spine gilt in panels, mor. labels. B.P.’s. (4) €200 - €300 696. Both Signed Presentation Copies [Duncan (Philip Bury)] Literary Conglomerate; or, A Combination of Various Thoughts and Facts on Various Subjects, 8vo, Oxford (Thos. Combe) 1840. Both First Edns., first item with hf. title, Both Copies inscribed presentation Copies to The Dean of Christ Church, and one with orig. Signed manuscript note to the Dean from the Author, inviting him to the Ashmolean Museum for breakfast, June 9, 1838. In uniform dark brown hf. mor., blind tooled spines, by Leighton, Brewer St. B.P.’s. (2) €300 - €400 697. First Selden Edition Fortescue (Sir John) De Laudibus Legum Angliae, L. Ch. Justice, and after L. Chancellor to K. Henry VI. Here to all joined the two Summes of Sir Ralph de Hengham... Never before published Sm. 8vo London (For the Companie of Stationers) 1616. Edited by John Seldon. Partly in B.L., [8], 132 & [3]ff., plus 56, (12) 35, 34 - 159pp., the end of ‘To the Reader,’ is signed, “John Selden,” title soiled, cont. calf, mor. label. B.P. Scarce. (1) €350 - €500 698. [Shakespeare] Theobald (Lew.) The Works of Shakespeare, 8vols. 12mo Lond. (for C. Hitch,... etc.) 1757 - 1740. Engd. port. frontis Vol. I plus 36 engd. plts., cont. full calf, gilt spines, mor. labels. (8) €350 - €500 699. With 150 Engraved Text Illustrations Anon. Pontificale Romanum Clementis VIII et Urbani P.P. VIII, Anctoritate Recognitum nunc Denuo Cura Annibalis S. Clementis ... In Tres Partes Divisum. Sm. 8vo Brussels (Georgii Fricx) c. 1735. Engd. frontis. Vol. I, & 150 other engd. vignette illustrations, cont. full mottled calf, tooled gilt spines in panels, mor. labels. B.P.’s. V. good copy. (3) €400 - €600 700. Brewster (Sir David) The Martyrs of Science, or The Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler, 8vo L. 1841. First Edn., Presentation Copy, full crimson mor. gilt borders, attractive gilt spine, mor. label; Von Humboldt (A.) Cosmos: Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, 2 vols. L. 1849. Fourth, cont. full tan mor. gilt spines, mor. labels, by Leighton, Brewer St., All v. good. B.P.’s. (3) €200 - €300 701. Editio Princeps Heliodorius: Heliodori Historiae aethiopicae Libri Decem, Nuncquam antea in Lucem Editi. 4to Basle (ex Officina Hervagiani) 1534. First Edn., Wd. cut device on title & on verso of last page, Greek text with some Latin, wd. cut initials, (VIII) 242 (ii), finger or other marks on some margins, some m/ss note on front past downs and loose blank, ownership name of ‘Henrye Smith’ on title, cont. full calf, with wide tooled band of decoration, various repeated designs, with lg. piece cut away from front cover worn. B.P. V. Scarce. (1) €1250 - €1750 697 698 699 696 701