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39 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 331. With Attractive Coloured Plates Curtis (John) Farm Insects: Being the Natural History and Economy of the Insects Injurious to the Field Crops of Great Britain and Ireland. Tall 8vo Lond. 1883. 16 full page hand cold. plts., orig. cloth, gilt lettered spine, and with presentation label on inside front cover. V. good. (1) €220 - €320 332. Westwood (J.O.) An Introduction to The Modern Classification of Insects, 2 vols. Lond. 1839. First Edn., Hand-coloured frontis Vol. I, text illus. thro.-out, orig. green cloth. V. good. (2) €130 - €180 333. Barrow (John) An Account of Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa in the Years 1797 & 1798, Lg. fold. engd. map, hd. cold. in outline, lacks plts., cont. calf. (1) €100 - €150 334. Limited Edition Shakespeare Head - Bronte : The Brontes: Their Lives, Friendships & Correspondence. 4 vols. roy 8vo Oxford (Shakespeare Head Press) 1932-1938. Lim. to 1000 Copies, illus. etc. uncut, orig. orange cloth. Very Good. (4) €300 - €400 335. Lawrence (T.E.) The Mint, A Daybook of the R.A.F. Depot between August and December 1922 and later Notes by 352087 A/S Ross, 4to Lond. 1955. Lim. Edn. No. 1634 of 2000 Copies, uncut, unopened, mor. backed cloth & slipcase; also Seven Pillars of Wisdom, lg. 4to Lond. 1935. Second Impression, illus., uncut, buckram, d.w. V. good. (2) €130 - €180 336. Aldin (Cecil) Illustrator: Dickens (Chas.) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 2 vols. Sm. folio Lond. 1910. With fine cold. plts. & text illus. thro.-out, orig. cloth backed, gilt pictorial boards. V. clean copy. (2) €120 - €180 337. de Marolles (Michel) Tableau de temple des Muses, tirez du Cabinet de Fev. Mr. Favereau, Folio Paris (A. de Sommaville) 1655. Add. engd. title, (lacks port. frontis?) & 57 (ex 58) full page emblematic engravings, some leaves dam., some stains, titles re- mounted, orig. calf, repaired. S.N.S.R. (1) €300 - €400 336 331 337 332 338. With large Folding Maps The Bogs of Ireland : Reports from the Committee respecting the Drainage of the Bogs in Ireland, Four Reports in 2 vols. folio Lond. (House of Commons) 1810-1814. First Edns., together 66 lg. engd. maps (plates),many hd. cold. in outline, later hf. calf, marble sides, covers loose. Maps very clean. As an Atlas, w.a.f. (2) €1500 - €2000 335