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

23 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 150. Rare 17th Century Guide to Building a Library Naude (Gabriel) Advis Pour Dresser Une Bibliotheque Presente a Monseigneur le President de Mesme, sm. 8vo Paris (chez Rolet Le Duc, Rue S. Lacques) 1644 Seconde Edition (Reveue Corrigee et Augmentee), t.p., VI, 164pps (complete) [misnumbering on pages 88/89], some underlining and notes (tear to bottom of page 21 (no text loss), marble endpapers, full contemp. calf gilt decor. spine, mor. label, later custom slipcase. Scarce. (1) €800 - €1000 151. Cookery: Kidder (E.) Receipts of Pastry and Cookery for the Use of his Scholars, who teaches at his School in Queen Street near St. Thomas Apostles..., 8vo, [London] [1720], 40 engraved plates of recipes (complete) some staining and repairs, full catspaw calf, double gilt fillet border, acorn corners, mor. label. Good copy. (1) Note: “Kidder’s Handsome Book was a Remarkable Production,” (Maclean), apparently produced for students of the earliest known cooking school in England, run by Kidder in various London locations during the 1720s-30s. The work provides “A valuable record of 170 standard English dishes of the day, accompanied by attractive designs for pie shapes and decorations. The first recipe for puff pastry (identical to the standard commercial product of today) to appear in print is Kidder’s” ODNB) In Old Cook Books: An Illustrated History, Eric Quayle devotes several pages to Kidder and his work. €700 - €900 152. Cooking: The New British Jewel, or Complete Housewife’s Best Companion, also Complete Farrier, & The Royal Gardener, ] sm. 8vo, L. (Osborne, Griffin & H. Mozley) 1788, First Edn., text engravings, 108pps (complete) later hf. calf, marble boards, mor. label. (1) €180 - €250 153. Middleton (Conyers) A Free Inquiry into the Miraculous Powers, which are supposed to have subsisted in the Christian Church, 4to Lond. 1749. First Edn., hf. title, cont. mor. tooled gilt spine; also Dodwell (Wm.) A Free Answer to Dr. Middleton’s Free Inquiry, 8vo L. 1749. Second Edn., 142pp., bound with A Letter to the Rev. Dr. Coyers Middleton.., 8vo Lond. 1749, 235pp, cont. full calf. (2) €160 - €240 154. Pamphlet - [O’Connell (Daniel)] Historical Account of The Laws Against the Roman - Catholics of England, 8vo Lond. 1811. First Edn., 51pp in recent mor. backed boards. Attributed to O’Connell. V. Scarce. (1) €200 - €300 155. Pamphlet: The Answer of a Protestant Gentleman in Ireland to a Late Letter from N.N.. Sm. 4to Lond. (Ric. Chiswell) 1689. Sole Edition 18pp title within dble lind border, recent mor. backed boards. Good Scarce. (1) * Reflects the anxieties and political positions of the Protestant minority in Ireland at the time. Sweeney 173. Scarce. €220 - €350 156. Pope Pius VII and Napoleon: - The Concordat between His Holiness Pope Pius VII and Bonaparte Chief Consul to the French Republic, 8vo Dublin (H. Fitzpatrick) 1802 First Irish Edition 130pp; Bound with, Hippisley (Sir J.C.) The Substance of Additional Observations .. in the House of Commons in the Debate on the Petition of the Roman Catholics of Ireland ... 13th and 14th May, 1805, Lond. 1806. Errata leaf at front, XVI, 123, 112pp, in recent mottled calf, raised bands, mor. label, dble. gilt fillet borders. V. attractive copy. (1) €200 - €300 157. Spoils Fitzgerald (F. Scott) The Beautiful and the Damned, 8vo, New York (Scribers) 1922, First Edn., First Printing, dark green cloth, gilt lettered spine, blind lettered front cover, dedit page, d.j. (in facsimile) with illustration by W.E. Hill, previous owners name on f.e.p. Otherwise good copy. (1) * This was the author’s second novel. The story of the dissolut life and deterioration of a wealthy, glamorous young couple - First published in@March with a print run of 20,600 copies. [Lit: Bruccoli A81a] €500 - €600 150 151 157 152