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

26 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 174. 17th Century Publication on Medical Dietetics Nunez (Luis) Ludovici Nonni Medici Antverpienses Diatecticon Sive de Re Cibaria Libri IV, 4to Antwerp (Petri Belleri) 1645, Second, engd. title page, XI, 526pps (including Index), some staining, [misnumbered pages 64/65], full contemp. calf, gilt decor. panels, mor. labels. (1) Note: [Vicaire 626] * The work systematically studies goods from a medical and hygienic point of view and is considered to have founded medical dietetics. €500 - €700 175. Map: Co. Galway: Index to the Townland Survey of the County of Galway, and the County of the Town of Galway, an attractive hd. coloured linen backed map, approx. 66cms x 97cms (26” x 38”), folded, Dublin c. 1848. Good. (1) €100 - €150 176. The French Invasion 1798 Related ; Bantry Bay : Walker’s Hibernian Magazine, ... [issue] .. for January 1797. 8vo Dublin 1797. With orig. engd. portrait of ‘Lieutenant G. Prosheau,’ who was taken Prisoner by the Peasants at Bantry Bay, near Cork. Pps 1 - 96, uncut, in original blue printed wrappers. Very good, in recent cloth case. Scarce. (1) €200 - €300 177. Military: Rules and Regulation for the Sword Exercise of the Cavalry, 8vo Dublin (R.E. Mercier & Co.) 1797. Rare First Irish Edn., hf. title, & 29 original plts. (2 fold.) all v. clean, in recent attractive hf. crimson mor. V. good. V. Rare. (1) €400 - €600 178. R.D.S. - Co. Meath: Thompson (Rob.) Statistical Survey of the County of Meath,... Under the direction of the Dublin Society. 8vo Dublin 1802. First Edn., Engd. frontis, lg. fold. engd. map of Meath, errata slip, 12 engd. plts. & fold. graph, uncut, orig. boards, paper spine lacking. A v. clean copy. (1) €250 - €350 179. With Hand-Coloured Plates Milne (Colin) A Botanical Dictionary: or, Elements of .. Botany, 8vo Lond. 1805. Third Edn., With 25 attractive hd. cold. plts. fold. tables, in orig. full calf, top of spine repaired. Bookplate of Sir John William Lubbock, Bart. (1) €160 - €220 180. Co. Kilkenny: Hogan (John) St. Ciaran Patron of Ossory: A Memoir of His Life and Times, 8vo Kilkenny (Journal) 1876. First Edn., Inscribed Presentation Copy from Author to Mr. John Hennessy, St. Johns College, Waterford, orig. cloth; also Birch (Rev. P.) Saint Kieran’s College, Kilkenny, Dublin 1951. First Edn., with orig. A.L.s from author to Mrs. (Margaret) Phelan. tipped in at front, d.w. (2) €120 - €150 181. Co. Kilkenny: Pamphlets - 1. Sketches of the Merino Factory, Descriptive of its Origin and Progress: and of the System of Discipline and Moral Government, 8vo Dublin 1818. First Edn., engd. frontis 53pp; 2. Henry (J.)MD An Account of The Drunken Sea, D. 1840. First Edn., 15pp; 3. Little Island and Big Island, or Children’s Talk at Runnymede, D. 1841. First Edn., 16pp; & others, cont. hf. mor. as pamphlets, w.a.f. Scarce. (1) * Inscribed on front blank ‘ To R. Duggan Esq. from J.D. Hackett, 1922, Merino factory, outside Kilkenny, was founded by Families of Nolan & Shaw.’ €200 - €300 178 174 179 176 177