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

110 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 786. Incunabula: Platina (Bart.) Platynae in vitas Pontificium ... ad Sixtum IIII Pontificum Maximum, ... Folio Venice (Printed at the expense of Giovanni de Colonia by Johannes Manthem) Venice 1479. Partly illuminated title, & illuminated capitals thro-out, some leaves lacking, in v. good condition. Armorial bookplate of John Spencer Esq., marble ends, later full calf, rebacked, raised bands, gilt spine, as is. Emf. (1) * The First Edition of Platina’s outspoken and pioneering Lives of the Saints. €1500 - €2000 787. Duns Scotus: Questiones Scoti super Porphyrii necnon Aristotelis Predicamenta ac Pergamenias. Item super libros Elenchorum. Et Autonii Andree super libros Sex principiorum. Item quones Johannis Angelici super questiones universales eiusdem Scoti . Folio Venice (Filippo Pincio) 1512. Edited by Maurice O’Fehihy. Woodcut initials (Some not included) (title page, no loss of text) printers device at end, 101pp, in vellum binding composed of leaves from an old antiphonary. V. good. (1) * Commentaries by Duns Scotus on Porphyry and Aristotle, with critiques by A. Andreas and Joannes Angelicus. €1500 - €2000 788. Incunabula: Durand (Wm.) Incipit rationale divinorum officiorum edictum per... Guilielmum Duranti.. Large 8vo Venice (Geo. Uualch) 1482. Lacks title, & some other leaves, also some capitals highlighted in colour, text v. clean, later full calf, rebacked. Ex. libris copy, London Library & the Allan Library, sold with all faults. *An important liturgical work written by G.Durand before 1286. One of the most copied text from Medieval times. It served as an encyclopaedic compendium and text book for liturgists, and remains an indispensable guide for understanding the significance of medieval ecclesiastical art and worship ceremonies. (1) €1000 - €1500 789. Hand-Coloured Plates Sowerby (G.B.) Illustrated Index to British Shells, sm. folio Lond. 1859. 24 full page hand coloured plts., orig. gilt lettered cloth. Clean. (1) €200 - €300 790. William III: Leti (Gregorio) Il Prodigio della Natura, e della Gratia, Poema Heroestorico, Sopra la miracolosa Intrapressa d’Inghilterra, del Real Prencipe d’Orange. Hora Monarca della Graude Brettagna, Nel fine dell Anno 1688, di Gregorio Leti, Dedicato alla stessa Real Maesta. Sm. folio Amsterdam 1695. Red & black title, full page engraved port., lacks plts. Orig. embossed full vellum. Good. (1) €120 - €180 791. Capel - Letters written by His Excellency Arthur Capel, Earl of Essex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in the Year 1675, Lg. 4to London 1770. Hf. title, cont. full calf, tooled gilt borders & circular armorial bearing of the Earl of Gosford, with motto ‘Vigilantibus,’ gilt flat spine with mor. label. (1) €200 - €300 786 788 787 790 791 789 & detail