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

43 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 367. Macaulay (Rev. Mr. Kenneth) A Voyage to and History of St. Kilda, Containing a Description of this remarkable Island; ... with many other curious and interesting Particulars. 12mo Dublin (James Hoey jnr.) 1765. First Edn., Hf. title, pp. 241/242 recd 265/266, advert. leaf at end, orig. full calf, raised bands, mor. label, lower corners bumped. Otherwise v. good. Otherwise v. good copy (1) €220 - €320 368. Wotton (Sir H.) Reliquiae Wottonianae, Or a Collection of Lives, Letters, Poems with Characters of Sundry Personages: and other Incomparable Pieces of Language and Art , 20mo Lond. (Thos. Maxey, for R. Marriot, G. Bedel and T. Garthwait) 1654. Second Edn. with large Addition. Engd. port. frontis., title within wd.-cut border, & 3 end. ports, cont. calf, new reback & mor. label, and new cloth slipcase. Good. (1) €130 - €180 369. Renowned IrishWriter Hibernicus (Thomas) [Thomas Palmer?] Flores Omnium Pere Doctorum, 16mo (Theobaldum Paganum) 1558. [XII], 1137pp all gauffered gilt edges, orig. calf, blind decor. panel & central & central animal head device, lacks clasps, spine worn, & upr. cover loose. Rare. (1) €300 - €400 370. Prayers in Irish & Many Languages Preces S. Niersis Clajensis Amiorum Patriarchae, Viginti quatour linguis editae. 12mo Venice (in Insula S. Lazai) 1823. Engd. port. frontis engd. title, cont. mottled calf, gilt borders & spine. Emf. (1) * Contains prayers printed in twenty-four languages including Irish, Arabic, Russian, Persian, Polish, etc. €200 - €300 371. Signed by P.F. Moran, later Cardinal Early Italian Printings: De Persecutione Anglicana Libellus, Duo Explicantur Affictiones, Calamitates, cruciatus, & acerbissima martyria, quae Angli. Catholici nunc ab fide patiuntur . Sm. 8vo Rome (Ex. Typo. Georgii Ferrarii) 1582. Red & bl. title with coat of arms, 112pp., L.S. removed from title, damp stains thro.-out, but good, orig. limp vellum. Emf. (1) * Inscribed ‘P.F. Moran’ on title, later Cardinal & Archbishop of Sydney, Australia. Arms on title page are of Cardinal Filippo Boncompagni. The work is about the sufferings of the English Catholics, following the trial and execution of Edmund Campion & others. Rare. (1) €700 - €1000 372. Very Fine Clean Copy [A’Beckett (Gilbert A.)] The Comic Blackstone, 12mo Lond. (Publ. at Punch Office) 1846. First One Volume Edn. Etched frontis, red & bl. title with vignette & text illus. by Geo. Cruikshank, t.e.g. cont. full calf, with treble gilt fillet borders, raised bands, & profusely gilt spine in panels, mor. labels by Riviere & Son, & with original gilt stamped cloth bound in. V. good copy. (1) €140 - €200 373. Salmon (Wm.) Polygraphice; or, The Arts of Drawing, Engraving, Etching Limning, Painting, Washing, Varnishing, Gilding, Colouring, Dying, Beautifying and Perfuming, 8vo Lond. (Thos. Passinger) 1685. Fifth Edn. Port. plate of author, add. engd. title, 23 engd. plts. cont. full calf, blind tooled panels, raised bands, lacks label. Good copy. (1) €275‑€350 374. Cromwell. The Life of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 8vo Dublin (for Thos. Moore) 1741. Fifth, lacks port., later mor. backed boards; Perrott, The History of that Most Eminent Statesman, Sir John Perrott, Knight of the Bath and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 8vo Lond. 1728. First Edn., later sepia port. laid down as frontis, later calf, worn. Emf. (2) €180 - €250 375. Glasse (Mrs. Hannah) The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy, sm. 8vo Dublin 1795. New Edition. title rebacked with m/ss receipt, other m/ss notes & receipts tipped-in etc., cont. full calf, later re-back. Scarce. (1) €160 - €220 376. de’ Costumi d della morte di Maria Clementina , Regina d’Inghilterra, di Francia, e d’Irlanda. 8vo In Roma ed in Bologna (Nella Stamperia di Lelo dalla Volpe) 1737. First Edn., wormed at gutter, cont. mottled calf. Scarce. Emf. (1) €200 - €300 377. Fine Binding: Swift (Jonathan) Polite Conversations in Three Dialogues, With Introd. & Notes by George Saintsbury. 8vo Lond. (Chas. Whittingham & Co. at The Chiswick Press) 1892. Lim. Edn. No. 292 of 500 Copies. Port. fronts a.e.g. Attractive full green mor. with lg. tooled gilt floral border, & spine in panels, signed on back turn-in, L.S. 1900 with dragon motif. V. good. (1) €175 ‑ €225 369 373 374