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18 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 82. Genealogy: Burkes Irish Family Records, sm. thick folio Lond. 1976. Orig. gilt decor. crimson cloth. V. clean copy. (1) €130 - €180 84. Hand-Coloured Plates Sowerby (John E.) British Wild Flowers, roy 8vo Lond. 1876. Re-Issue, 91 engd. plates, 89 hand cold., cont. hf. green mor. V. clean copy. (1) €180 - €250 85. With Hand-Coloured Plates Morris (F.O.) A History of British Butterflies, Sm. folio Lond. 1895. With 79 hand cold. plates, uncut, orig. cloth, gilt decoration. Clean copy. (1) €140 - €200 86. Connellan (Owen) The Annals of Ireland, ... The Original Irish of The Four Masters. Lg. 4to Dublin 1846. First Edn., Cold. litho frontis, lg. fold. map a.e.g. attractive hf. crimson mor. profusely tooled gilt spine. V. good copy. (1) €280 - €400 87. Periodicals: Lover (Samuel) The Irish Magazine of Antiquities, Biography, Tales and Legends of The Emerald Isle, Folio Dublin 1842, First Edn., Vol. I No. 1 - No. 52. Jan. 2nd, 1841 - Dec. 25th 1851. Illus. thro.-out, cont. hf. mor; also The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. I No. 1 - No. 52, July 4th 1840, - June 26, 1841, illus. thro.-out, recent mor. backed boards. As periodicals. Good. (2) €130 - €180 88. Periodical: Zozimus, Vol. I May 1870 - August 1872, in 4 volumes, 4to Dublin 1870-1872. Incomplete, full page and other illus. thro.-out, orig. cloth etc. As a periodical, w.a.f. (4) €130 - €180 89. With Fine Black &White Illustrations Mac Cathmhaoil (Seosamh) [Joseph Campbell] Songs of Uladh lg. 4to Belfast 1904. First Edn., 20 fine wd. cut illus., & some photo illus., orig. pict. printed wrappers, now bound in full green mor. Scarce. (1) €160 - €220 84 83. With Hand-Coloured Plates Morris (F.O.) A History of British Birds, 6 vols. roy 8vo Lond. 1870. Second (Best) Edition, approx. 365 hand coloured plates; also same author, A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 3 vols. roy 8vo Lond. 1875. Second Edn., fine cold. plts. together 9 vols. uniform gilt cloth. V. good set. (9) €500 - €700 89 85 87