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

22 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 144. Cookery: Lister (Martini) annotator Apicii Coelii de Opsoniis et Condimentis, Sive Arte Coquinaria, Libri Decum, 8vo, Amsterdam (Janssonio - Waesbergios) 1709, Second Edn., engd. frontis, red & black title page, full calf, later professional re-back. Bookplate of Robert Keith of Craig Esq. Good. (1) €250 - €400 145. 16th Century Treatise on Food & Health Cookery: [Pan unto] Romoli (Domenico) La Singolare Dottrina Di M. Domenico Romoli Sopranominato Panunto .., 12mo., Venice (Domenico Farri) 1587, First Edn., 376pps. [complete], contemporary full vellum. Good copy. Scarce. [Ex. Libris Marcus Crahun]. * It covers condiments for all foods of the seasons, banquet of all times, meals for Princess, declarations for quality, and a treatise on health management. An informative and invaluable source to social norms of the 16th Century. €800 - €1000 146. Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean) publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer, Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498], engraved title page, 1-104 (complete) some restoration, in a contemporary style blind tooled full leather binding. Scarce. (1) Note: It is a famous medieval medical poem, believed to have originated from the School of Salerno (12th Century). It offered practical advice on health, diet, hygiene and the maintenance of the body’s humour. Also covers subjects on mental conditions, appropriate diet and benefits of washing hands. €700 - €1000 147. Rare Belfast Imprint on Cooking Cookery: [Anon] The Housewife’s Guide or a Complete System of Modern Cookery, particularly adapted to the Middle Class of Society and diligently selected from the most approved Works, 12mo, Belfast (Joseph Smith) 1828, First Edn., 138pps (& 6pps Index) later hf. calf, marble boards, mor. label. Scarce. (1) €250 - €320 148. Rare Early 18th Century Publication on Chocolate and Sugar Cookery: [de Caylus (Jean Baptiste) attributed] Histoire Naturelle du Cacao, et du Sucre, divisee en deux traites, qui Contiennent Plusieurs faits nouveaux, et beaucoup d’observations egalement curieuses et utiles, 12mo Paris (Chez Laurent d’Houry, rue de la Harpe) 1719, First Edn., 6 plts. (4 folding complete). Ex. Libris bookplate [L.L. Deuzel], VI, 227pps (complete mis-numbered 146/147] & tables, later hf. green leather marble boards, mor. label. Good copy. Scarce. (1) [Ref: Knapp 194, Vicaire 444] €700 - €1000 149. [Johann DavidWyss] Montolieu (Mme. de) trans. Le Robinson Suisse ou Journal d’Une Pere de Famille Naufrage avec ses Enfans, sm. 8vo, 3 vols., Paris (Chez Arthus Bertrand) 1820, Third Edn., engd. frontis each volume, marble end papers, full leather, gilt tooled border, mor. labels. (3) €180 - €250 146 143 147 144 148 145