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

97 fonsiemealy.ie Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 709. [Barthelemy (Jean Jacq.)] Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Grece, 9 vols. Sm. 8vo Aux Deux-Ponts Chez Sanson et Compagnie) 1791. Hf. titles, with Maps, Plans, Views and Coins Illustrative of the Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, 4to Lond. (for G.G. and J. Robinson) 1793. 32 fold. & other plts. views & maps by M. Barbie du Bocage, some hd. cold. in outline, all uniform cont. hf. vellum; [Barthelemy] Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Grece, 7 vols. 8vo Paris (de Didot Jeune) 1799, Fourth Edn., hf. titles, cont. hf. calf, spines dam. (a lot) €200 - €300 710. French Poetry etc: Rimes Guernesiaises, Par Un Catelain. 8vo London n.d. wd. engd. frontis & text illus., t.e.g., fine cont. hf. mor., spine gilt in panels; Lebeau (F.) Odes et Chanson, 8vo Brussels 1868. Hf. title, cont. hf. crimson mor. by F. Bedford; de Latouche (M.H.) Poesies de Andre Chenier, 8vo Paris 1852. New Edn., Hf. title, engd. port. frontis., t.e.g., cont. hf. green mor., gilt spine, mor. label; Nadaud (Gustave) Chansons, 8vo Paris 1857. Third Edn., Hf. title, title with vignette, t.e.g., cont. hf. crimson mor. gilt, by F. Bedford. B.P.’s. All fine. (4) €100 - €150 711. Dodsley (Robert) A Select Collection of Old Plays, In Twelve Volumes, 12 vols., 8vo Lond. (J. Nichols) 1780. Second Edn., engd. frontis Vol. I, cont. sprinkled calf, dble gilt fillet borders, spines gilt, each with 3 mor. labels. B.P. (12) €250 - €400 711A Praed (Winthrop Mackworth) Lillian and Other Poems , 8vo Redfield (Clinton Hall, N. York) 1852. First Collected Edition, a.e.g., cont. hf. crushed green mor. by Burrell, Frith St., Binder; The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, With a Memoir by Rev. Derwent Coleridge, 2 vols. L. 1864. Second Edn., port. frontis, cloth, gilt . Clean lot. (3) €200 - €300 712. In Fine Bindings Spanish Literature: Adamson (John) Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Luis de Camoens, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1820. First Edn., 2 engd. port. frontis & other portraits, text illus., a.e.g., orig. attractive and unusual decorated mor., with gilt decor. borders, gilt spines with flower motif, mor. labels by Toovey; Roscoe (Thos.) The Spanish Novelists: A Series of Tales, 3 vols. 8vo Lond. 1832, cont. hf. green mor. profusely gilt spines in panels, mor. labels; Boutewek (Fred.) History of Spanish Literature, Trans. by Thomasina Ross. 8vo L. 1847. Port. frontis, unusual full decor. cold. mor. gilt borders, tooled gilt spine in panels, mor. label. B.P.’s. V. good. (6) €300 - €400 713. Hales Golden Remains of the ever Memorable Mr. John Hales, of Eaton - Colledge, etc., ... from an Authentick Hand. 8vo Lond. (T.B. for George Pawlet) 1688. Third Impression. Engd. frontis, red & bl. title, sprinkled calf; Anon. A Parallel Between the Roman and British Constitution; Comprhending Polibius’s Curious Discourse of the Roman Senate. 8vo Lond. (M. Cooper) 1747. 126pp., cont. panel calf. Both v. clean copies. B.P.’s. (2) €200 - €300 714. All in Fine Bindings Spanish Interest: Rodd (Thomas) History of Charles the Great and Orlando, Ascribed to Archbishop Turpin;... Together with the Most Celebrated Ancient Spanish Ballads. 2 vols. 8vo L. (for T. Rodd) 1812. First Edn., a.e.g. finely décor. mor. tooled gilt borders, spines profusely gilt in panels, mor. labels, by James Toovey, stamped; Bowring (John) Ancient Poetry and Romances of Spain, 8vo L. 1824. First Edn., a.e.g., attractive full floral decorated mor. tooled gilt borders, spine profusely gilt with flowers etc., by James Toovey, stamped; Collins (John) A Dictionary of Spanish Proverbs, .... 8vo Lond. n.d., cont. full floral designed mor. tooled & fillet borders, mor. label & gilt spine, by Leighton, Brewer St., stamped. All in v. fine condition. B.P.’s. A desirable lot. (4) €400 - €600 715. Barrington (Sir Jonah) Personal Sketches of His Own Times, 3 vols. 8vo Lond. 1830. Second Edn., Improved, port. frontis. Vol. I, cont. hf. green mor. gilt spines, B.P.’s. Clean copy. (3) €200 - €300 716. Blount (Thos.) Fragmenta Antiquitatis; Or, Antient Tenures of Land, and Jocular Customs of Some Manors, New Edition ... By Josiah Beckwith. 8vo York 1784. Profusely annotated, amended, and corrected in manuscript throughout, possibly by ‘J.B. Blakeway, Oriel Coll Oxon,’ who’s name appears on front loose blank, and in addition there are many notes, cuttings tipped in at end, uncut, full vellum, mor. label; Hargrave (Francis) A Collection of Tracts Relative to the Law of England, fromManuscript, now First Edited, Vol. I [All Published?] 8vo D. 1787. First Dublin Edn., Signed in two places ‘John Finlay’ legal author, full calf. V. Scarce. (2) €250 - €350 717. Fullarton (Lady Georgina) La Comtesse de Bonneval Histoire du Temps de Louis XIV, 8vo Paris 1857. Hf. title, fine hf. mor. gilt spine by J. Leighton; de Goncourt (Ed. & Jules) Histoire de Marie - Antoinette, roy 8vo Paris 1858, fine hf. roy blue mor., profusely gilt spine in panels; Herzen (A.) ed. Memoires de l’Imperatrice Catherine II, Ecrits par Elle-Méme. roy 8vo London 1859. First Edn., cont. hf. green mor. by Leighton, Brewer St., B.P.’s. Good. (3) €130 - €180 712 714 716