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

51 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 440. Brooke (Miss Charlotte) Reliques of Irish Poetry: 8vo Dublin (J. Christie) 1816. Second Edn.,? List of subscribers cont. mottled calf, treble gilt fillet borders, tooled gilt flat spine, mor. label. Good. Emf. (1) €200 - €300 441. Rackham - Irish Fairy Tales, sm. 4to Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1920. First Edn., 16 full page cold. plates & text illus. thro.-out by Arthur Rackham, orig. gilt decor. green cloth. V. good. (1) €150 - €220 442. Kennedy (James) Essays Ethnological and Linguistic, ed. by C.M. Kennedy. Roy 8vo Lond. 1861. First Edn., cont. hf. vellum, decor. spine. V. Scarce. (1) €140 - €200 443. Tuomy (Martin) A Treatise on the Principle Diseases of Dublin, 8vo Dublin (Wm. Folds) 1810. First Edn., rare hf. title, uncut, recent hf. calf rebind, gilt lettered spine. V. good copy. (1) €175 ‑ €225 444. Bewick (Thos.) A General History of Quadrupeds, roy 8vo Newcastle-upon- Tyne, (Ed. Walker for T. Bewick and S. Hodgson) 1807. Fifth Edn., vignette title, & wood engravings thro-out, uncut partly unopened, orig. blue boards. V. good copy. (1) €200 - €300 445. Genealogy: Hill (Rev. George) An Historical Account of the Macdonnells of Antrim, including Notices of some other Septs, Irish and Scottish. 4to Belfast 1873. First Edn., hf. title, recent large green mor. backed cloth boards. Good. Emf. (1) €140 - €200 446. de Pitigianis (Francise) Joh Duns Scoti Doctor. Subtilis in VIII. Lib. Physicorum Aristotelis Quaestiones, et Expositio, In Celeberrima,.. 4to Venice (Joannem Gueriluim)1617. Red & bl. title, with wd. cut printers device on title & at end, wd. cut capitals, one worm hole in center of gutter, orig. boards. (1) €180 - €250 447. O’Grady (Standish H.) Silva Gadelica, (I-XXXI) A Collection of Tales on Irish, Irish Text. Roy 8vo Lond. 1892; also Stokes (W.) Lives of the Saints from the Book of Lismore, Anecdota Oxoniensia. 4to Clarendon Press, 1890. First Edn., fold. cellotype frontis both cloth. Emf. (2) €80 - €130 448. Genealogy: Blake (Martin J.) Blake Family Records 1300 - 1600 and 1600 - 1700, 2 vols. roy 8vo Lond. 1902 - 1905. First Edns., fold. frontis, and Vol. I, & other plts. & illus. orig. vellum type boards. Emf. (2) €200 - €300 449. Green (J.R.) A Short History of The English People, 4 vols. sm. folio Lond. 1907. Illustrated Edition, t.e.g., fine cold. & other plts., profusely illustrated, cont. hf. crimson mor. by Bayntun of Bath. V. good. (4) €150 - €200 450. Naval Interest: Coloured Plates, A Display of the Naval Flags of All Nations, Collected from the Best Authorities, 4to,L. (Caxton Press) 1827, First Edn., cold. frontis, 14 cold. plts., cloth. (1) €200 - €300 451. Kelly. Le Cambiste Universal, ou Traite Complet des Changes, Monnaies, Poids et Mesures,... 2 vols. 4to Paris 1823. Two hf. titles, tables etc., cont. French hf. green mor. gilt decor. flat spine. Good. Emf. (2) €160 - €240 452. Signed Presentation Copy Kunz (Geo. F.) & C.H. Stevenson The Book of the Pearl, The History, Art, Science and Industry of the Queen of Gems. Sm. folio N. York 1908. First Edn., cold. frontis, cold. plts. & numerous other illus., orig. gilt decor. pale green cloth. (1) €300 - €400 450 452 443 446 449