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

21 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 161. [Burnet (Dr. Gilbert) The Life of William Bedell, D.D. Bishop of Kilmore in Ireland, 8vo Lond. (for John Southby) 1685. First Edn., calf, bind dam.; also Second Edn., of same Dublin (M. Rhames) 1736. cont. calf. As a lot. Emf. (2) €140 - €200 162. Tuam Bishops: D’Aray Sirr (Rev. J.) A Memoir of the Hon. and Most Reverend Power Le Poer Trench, Dublin 1845, port. frontis; The Letters of the Most Rev. John MacHale, D.D., Dublin 1847; Burke (Oliver J.) The History of The Catholic Archbishops of Tuam, Dublin 1882. Port. frontis, all First Edns., & cloth. (3) €80 - €130 163. Binding: Hales (Rev. Wm.) Rector of Killesandra. A Synopsis of The Sign of the Times, Past, Present and Future, 8vo Dublin (G. Grierson) 1817. First Edn., 71pp., cont. mottled calf, decor. gilt borders, central tooled gilt lozenger with harp motif, gilt spine, mor. label. Emf. V. good. (1) €180 - €250 164. Inscribed Presentation Copy Madden (Richard Robert) The Turkish Empire, In its Relations with Christianity and Civilization. 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1862. First Edn., orig. cloth, gilt lettered spines. V.G. (2) * Inscribed by author to ‘To Edw. Stapleton Esq., .. 20th January 1863,’ Signed. (2) €220 - €350 165. Presentation Copy: Hall (Mrs. S.C.) Midsummer Eve: A Fairy of Loving and Being Loved, 8vo Lond. 1870. First Edn., decor. title, frontis & other plts. & decorations, a.e.g. cont. cloth gilt. (1) * Inscribed Presentation Copy to ‘Mrs. Faber of Little Gumbleton, .. Anna Maria Hall, Nov. 10th, 1870.’ €150 - €200 166. Sanders (Nicholas) De Clave David seu Regno Christi Libri Sex Contra Calumnias Acleri provisibile Ecclsia Monarchia, 4to Rome (Georgium Ferrariuim) 1588. First Edn., wd.-cut arms on title, orig. full limp vellum. Good. Emf. (1) €200 - €300 167. Blake-Forster (C. ffrench) The Irish Chieftains; or, The Struggle for The Crown, Roy 8vo Dub. 1872. First Edn., hf. title, attractive gilt decor. cloth,. good.; Todd (J. Henthorn) The War of the Gaehil with the Gaill, roy 8vo Lond. 1867. First Edn., 2 litho plts. later cloth. V. good. (2) €140 - €200 168. Signed Limited Edition Somerville (E.OE .) The States through Irish Eyes, roy 8vo Boston and New York (Houghton Mifflin Co.) 1930. Signed by Author, Edition Limited to 375 Copies. Illustrated by the author, uncut, orig. full crimson cloth, gilt fillet border. V. good copy. (1) €180 - €260 169. Irish College in Rome Marefoschi (Cardinal Mario) Relezione della Visita Apostolica del Collegio Ibernese ... Presentata alla Santita di Nostro Signore Papa Clemente XIV, 4to Rome 1772. First Edn. , orig. paper wrappers. Good. Emf. (1) €200 - €300 170. D’Orleans (Fr. Pierre-Giuseppe) Istoria della Rivoluzioni D’Inghilterra Dal Principio della Monarchia sino all’ Anno 1691. Trans. by Giambotista Bianchi, 3 vols. 4to Venice 1724. Red. & bl. title Vol. I, all with engd. vign. titles, cont. hf. calf, raised bands, gilt decor. in panels, mor. labels. Good. Emf. (3) €200 - €300 171. Hippisley (Sir J.C.) The Substance of Additional Observations .. in the House of Commons in the Debate of the Petition of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, on the 13th & 14th May 1805, 8vo Lond. 1806. First Edn., Hf. title, & errata at front, uncut orig. boards; Wellesley (Viscount) The Irish Question Considered in its Integrity, 8vo Lond. 1844. First Edn., orig. cloth. Two Scarce items. (2) €160 - €220 172. 1798: MacNeven (Wm. J.) Pieces of Irish History, illustrative of the Condition of the Catholics of Ireland, of The Origin and Progress of the Political System of the United Irishmen; 8vo New York 1807. First Edn., cont. hf. calf; Cloney (Thos.) A Personal Narrative of.. the County Wexford, ... during the Awful period of 1798, 8vo Dublin 1832. First Edn., cloth backed boards. Emf. (2) €140 - €200 163 164 & detail 168 & detail