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

31 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 216. Mc Cormick (Stephen) The Pope and Ireland; containing Newly discovered Historical Facts Concerning the Forged Bulls attributed to Popes Adrian IV and Alexander III, ... from The Twelfth to the Nineteenth Century. roy 8vo San Francisco 1889. First Edn., orig. gilt decor. green cloth, with Irish motifs. Scarce. (1) €160 - €220 217. 18th Century Manuscript of Works of St Thomas Aquinas by Richard Talbot Manuscript: “Tractatus in pri[m]am de D. Tho[m]ae Aquinatis.”MS, 4to, cont. hf vellum. 284 + 244 pp, signed on pastedown “Richard Talbot” (presumably a member of the Malahide family). Tracts from the “Summa Theologica” of St Thomas Aquinas, with headings such as “De Peccatis & Divina Gratia.” In two parts, the first ending “Finis 23 Aug 1725. 110 lessons ye whole year”, the second “Finis 1726.” As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1) €500 - €700 218. In Very Fine Bindings Dibdin (Thos. Frognall) A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, 3 vols. imp 8vo Lond. 1821. First Edn., profusely illustrated with engd. plts. ports. etc. some cold., a.e.g., tooled gilt doublours and in fine full calf profusely tooled in blind & gilt, rebacked, raised bands; also Dibdin - The Library Companion, Lond. 1824, full green mor. Good lot. (4) €300 - €400 219. I.M.C. - Curtis (Ed.)ed. Calendar of Ormond Deeds, 1172-1603, 6 vols. sm. folio Dubin 1932-1943. Orig. cloth; also McNeill (C.)ed. Kilkenny City Records Liober Primus Kilkenniensis, Dublin 1931; and White (Newport B.) The Red Book of Ormond, Dublin 1932. All First Edns., & orig. wine cold. cloth. (8) * Ex. Libris Mrs. Margaret Phelan. €200 - €300 220. An Exquisite Set Borlase (Wm. Copeland) The Dolmens of Ireland, 3 vols. sm. folio Lond. (Chapman & Hall) 1897. First Edn., 2 cold. frontis, 4 fold.-out maps, approx. 800 illus., in fine recent hf. mor. binding, marble sides, raised bands & gilt decoration, mor. labels. An exquisite set, in fine fresh state. (3) €800 - €1200 221. Lowe (E.J.) Our Native Ferns, 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1865-67, 2 col. frontis & 77 cold. plts. complete, t.e.g., attractive hf. green mor. tooled gilt spines, by Mansell, successor to Hayday, v. good set. (2) €150 - €200 222. Hibberd (Shirley) New and Rare Beautiful - Leaved Plants, roy 8vo L. 1870. First Edn., cold. frontis & 53 cold. plts.; also Lowe (E.J.) Beautiful Leaved Plants, roy 8vo L. 1872 First Edn., cold. frontis & 59 cold. plts. adverts at end, uniform orig. embossed green & purple cloth, gilt decorations. V. good. (2) €200 - €300 223. Co. Kilkenny: [O’Donovan (John)] Letters.. Relative to the Antiquities of the County Kilkenny Collected during.. Ordnance Survey in 1839, 2 vols. in One, 4to Bray 1930. Reproduced under the direction of Rev. Michael O’Flanagan. Illus. orig. cloth; Leslie (Re. J.B.) Ossory Clergy and Parishes: roy 8vo Enniskillen 1933. First Edn, some portraits, orig. cloth. (2) * Ex. libris Mrs. W.J. Phelan. €180 - €260 224. Genealogy: O’Conor (Don Rt. Hon. C.O.) The O’Conors of Connaught: An Historical Memoir, Lg. 4to Dublin 1891., First Edn., frontis plates, fold. tables, partly unopened, orig. cloth. Good. (1) €160 - €240 225. With Humorous Coloured Plates Varin (Amedee) L’Empire des Legumes Memoires de Cucurbitus Jer. Recueillis et mis en ordre par MM. Eugene Nus et Antony Meray, lg. 4to Paris (G. de Gonet) [1851] Frit Edn., engd. cold. frontis, & 24 plts. add title page, green leather back marbled boards. (1) Note: The plates are amusing and charming and depict the vegetables as humans in situations such as two radishes in a drunken state outside an Inn, three lady cos lettuces in the act of committing suicide etc. The frontispiece is of a chef about to prepare a carrot man for the pot, around him are weeping onions, an artichoke tearing out his hair, pleading radishes and spring onions and above all, a carrot lady with her hand on the chef ’s shoulder crying for mercy. Rare First Edn., Paris 1151. €700 - €1000 226. Contemporary Hand Colouring Heraldry: Legh (Gerald) The Accedence of Armorie, 8vo Lond. 1591. Wd.-cut title & wd. cut final leaf, numerous wd-cut coats of arms, all cont. hand-cold. lacks fold. plts. some tears or stains, etc., recent mor. backed boards; also, Guillim (J.) A Display of Heraldry, folio Lond. 1638, lacks title, profusely illus. with wd.-cut coats of arms, all cont. hd. cold. defective copy, cont. sheep. S.N.S.R. (2) €200 - €300 217 220 226 225