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

122 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 867. French Plays etc - 18th Century: A collection of 12 French printed Plays in 3 vols., 8vo, including the following: 1. Le Celibataire, Comedie en Cinq Actes et en Vers, 8vo Paris (Chez Delalain) 1776. First Edn., engd. add. title, wd. cuts, 122pp; 2. de Beaumarchais (M.) Le Barbier de Seville ou la Precaution inutile, Comedie en Quartre Acts, Paris (Chez Ruault) 1775, hf. title, 132pp; 3. Monvel (M.) Fredegonde et Brunehaut, Roman Historique, 8vo London 1775. Engd. frontis & vignette head & tail, 179pp; 4. de Beaumarchais (M.) La Folle Journee ou Le Mariage de Figaro, Comedie en cinqu Actes, en Prose. Paris (An Palais Royal - Chez Rualt) 1785. XXXII, [143]pp; & 5. de Moliere (M.) Amphytrin, Comedie en Treis Acts, Paris 1772, 63pp; With 7 other sim. items, mostly Paris printed, together 12 works in 3 vols. 8vo cont. calf (2) & later hf. calf. A good collection, w.a.f. (3) €250 - €350 868. de Ribadeneyra (Fr. P.) S.J. Historia Ecclesiastica de Scisma do Reyno de Inglaterra, 8vo Lisbon (Na Officina de Petro Ferreira) 1732) Hf. title, wd. cut vignette on title & floral tail, cont. marbled boards. V. good copy. Emf. (1) €180 - €250 869. Rare Life Irish Saint, Fridolin of Sackingen Canisius (Petrus) Warhasste Histori von dem Berumhten Abbt S. Fridelio und seinen wunderborliehen thaten / Auss Vielen alten Scribenten Zusamen geozogen jetzunder abe auffs new gebessert und in Truck Verfertiget, 4to Getrucht in Freyburg in Achtland durch Abraham Gemperlin in Jahr 1589. First Edn.? title printed in red & black within ruled borders, with woodcut device, wd. cut coat of arms, & wd. cut image of Sts. Fridolinus & Hilarius, wd. cut initials & decor. 157, [VI]pp later full vellum. Emf. Very Rare. (1) * True history of the famous Abbot St. Fridolin and his wonderful deeds, collected from many ancient writings but now newly improved and put into print by Peter Canisius, S.J. €500 - €700 870. Moran (Rev. P.F.) Memoirs of the Most Rev. Oliver Plunkett, 8vo Dublin 1861. First Edn., Maynooth full calf Prize Binding; Crolly (Rev. G.) The Life and Death of Oliver Plunkett, sm. 8vo Dublin 1850. First Edn., cloth; & 4 others, same subject. Emf. (6) €100 - €150 871. Smith (Dodie) The Hundred and One Dalmatians, 8vo, L. (Heinemann) 1956, First Edn., text illus. throughout by Janet and Anne Grahame-Johnstone, decor. endpapers, blue cloth, silver lettered spine, dust jacket (not clipped). Good Copy. (1) €500 - €600 872. Maps: Stanford (Ed.)cart. Map of the Siberian Railway, the Great Land Route to China and Korea, folding, linen backed, coloured map, London (Stanfords) c. 1904, boards, ptd. label; together with Map of the Mediterranean Sea, cold., linen backed fold., London (Stanfords) 1918, ptd. label, cloth boards, as maps, w.a.f. (2) €150 - €200 873. Dalrymple (John) Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland, 3 vols. 8vo Lond. 1790. New Edn., Engd. frontis. Vol. I, cont. full tree calf, gilt line borders, flat spines with tooled gilt decor. & mor. labels in panels. (3) €200 - €300 874. Fine Engraved Plates: Dublin Delineated, in Twenty-Eight Views, 8vo D. 1843. Engd. frontis 28 engd. plts. & fold. map or plan, orig. cloth. Clean copy. (1) €60 - €90 875. Carr (John) L’Etranger en Irlande,... 2 vols. Paris 1809. First French Edn., 2 hf. titles, 6 fold. sepia plates, some worm dam., cont. hf. calf; also Young (Arthur) Voyage en Irlande, trans. by C. Millan, 2 vols.in one, 8vo Paris n.d. cont. calf, badly worn. Emf. (3) €130 - €180 869 871 872