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

101 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 726. Sanders - Histoire du Schisme d’Angleterre de Sanderus, Mise en Francois par Monsieur Maucroix, Chanoine de Rheims. 12mo Paris (Chez Andre Pralard) 1676. Title with printers device, wd. cut heads & devices, orig. calf, raised bands, spine gilt in panels. V. good Copy. Emf. (1) €180 - €250 727. EarlyWorks of Tennyson Tennyson (Alfred) Maud and Other Poems, 12mo Lond. (Edward Moxon) 1855. First Edn., hf. title, & 8pp Catalogue tipped in at front, advert leaf at end, VIII, 154pp, a very good bright clean copy, in green cloth; also Idylls of the King, 12mo Lond. (Ed. Moxon) 1859. First Edn., First Issue, (without publishers imprint on verso of title page), hf. title, 8p Catalogue tipped-in at front, VIII (with newscutting tipped on), 261pp, some spots orig. green cloth (Some wear); Queen Mary, A Drama. 12mo Lond. (Henry S. King & Co.) 1875. First Edn., advert. leaf at front, hf. title, 9pp at. at end, VIII, 278pp, orig. green cloth, gilt lettered spine; & 7 others, many First Edns., etc. by Tennyson. As a coll.,w.a.f. (10) €300 - €400 728. 1798 Interest: [Harrop’s Elegant Edition] The History of the Irish Rebellion in the Year 1798, 2 vols. in one, Alston (J. Harrop) 1808, hf. calf marble boards, mor. label; Teeling (C.H.) History of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, 8vo, L. (Washbourne) 1828, cloth; Madden (R.R.) Literary Remains of the United Irishmen of 1798, 8vo, D. 1887, First Edn., leather backed marble boards, mor. label, as a lot. (3) €120 - €180 729. 1798 American Printings 1798 Interest: Hancock (Thomas) The Principles of Peace, Exemplified in the Conduct of the Society of Friends in Ireland during the Rebellion of the Year 1798, 12mo, Providence (H.H. Brown) 1830, Revised, uncut recent cloth backed boards; [Jones (J.)] An Impartial Narrative,.. during the Irish Rebellion in 1798, 12mo, N.Y. (South Newbry, by Levi Harns) 1853, First Edn., contemporary full calf, professional reback, as a lot. (2) €200 - €300 731. Hawkey Classics: P. Virgilii Maronies Opera, Sm. 8vo Dublin (E. Typographia Academiae) 1745 With vignette of T.C.D. Printing House on title, in cont. Prize calf, with T.C.D. gilt stamp on both covers, & prize bookplate awarded to William Cavendish, upr. cover loose; also P. Terentii afri Comaediae, Dublin (E. Typographia Academiae) 1745, with engd. vignette on title, cont. mottled calf, T.C.D. Prize stamp on both covers. (2) €350 - €500 732. The Airedale Poet Nicholson (John) The Lyre of Ebor; The Fall of Belshazzar; Genius and Intemperance; and Other Poems, sm. 8vo Lond. (Seeley & Son) 1827. First Edn., VIII, 218pp, plus advert leaf at end, uncut, orig. boards. (1) €130 - €180 733. Co. Meath Hunt: Annals of A Record Season: Being A Diary of Sport with the Meath Hounds during 1895-96, By ‘Wanderer’ 8vo Dublin 1896. First Edn., photo frontis, recent cloth reback, with orig. spine. Scarce (1) €150 - €200 726 730. Delightful Mid-19th Century Illuminated Manuscript Sisters of Mercy: A.M.D.C. - Passage..my? History of Divers Servants of God. Writ for the edificationof devout Xns. Done in the Convent of Our Lady of Mercy on The Epiphany of our Lord, MDCCCLV. Sm. square 12mo 1855. With attractive title, 6 full page & 5 hf. page illuminations, 6 miniature drawings of saints, with gilt initial letters, & sm. hand-painted thro-out text, approx. 130 pages, each with 10 lines of text, with silk ends, in a contemporary brass bound vellum binding. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1) * Provenance: Rev. John Hannan, P.P., Shinrone, Co. Offaly, well known Collector. A note on front leaf states, ‘Ellen Maria John Preston won at the Bazaar in Aid of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy Jan.ry 19th, 1858.’ €1000 - €1500 733