Rare Book & Collectors' Sale June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

21 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 133. Cookery: Massialot (Francois) Le Nouveau Cuisinier Royal et Bourgeois, 2 vols. sm. 8vo Paris 1723; also Le Nouveau Cuisinier Royal et Bourgeois ou Cuisinier Moderne, 3 vols. sm. 8vo Paris 1748. Some fold. plts. cont. mottled calf, raised bands, tooled gilt panels. (5) €300 - €400 134. Cookery: Machet (J.J.) L e Confiseur Moderne, ou L’Art du Confiseur et du Distillateur 8vo Paris 1817. Third Edn., hf. title; also Nutt (Fred.) The Complete Confectioner;... corrected by J.J. Machet, with Receipts for Home-Made Wines.. Sm. 8vo Lond. 1819. Engd. frontis 10 fold. & other plts.; Utrecht - Friedel (Mme.) Le Confiseur Royal, ou L’Art du Confiseur Devoile aux Gourmands, Paris 1821. Engd. frontis & 2 plts; Cardelli (M.) Manuel du Limonadier et du Confiseur, 12mo Paris 1827; Lacam (P.) Le Memorial .. de La patisserie, 8vo Vincennes 1892. Second Edn., All orig. bindings. Good. (5) €200 - €300 135. Crofton Croker (Thomas) The Keen of the South of Ireland, sm. 8vo Lond. (For The Percy Society) 1844. First Edn., IX, 108pp, lacks hf. title, cont. hf. mor. tooled gilt spine. V. good. Extremely Scarce. (1) €180 - €250 136. Owenson (Miss S.) [Lady Morgan], The Lay of the Irish Harp; or Metrical Fragments. Sm. 8vo Lond. 1807. First Edn., Title with wd. cut vignette illus. by Bewick, adverts on end leaf, cont. hf. mor., raised bands, gilt panels. Rare. Good. (1) €150 - €200 137. [Harris (Walter)] Hibernica: Or, Some Ancient Pieces relating to Ireland, 2 Parts in 2 vols. 8vo Dublin 1770. In orig. cont. sprinkled calf, raised bands, mor. labels. V. good copy. Scarce. (2) €150 - €220 138. Pamphlets: 1. Fiennes (N.) A Speech of the Honourable Nathanael Fiennes, (second son to the right Hon. the Lord Say) in answer to the Third Speech of the Lord George Digby... 4to [Lond.] 1641. 28pp in later mor. backed boards; 2. The Eleventh and Twelfth of the Controversial Letters, or Grand Controversie, Concerning The pretended Temporal Authority of Popes over the whole Earth,... 4to Lond. 1674. 46pp + 46pp disbound. As a lot, w.a.f. (2) €130 - €180 139. [Swift (Jon.)] & others Some Remarks on The Barrier Treaty, between Her Majesty and the States General, 8vo Lond. 1712. First Edn., 48pp in cont., tooled panel calf, recent calf re-back. V. good copy. (1) €170 - €250 140. Swift - The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. D.S.P.D.,” edited by John Hawkesworth & others, 18 vols. 12mo Edin. (Mundell) 1778. Cont. full calf, mor. labels, a few lacking. (18) €450 - €750 141. West of Ireland etc: Dallas (Rev. Alex.) The Story of the Irish Church Missions, Sm. 8vo Lond. (Soc. for Irish Church Missions) 1867. First Edn., Orig. gilt decor. green cloth. An exceptionally fine copy. Very Scarce. (1) €180 - €240 142. Cicero (M. Tulluis) Questionum Tusculanarum libri quinque, sm. 8vo Bologna (sumptibus Hieronymi de Benedictis..) 1520. Wd. cut architectural frame / border, printed upside down, title with owners name excised, good margin copy, with some m/ss marginal notes, bound in 19th Century hf. green mor. & marble boards. Desirable copy. (1) €450 - €700 143. “The School of Stews,...” [La Verenne] L’Ecole des Ragouts, ou Le Chef d’Oeuvre du Cuisinier, du Patissier et du Confiturier,12mo Paris (de L’Imprimerie de Jean Vallayre) 1718. Fourteenth Edn., cont. full French calf, tooled gilt spine. (1) * This work by La Varenne is credited with transforming French Cookery. €300 - €400 133 137 139 140 138