RARE BOOK & COLLECTORS’ SALE 12th -13th December 2023

100 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 716. Bolton (Rev. Robert) The Saints Soule- exalting Humiliation; or Soule-fatting fasting: Which (Jacob-like) prevails with God,... Sq. 8vo Lond. (John Haviland,..) 1634. Title within wd.-cut border, 179, [7] pp last leaf dam. & repaired, browned thro-out, recent hf. calf, marble sides, mor. label. (1) €160 - €220 717. Geneva Bible: La Bible qui est toute La Saincte Escriture; Contenant le Vieil et le Nouveau Testament, Autrement La Vieille & Nouvelle Alliance, 8vo [Geneva] Par Francois Perrin pour Antoine Vincent. Wd. cut device on title, 5 fold. maps, some edges frayed (1 torn with loss) some fold. tables & numerous large and small wd.- cut illus., some printed music, all edges gilt in 17th Century mor., gilt tooled panel, with floral corners, in the style of Mearne. As a bible, w.a.f. V. Rare. (1) €400 - €700 718. Irish Travel: L’Hermite en Irland, on Observations sur les moeurs et usages des Irlandais an commencement du XIX Siecle. 2 vols. sm. 8vo Paris (Chez. Pillet Aine) 1826. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, engd. illus. & vignettes in text, cont.mor. backed boards. Scarce. (2) €150 - €200 719. Guides: Wright (G.N.) A Guide to the Giants Causeway, 12mo Lond. 1823; with A Guide to the County of Wicklow, 12mo Lond. 1822; and A Guide to the Lakes of Killarney, 12mo Lond. 1822, 3 engd. frontis., 1 fold. map only, & 10 engd. views & 1 engd. map, cont. calf, mor. labels; & Leigh’s Road Book of Ireland, 16mo Lond. 1827,lg.fold.map of Ireland, sm. fold. map & a fold. plan, orig. full mor. Both clean copies. (3) €130 - €180 720. [Richardson (Samuel)] The History of Sir Charles Grandison, In a Series of Letters, 7 vols. sm. 8vo Lond. (for S. Richardson) 1754. Third Edn., Same decor. wd.-cut heads, a couple of vols. lacks front loose blanks, Vol. 5, lacks title & last leaf. Orig. full calf, raised bands, mor. labels. As is. (7) €200 - €300 721. [Walker (George)] Travels of Sylvester Tramper through the Interior of the South of Africa, 12mo L. 1813. Second Edn., Engd. frontis & 1 plt. pp. [IX] - 216, advert leaf at end, (dam. & repaired) with some loss, cont. calf, rebacked, orig. mor. label. Good copy. (1) €200 - €300 722. [Bulwer Lytton (Geo.)] The Last Days of Pompeii, 3 vols. 12mo Lond. (Rich. Bentley) 1834. First Edn., Hf. titles Vols. II & III, Vol. I with errata slip, loose & paste down blanks browned, cont. hf. calf, attractive tooled gilt and decorated spines, mor. labels, by Birdsall & Son, Northampton. V. good attractive set. (3) €300 - €400 723. Tolstoy (Count Lev. N.) War and Peace, 4 vols. Lond. (J.M. Dent & Co.) 1904. Frontis & each vol., cont. crimson cloth, gilt spines. Good. (4) €120 - €180 724. Association Copy - Bishop Agar’s Copy Anon: Rules and Orders To be Observed in the Upper House of Parliament in Ireland, 8vo Dublin (W. Sleater) 1784. Licence leaf at front, 112pp. In fine Dublin binding of polished calf, fore-edges painted green and with flat back gilt tooled in panels with flowers etc., and crimson mor. label. V. good copy. (1) * Charles Agar’s Copy, with his signature ‘Chars. Cashel’ on front loose blank, and with numerous corrections in his hand, including a 7 line note in his clear hand on page 68. A Rare Survivor. Ex. Scarce. €1750 - €2500 725. Greek Liturgy & NewTestament: Petley (Elias) Leitourgia Brettanike egoun Biblios demosion ... Liber Precum Publicarum... Elias Petley, Church of England, 8vo Lond (T. Cotes I, for Rich. Whitaker) 1638. Red & bl. title, lacking a1,; Bound with, Nevi Testamenti Libri Omnes, recens nunc editi..., 8vo Lond. 1633. With printers device on title; also bound with, The Whole Book of Psalmes, Collected into English Meeter by Thos. Sternhold, John Hopkins & others, 8vo Lond. (by G.M.) 1638. Title within decor. border; & 1 other lot, 4 works, one volume cont. full mor. with gilt lined panel, tooled gilt spine in panels, mor. label. As a coll., w.a.f. (1) €200 - €300 716 625 724 & detail 720