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129 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 926. Sonnini (C.S.) Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt, 4to Lond. (J. Debrett) 1800. Trans. from French. Frontis. port. (loose & edges cut back), lg. fold. map loose & damaged & 28 plts. damp stains thro.-out, cont. tree calf, upr. joint cracked. As is. (1) €150 - €200 927. Papal Letters: H.M.S.O.: Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers, Relating to Great Britain and Ireland Vols. XIII, Parts I & II, 2 vols. & Vol. XIV, 1471-1492. Together 3 vols. Sm. folio Lond. 1955-1960. Orig. cloth (stained) & printed d.w. Emf. (3) €120 - €180 928. Scurry (James) Remarks on the Irish Language, with a Review of its Grammars, Glossaries, Vocabularies and Dictionaries; to which is added, a model of a comprehensive Irish Dictionary. 4to Dublin. Printed for the Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, 1828, 86pp recent cloth, mor. label. (1) €75 ‑ €125 929. Humphreys (H.N.) &Westwood (J.O.) British Moths and their Transformations, 2 vols. lg. 4to Lond.1851. 124 coloured engraved plts. complete, orig. cloth, dam., plts. v. clean. As a coll. (2) €280 - €350 930. Archdall (Mervyn) Monasticon Hibernicum; Or An History of the Abbies, Priories and other Religious Houses in Ireland. Lg. 4to Dublin (Luke White) 1786. First Edn., Lg. fold. map frontis, 18 full page plates, errata leaf at end, recent hf. calf. Good copy. Emf. (1) €220 - €350 931. Hume (David) Histoire de La Maison de Stuart, sur Le Trone d’Angleterre, 3 vols., 4to London 1760. First Edn., of l’Abbe Prevosts translation, armorial bookplate of a Cardinal, full cont. mottled calf (rubbed), raised band, mor. labels. & gilt decoration in panels. Good. Emf. (3) €250 - €350 932. Roscommon & Kings County: [O’Donovan (John)] Letters ... Relating to the Antiquities of the Kings County. Collected during the.. Ordnance Survey in 1839. Two vols.in one, 4to Bray 1933; also ... Relative to the Antiquities of the County of Roscommon collected during the Ordnance Survey in 1837. Lg. 4to ray 1931. All reproduced under the direction of Rev. Michael O’Flanagan. All uniform cloth. (2) €200 - €300 933. Co. Galway: [O’Donovan (John)] Letters ... relating to the Antiquities of the County of Galway, Collected during the .. Ordnance Survey in 1839, 3 vols. lg. 4to Bray 1928. Text illus. maps etc. Orig. cloth. (3) €220 - €320 934. A Magnificent Edition Tasso (Torquato) La Gerusalemme Liberata, 2 vols. 4to Parigi (Appresso Bossange, Masson e Besson) 1792. Large Paper Edn. Two hf. titles, 2 engd. titles, engd. vignettes (various sizes) & 72 full page engd. plates, a.e.g., cont. full bright mottled calf, treble gilt fillet borders with corner decorations, rubbed, raised bands, mor. labels & tooled gilt decor. in panels. V. good. (2) €700 - €1000 935. Whitehead (G. Kenneth) The Deer of Great Britain and Ireland, roy 8vo Lond. 1964. First Edn., Numerous plts. cloth & pict. d.w. (1) €70 - €120 936. With Illustrations by Stephen Gooden Illustrated Volume: L’Estrange (Sir Roger)trans. Aesop’s Fables, 4to L. (G.G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.) 1936, Limited Edition NO. 329 (525), illustrated throughout, vellum binding, gilt decor. matching slipcase. (1) €400 - €500 937. Barnard (Alfred) The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. I ex. 3, 4to Lond. 1889. First Edn., with illus. thro.-out, orig. gilt lettered green cloth. (1) * Guinness Brewery, St. James, Dublin, covers the first 43 pages, with some unusual illustrations. (1) €130 - €180 936 937 926 929