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

11 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 63. Stafford (Thos.) Pacata Hibernia; or, A History of the Wars in Ireland, during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 2 vols. in one, roy 8vo Dublin (Hibernia Press) 1810. Two engd. ports., map of Munster & 16 (ex 17) engd. maps, mostly lg. folding, later tree calf, mor. label. Emf. (1) €200 - €300 64. Newenham (Thomas) A View of the Natural, Political and Commercial Circumstances of Ireland, 4to Lond. 1809 First Edn., hf. title, fold. map (with straight tear) hand-cold. in outline, cont. hf. calf, gilt spine. Good copy. Emf. (1) €280 - €350 65. Macpherson (James) An Introduction to the History of Great Britain and Ireland, 4to Lond. 1773. Third Edn., hf. green mor. Scarce. Emf. (1) €120 - €180 66. [O’Brien] Focaloir Gaoidhilge - Sax- Bearla , or An Irish-English Dictionary, 4to Paris 1768. First Edn., hf. title, XLVIII, VII, 514 + 6pp. of errata etc., also add leaf ‘The Scottish a Feadha or Letters,’ cont. full calf. Emf. (1) €250 - €400 67. Begley (C.) & Mac Curtin (H.) The English-Irish Dictionary, An Focloir Bearla Gaoidheilge ar na chur a Meagar. 4to Paris (Seamus Guerin) 1732. First Edn. irregular pagination, 2-432, 435-530, 529-673, 674- 717, but complete, cont. full French calf, tooled gilt spine in panels, raised bands, later mor. label. Good copy. (1) €700 - €1000 68. Signed Limited Edition le Brocquy (Louis) Eight Irish Portraits, in Words and Pictures. 4to Dublin 1990. Lim. Edn. No. 480 of 1000 Copies Signed by Artist. 7 portraits present only, in cloth bound portfolio, with slipcase. As is. (1) €400 - €600 69. Stokes (W.) & Strachan (J.) Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus, A Collection of Old Irish Glosses Scholia Prose and Verse, 2 vols. roy 8vo Cambridge 1901 - 1903. First Edn., uncut, orig. blue cloth, & ptd d.w.’s. Good. Emf. (2) €130 - €180 70. Hawkey Classics Milton (John) Paradise Lost, A Poem in Twelve Books. Royal 8vo Dublin (S. Powell) 1747. Revised by John Hawkey, Editor of the Latin Classic, uncut, fine recent mor.; also Paradise Regained, A Poem in Four Books. roy 8vo Dublin (S. Powell) 1752. Revised by John Hawkey, recent mor. re-backed cloth, raised bands, mor. label.(2) €200 - €300 71. Binding: The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., bound with The Whole Book of The Psalms , at end, 4to Cambridge (Jos. Betham) 1754. Full cont. green mor. with large tooled outer border, & deep profusely decorated inner floral border, each cover with tooled encircled ‘H’ and tooled spine in panels. As a binding. (1) €160 - €240 72. In Handsome Contemporary Binding Binding: Boethius (Anicius M.S.) Consolationis Philosophial libros quinque interpretatione et notis illustravit Petrus Callyus ... 4to Lutetiae Parisiorum 1680. With engd. frontis & vignette title, neat circular ex. libris stamp on title, a.e.g., in fine full cont. crimson mor. gilt panel sides, spine profusely gilt in panels, mor. label. V. good copy. (1) €220 - €350 73. Signed by Otto Boiddicker Astronomy: Zollmer (Johann Carl Friedrick) Uber die Natur der Cometen, Beitrage zur Geschichte und Theorie der Erkenntniss. Roy 8vo Leipzig 1872, 10 full page plts., hf. mor. rebacked; Signed by Otto Boiddicker [Birr], 1874; also three others of Astronomical interest. (4) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €100 - €150 64 70 66 68