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

116 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 830. Ferguson (Samuel) The Cromlech on Howth, A Poem. With Illuminations From the Books of Kells and of Durrow. Folio Lond. (Day & Co.) [1864]. Sole Edn., with printed red & bl. title, & litho title, & 7 full page coloured illustrations & colours printed text thro. out, a.e.g. cont. full green cloth, the front profusely gilt with Celtic decorations. V. good copy. (1) €300 - €400 831. Kromer (Karl) Das Graberfeld von Hallstatt, 2 large atlas folio vols. Plates & Text, Firenze 1959. Port. frontis & with 260 + 50 plts. & photos, all v. good, in orig. matching cloth portfolio & binding. Clean copy. (2) €200 - €300 828. With 60 Attractive Hand-Coloured Plates Pyne (W.H.) The Costume of Great Britain, Lg. folio London (Wm. Miller) 1808. First Edition. Hf. title, with hand coloured vignette title, & 60 hand coloured aquatint plates, some off-setting, but v. clean plts., a.e.g., original strait grained crimson mor., gilt & blind tooled borders, some rubbing. Good. (1) €750 - €1000 830 831 829. With 82 Attractive Hand-Coloured Plates Mason (Geo. Henry) The Costume of China, Illustrated with Sixty Engravings, With Explanations in English and French. Lg. folio London (for W. Miller) 1800. First Edn., titles in English & French, & 60 hand coloured aquatint plates some off-setting; also The Punishments of China, lg. folio Lond. (for Wm. Miller) 1808. First Edn., titles in English & French & 22 fine hand coloured aquatint plts. Both with a.e.g. & in matching straight grained crimson mor., gilt & blind tooled borders. Both v. good. (2) €1400 - €1800