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

99 fonsiemealy.ie Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 729 725 728 724A. Presentation copy to Thomas Gaisford English Reprints: [Gibbs (H.H.)] The Game of Ombra, 4to London 1878. Second Edn., Printed for Private Circulation, Hf. title, frontis one coloured plate, wd.-cut decors throughout, uncut, orig. cloth; [Simeon (John)] Inedited Poems of Daniel, hf. title, 12pp, 8vo with orig. blue wrappers, on front wrapper is written in ink ‘Laid Paper 3 Copies,’ cont. hf. mor.; W.B. Poetical Sketches, 8vo Lond. 1783. ‘50 copies Reproduced in facsimile by W. Griggs, May 1890, No. 9’mor. backed boards; Adren of Feversham, A Tragedy: Reprinted from the Edition of 1592. 4to Lond. 1887Frontis, unopened. Lim. Edn. No. 45 of 250 Copies, mor. backed boards. Together 4 items. B.P.’s. (4) €180 - 250 725. Aristophanes: Aristophanis Comoediae,... Folio Florence (Per haeredes Philippi Juntae) 1525. Title page cut-down or from a smaller copy, with wd. cutdevice, & with device on end leaf also, the preface by Antonius Francinus Varchiensis in Latin (from another edition?) (30)ff A3 - D8, 373ff (first folio with red coloured head, & initial) cont. full vellum. B.P. with note on paste-down by Thos. Gaisford, stating he acquired this book on 1st June 1806. (1) * This third edition, first published, Venice 1598 by Aldus Manutius, the second in Florence; by Filippo Guinta, 1515. €400 - €600 726. Aelian (Cl.) Aeliani Variae Historiae libri XIII, 4to Rome 1545. Wd. cut printers device on title & on verso of last leaf (4) ff., 111ff (1) (11)ff; Bound with, Porphyrii in aristotelis categorias exposito per interrogationem & responsionem, 4to Paris (Jacobum Bogardum) 1543. Wd cut device on title (soiled and with sm. straight tear) 51ff., in later full calf, Greek key pattern borders. B.P. (1) €300 - €400 727. Theophrastus: Theophrastou peri pyros. Theophrasti de Igne, 4to Paris (Apud Adr. Turnebum) 1552, 24pp; Bound with, Theophrasti de Igne Lib. Adr. Turnebointeprete, Eiusdem in Eundem Adnotatiunculae, 4to Paris (Apud Adr. Turnebum) 1553 (4), (28)pp, later full vellum. B.P. Very good. (1) * Treatise on fire by the Athenian philosopher Theophrastus B.C. c. 371 - c. 287, successor to Aristotle. €300 - €400 728. Diogeres Laertius: Diogenous Laertiou peri bion, dogmatou.... Diogenis Laertri De uitis, decretis, & responsis celebrium philosophorum Libri decem, nunc primum excusi, 4to Basle (Froben) 1533. First Edn.? Printers wd.-device on title, also some cont. m/ss notes, wd.-cut initials, cont. annots. in margins thro-out, (8), 573pp, some mis-pagination, pp. 557 - 573 damp stain in lower rt. corner, m/ss note on front loose blank explaining the m/ss annots in text, later full calf, blind tooled decor., mor. label. B.P. (1) €350 - €500 729. Nicander: Nikandrou Teriaca Nicandri Theriaca, Interprete Jo. Gorraeo Parisiensi Ad illustrissimum Principem Ad illustrissimum Principem Carolum, Cardinalem Lotharingum. 4to Paris(Apud Guil Morelim, in Gracis Typographum Regium) 1557. Three Parts, each with its own title, wd. cut device on all titles, text in Greek & Latin, (8), 223, 80pp., some damp stains, cont. full vellum B.P. (1) * Theriacca is the longest surviving poem by Nicander of Colophon, and concerns the nature of venomous creatures, including snakes, spiders and scorpions, and the wounds they inflict. €800 - €1200 730. Fitzosborne - The Letters of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne on Several Subjects, 8vo Lond. 1763. Sixth Edn., red & bl. title, cont. calf, mor. label; Benger (Miss)ed. Klopstock and His Friends, A Series of Familiar Letters, .. between 1750 and 1803 , 8vo L. 1814, full calf, gilt floral borders; Paley (Wm.) The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, 2 vols. Lond. 1791. Eight Edn., tree calf, spines worn. B.P.’s. (4) €120 - €180 726