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

128 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 922. Delphi Classics: P. Virgilii Maronis Opera, 4to Paris (Simoneum Benard) 1675. Engd.frontis + vignette title, L.S.ontitle; C. Valerii Catulli Opera, 4to Paris (Fred. Leonard) 1684, engd. frontis, & wd. cut vignette title; Junii Juvenalis et A. Persii Flacci Satirae, Paris (Fred. Leonard) 1684, engd. frontis & wd. cut vignette title; and Titi Lucrettii Cari De Rerum Natura Libros Sex, 4to Paris (Fred. Leonard) 1680, wd. cut vignette title, lacks frontis. Three vols. orig. cont. calf, & one later. As a coll., w.a.f. (4) €200 - €300 923. Stamp Collection: Very good late 19th Century / early 20th Century family Stamp Collection in Three Albums, covering Great Britain, Ireland (includ. overprints) also includes U.S.A., Canada, South America, Australia, India, Africa, etc., almost all of the stamps are hinged, orig. cloth. Good. As a collection, w.a.f. (3) €200 - €300 924. Railway Map: A General Map of Ireland to Accompany the Report of the Railway Commissioners, Showing the Principal Physical Features and Geological Structure of the Country. V. large engraved, and hand cold. folding linen backed map in 6 parts, Published 1837- 38, in Dublin by Hodges & Smith, approx. 190cms x 234cms (75” x 92”) in original calf slipcase, (damaged). As a map, w.a.f. (1) €280 - €350 920. Probably A Unique Collection Roman State: Circulari i Documenti sur Gorverno delle Communitadello Stato Ecclesiastico, Folio 1709-1771. A miscellaneous collection of circulars, orders, edicts, notifications, instructions, schedules and letters, many folded broadsides, printed in colour etc., mostly printed but some in manuscript, approx. 69 items, with cont. manuscript index at front, between 1709 and 1771, but more unlisted down to 1781. Bound in early 19th Century hf. vellum. V. good condition. A unique collection. As a coll., w.a.f. Emf. (1) €750 - €1000 924 921. [Bede (Venerable)] Ecclesiastica Historia gentis Anglorum Venerabilis Bede, Prolongus Rufini ... ad Cromacium Episcopum, Folio Hagenau (Heinrich Gran, at the expense of Johann Rynmann) 1506. Rubricated initial letters omitted, m/ ss inscription on title page, text good, later calf backed boards, spine dam. (1) €1000 - €1500 925. Keate (George) Relation des Iles Pelew, Situees dans la Partie Occidentale de l’Ocen Pacifique. 4to Paris (Le Jay fils ... et Maradan) 1788. First French Edn., hf. title, engd. port. frontis & 16 engd. fold. maps & plts. (complete), a few damp stains, cont. tree calf, tooled gilt flat spine. Good. (1) €350 - €500