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

41 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 351. Episcopal Jubilee of Pope Leo XIII Cork Corporation Illuminated Address from the Corporation of Cork to His Holiness Pope Leo XIII on his Episcopal Jubilee,1893, signed by Augustine Roche (Mayor) and Alex. McCarthy (Town Clerk), presented in a large quarto leather bound Album, with the manuscript reply received from Cardinal Rampolla (signed by him), and an English translation of same similarly illuminated with elaborate floral displays. The Cork Address with a gilt reproduction of the Cork Corporation seal (slightly damaged). Some foxing to edges of internal boards, not affecting the illuminated addresses. The leather binding with title on upper cover within an elaborate gilt double rectangle enclosing alternate star devices, the surface somewhat worn, top of spine torn but holding firm. The illumination by John & Florence Gilbert, Cork (see turn-in on inner front cover), the binding apparently unsigned. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1) €250 - €350 352. Chippendale (Thos.) The Gentleman and Cabinet - Maker’s Director. Lg. folio Lond. (Batsford) 1910. Reprint. Dedit & 212 full page plts., complete, orig. hf. buckram. (1) €200 - €300 353. Stowe, near Buckingham The Ducal Estate and Contents of the Mansion Catalogue : Jackson Stops - The Illustrated Catalogue .. of the Freehold of the Historic Mansion & Estate Extending to 1400 Acres... [and] Contents of the Mansion, Over 19 days, July 1921. By direction of the Trustees of the Will of the late Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. Folio 1921., 233 pages with 59 full page plts., orig. cloth backed boards, with overlaid armorial label. (1) * ‘The supremely Valuable contents of heirloom Pictures, Tapestries, and Historic Furniture, .. important collection of rare china,.. Objet d’Art, the contents of the Magnificent Library, fine collection of Historic Letters and Manuscripts,... Panellings by Grinling Gibbons, Famous Classical Temples and other Buildings and Bridges... etc.’ €200 - €300 354. With Coloured Aquatint Plates Daniell (William) Interesting Selections from Animated Nature with Illustrative Scenery; 2 vols. oblong folio Lond. (For T. Cadell andW. Davies) n.d. [c. 1812] First Edn., 120 aquatint plates each with page of descriptive text, generally interior clean, but some spots, cont. full diced calf, spines worn, some covers loose. (2) €350 - €500 355. With Elegantly Hand-Coloured Plates Martyn (Wm. F.) A New Dictionary of Natural History, 2 vols. in one, folio Lond. (Harrison & Co.) 1785. With 99 of 100 fine hand coloured plts. (lacks Plate 6) plates v. clean, lacks title Vol. I, uncut front loose ends, later hf. calf, raised bands, mor. label. (1) €1000 - €1500 356. Engraved Plates: Londina Illustrata, Graphic & Historic Memorials, folio London 1819. Two engraved titles & 197 plates ex. 206. Lg. heavily bound hf. mor. (2) €160 - €240 357. Robertson (James George) Antiquities and Scenery of the County of Kilkenny, oblong folio, Kilkenny (Boethius Press) 1983, Limited Edn. (585) Numbered Copies of whicj this is ‘B’ of a special extra limited edition in hf leather. Twenty- six Lettered Copies. Plates, fine hf. calf, marble sides, in orig, matching cloth bound box. (1) €200 - €300 351 355 353 357 354