Rare Book & Collectors' Sale 1st & 2nd October 2025

116 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 972. Coloured Plates: [Natural History] Kirby (W.F.) European Butterflies and Moths, 2 vols., L. (Cassell, Peter, Galpin & Co.) 1882, First Edn., 61 cold. plts., (with neat manuscript notes on plates), uniform contemp. hf. crimson leather, marble boards, mor. labels. Nice Set. (2) €180 - €220 974. Medical: Culpeper (Nich.) The Anatomy of the Body of Man, Folio Lond. 1653. First English Edn., 24 full page plts. some mis- pagination but correct, browned thro- out, cont. panel calf, rebacked with orig. spine & recent mor. label. (1) €300 - €400 971. With Unique Original 16th Century Continental Bookplate and with StrikingWoodcuts throughout Medical: Matthioli (Petri Andrea) “Commentarii in sex libras Pedacii, Dioscoridis Anazarbei di Medica materia …”, Folio. Venice. (Ex. Officina Valgrisiana) 1570. Title in photocopy, lg. woodcut device on end leaf, and with hundreds of striking woodcuts thro- out the text, wd-cut initials, and 5 large full page wd-cuts at end, preliminary pps. (except for title) all present, and 956 pp plus 8pp at end, rebound cloth. * With an unique original m/ss 16th Century watercolour bookplate (possible from another book) tipped in at front, for ‘Wolfius Christophorus ab Enzestorf Austriacus Soc. : Caesar: M’tis in consilio et iuris [dicundi ??] assessor Austriae infra [Anisu ..] date 1560 …. ? some dam. Extremely Rare. (1) €800 - €1200 972 973. With Fine Hand Coloured Plates [Natural History] Donovan (Edward) The Natural History of British Insects, 16 vols. (in 6), 8vo, 576 hand coloured engraved plts., contemporary hf. calf, marble boards, gilt decor. panels and mor. labels. Good clean set. (6) Lit [Nissen ZB1 1142] €3,000 - €4,000 974