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39 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 253. Young (Arthur) A Tour in Ireland; With General Observations on the Present State of that Kingdom: Made in The Years 1776, 1777 & 1778... Brought down to the End of 1779. 4to Lond. 1780. First Edn. engd. frontis & 1 engd. plt., list of subs., cont. full calf, recent reback, tooled gilt spine. Clean Copy. (1) €300 - €400 254. Ledwich (Edward) Antiquities of Ireland, lg. 4to Dublin 1803. Second Edn., add. engd. title, engd. frontis. engd. dedit, list of subscriptions, & 40 engd. full page plts., cont. calf, lg. gilt borders, recent reback. V. good. (1) * With all the plates in unusually good clean condition. (1) €200 - €300 255. Archdall (Mervyn) Monasticon Hibernicum: or A History of the Abbies, Priories and other Religious Houses in Ireland, Lg. 4to Dublin (For Luke White) 1786. First Edn., lg. fold. map frontis, list of subscribers, errata leaf at end, 18 full page plts., cont. full tree calf, mor. label. A very good clean copy. (1) €280 - €380 256. Dolmen Press: Synge (J.M.) Some Sonnets .. from Petrarch, folio Dublin 1971. Special Lim. Edn. No. 61 of 75 Copies, Signed by Editor, full vellum, slipcase; Gregory (Lady A.) Coole, folio Dublin 1971. Lim. Edn. 1050 Copies, cloth & d.w.; Clarke (Austin) Mnemosyne Lay in Dust, folio Dublin 1966, Lim. Edn. 1000 Copies, pict. d.w.; Borges - Irish Strategies, sm. folio Dublin 1975. Special Lim. Edn. No. 74 of 350 Copies, Signed by translator Anthony Kerrigan & others mor. backed boards, & slipcase; & 2 others, Limited Edns. All v. good. (6) €200 - €300 257. With Fine Hand Coloured Plates Burnett (James)ed. The Magazine of Botany and Gardening, British & Foreign, Vol. III New Series, 4to Lond. 1837. Engd. title, 32 full page hd. cold. plts., cont. hf. green mor. tooled gilt spine. (1) €220 - €350 258. Postal History: Early 19th Century Album of Postal Markings & Franks, mostly on Free Fronts, 300 items in all, mostly Irish interest, some scarce signatures, Henry Grattan, R. la Touche, Loftus, Ld. Waterford, Mount Cashel, Eyre Coote, Ormonde, Villiers Stuart, Gort & others. Some rare mileage marks, Florence Court, Dunleer, Portarlington, Cookstown, Fethard, Dungarvan, Derry, Roscrea, etc., ‘Above the privileged number,’ fancy ‘Too Late,’ varied Penny Posts & varied ‘Free,’ late mails, c.d.s.’s etc. As an album, w.a.f. Good. (1) €200 - €300 259. New Zealand Botany: Harris (E.C.) New Zealand Berries, lg. 4to New Zealand (H.D. Jackson Publ.) n.d. c. 1890 decor. title, & 12 full page plts. & decor. ptd. wrappers. (1) €130 - €180 257 253 258 254 259 255