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

90 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 715. Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (1720-1778) Veduta degli Avanzi, and Veduta del presente Stato dell interno del Pronae del Tempio d’Ercole nella Citta di Cora, black and white etchings, c. 1750’s, rimmed mounted on card, as engravings (2) €300 - €400 716. Giovanni Battisea Piranesi, Italian (1720-1778) Engraving: Veduta Degli Avanzi del tablino della Casa Aurea di Nerone, detti Volgrmente Il Tempio della Pace, Presso l’autore a Strada Felice Vicino alla Trinita de Monti, a paoli due e mezzo., approx. 42cms x 55cms (16½” x 21½”), in recent black frame. Good. (1) €200 - €300 717. Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (1720-1778) A large pair of early black and white Engravings , one depicting "St. Peters Square in the Vatican City with St. Peters Basilica," (A) All Altezza Reale Eminentissima di Errigo Benedetto Maria escovodi Frascati Cardinal Duca d'Yorck ..." 1774, the other "Crowded Interior of the Basilica," (B) Alla Santita del Somno Pontefico Papa Pio VI..." 1775 both in moulded gilt frames, 71cms x 97cms (28" x 38"). (2) €2,000 - €3,000 718. Early English Caricature Hogarth (Wm.) The Bench, of the different meaning of the Words, Character, Caricature and Outré in Painting and Drawing. Designed & Engraved by W. Hogarth. Published as the Act directs 4 Sept. 1758. approx. 31cms x 21cms (12¼” x 8½”). The unfinish’d Groupe of Heads in the Upper part of this Print was added by the Author in Oct. 1764, in hogarth frame. Very Scarce. (1) €300 - €400 719. Coloured Prints: Baxter (George) 1804-1867, Crystal Palace during the 1851 Great Exhibition, coloured print depicting large crowds with horses and carriages outside Crystal Palace, approx. 16cms x 34cms (6¼” x 13”) in rectangulär gilt frame. (1) €150 - €200 720. Original 18th Century Architectural Drawing Co. Carlow?: Nowlan (Michael) Architect. A Plan of an Obilisque Pedestils and Orrens to be done for Samuel Faulkner Esq. To be erected over the gateway at the entrance to the Forth. December 3rd 1794. Drew at large by a scale of 2 feet to one Inch by Michael Nowlan. A large pen, ink & wash architectural drawing, approx. 40cms x 31cms (15½” x 12¼”), somewhat stained, wooden frame. As a m/ss., w.a.f. V. Rare. (1) €200 - €300 721. R.D.S. - Dublin Horse Show, 1926 & 1932.Two Official Catalogues, 8vo Dublin 1926-1932. Each with fold. map, adverts. etc., full program, and each in attractive illustrated coloured wrappers after Olive Whitemore, both v. good. Scarce. (2) €100 - €150 722. Fine Illuminated Collection Manuscript: The Title Page and first 18 verses of the 36 stanza Poem The Dream of Eugene Aram by Thomas Hood (1799-1845), each written on a separate page with beautifully illuminated borders and decorations. The poem contrasts the innocent play of a group of schoolboys with the guilty dream of their master, the real-life murderer Eugene Aram (1704-1759) As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1) €200 - €300 723. Rare Irish Platebook Clayton (B.) The Drawing Book of Irish Scenery, Figures, Cattle, etc., Drawn from Nature... Oblong 8vo Lond. (Dean & Co.) n.d. c. 1845. Four plates from Co. Limerick, Galway & Co. Wicklow. In orig. pict. wrappers. Ex. Scarce. From the collection of Rev. J. Atkyns Davis, nephew of Thomas Davis. (1) €150 - €200 717 721 724. Original Illustrations for London News & Punch Original Drawings: [Leech (John) & Tenniel (Sir John)] An important Album of numerous Caricature or Cartoon Drawings, mostly with titles to include: * Railway Miseries; * Akalees of the Sikh Army ; * Cockney Fisherman ; * Death of Major Broadfoot at the Battle of Ferozepoore ; * News of the Battle, Railway Surveyors ; * Polish Patriots ; also head sketches and scenes, approx. 40 sketches, as an Album. Unique. (1) €1000 - €1500