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36 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 282. Gilbert (John T.) A Contemporary History of the Affairs in Ireland from 1641-1652, 3vols. in 4, [Vol. 1 Part I - Vol. 3, Part I] 4to Dublin (I. Arch. & Celtic Society) 1879- 1880. Fac-similes etc., orig. mor. backed cloth, rebacked. Clean copy. V. Scarce. (4) €220 - €350 283. Celtic Society: Kelly (Rev. M.)ed. Cambrensis Eversus, seu Potuis Historica Fides in Rebus Hibernicus Giraldo Cambrensi Abrogata , 3 vols. roy 8vo D. 1848-1852. First Edn., litho frontis Vol. I, orig. embossed green cloth. Good. (3) €80 - €120 284. Vertue - A Catalogue and Description of King Charles the First’s Capital Collection of Pictures, Limning’s Statues, Bronzes, Medals and Other Curiosities, thick 4to Lond. 1757,.. bound with, A Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures etc. belonging to King James the Second; 4to Lond. 1758, and A Catalogue of the Curios Collection of Pictures of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham,... written by Brian Fairfax, 4to Lond. 1758. Orig. full calf, tooled gilt spine, raised bands, mor. label. V. good. (1) €200 - €300 285. Curran (C.P.) The Rotunda Hospital its Architects and Craftsmen, roy 8vo Dublin (Three Candles) 1945. Lim. Edn. No. 22 of 200 Copies for Subscribers, illus. full blue mor.; Craig (M.) Dublin 1660-1860, Dublin 1952. First Edn., d.w.; Curran (C.P.) Dublin Decorative Plasterwork, Lond. 1967, illus. d.w.; & 2 others on Dublin. All from R.M. Butler's Library. (5) €180 - €220 286. Sproule (John)ed. The Irish Industrial Exhibition of 1853, A Detailed Catalogue of its Contents. Sm. folio Dublin 1854. First Edn., engd. port. of Wm. Dargan, fine double page coloured plate, other plts. diagrams, text illus. orig. cloth. V. good copy. (1) €150 - €200 Illustration also on page 52 287. Genealogy: Roden Pedigrees - Reilly (Emily Georgina Susanna) compiler, Historical Anecdotes of the Families of the Boleynes, Careys, Mordaunts, Hamiltons, and Jocelyns, arranged as an elucidation of the Genealogical Chart at Tollymore Park. Lg. 4to [Newry] 1839. Sole Edition, 3 fold. pedigree tables, errata leaf, some m/ss pedigrees loosely inserts, recent hf. mor. Attractive copy. Ex. Scarce. (1) * Presentation copy, inscribed by Lord Roden to Henry Bellingham. €325 - €450 288. Dunn (Joseph) translator, The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge - ’The Cualnge Cattle-Raid,’ roy 8vo Lond. (D. Nutt) 1914. First Edn., frontis, uncut, cloth, gilt spine; Haley (Gene Clifford) The Topography of the Tain Bo Cuailnge, A typescript Thesis. Lg. 4to 1970, cloth; & 2 other items sim. (4) €100 - €150 289. Binding: Rutter (John) Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey, folio Lond. 1823. Published by the Author. First Edn., hand cold. engd. frontis, add. hd. cold. title, 11 engd. plts. (1 hd. cold.), lg. fold. map, fold. table, text illus. In finely tooled full green mor. gilt, in the style of George Mullen, & with similar tooled gilt book label inscribed “ John Jones from his Friend James Stewart,” [Architect] a.e.g. (1) €450 - €700 290. Signed by Translator Kinsella (Thomas) The Tain, .. with Brush Drawings by Louis le Brocquy. Sm. folio Dublin (Dolmen Press) 1969. First Edn., illus. cloth & pict. d.w., & matching slipcase. V. good. (1) * Signed by Tom Kinsella. €400 - €600 291. Field (Rob. D.) The Art of Walt Disney, folio Lond. 1945, 59 cold. & other full page plts., orig. cloth, some finger marks. Scarce. (1) €100 - €150 282 290 286 287 289