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22 info@fonsiemealy.ie 65 Ledwich (Ed.) Antiquities of Ireland, lg. 4to Dublin 1803. Second Edn., frontis add. engd. title, list of subscribers, & 39 engd. plts. (ex. 40) some browning, later mor. backed cloth. Ex. Library Copy. (1) €100-€150 66 Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Folio Paris 1624. First Edn., red & bl. title with vignette of Columba, Patrick & St. Bridget (soiled), wd. cut initials & engd. ports., some damp stains thro.-out, later hf. mor. (1) €350-€500 67 Baker (Lt. Col. H.R.) & Inglis (Chas. M.) The Birds of Southern India, include Madras, Malabar, Travancore, Cochin, Coorg & Mysore. Roy 8vo Madras 1930. Coloured plates orig. cloth, v. good; Jones (T.R.) Cassell’s Book of Birds, Vols. I & II in one. Sm. folio Lond. n.d. Numerous cold. & bl. & white plates, cont. hf. crimson mor. V. good. (2) €80-€130 68 Shaw (Geo. Bernard) Prefaces, thick roy 8vo London (Constable & Co.) 1934. First Edn., decor. title, orig. full blind tooled mor. geometrical designs; also The Complete Plays of Bernard Shaw, thick roy 8vo Lond. 1934. Port. frontis full mor. V. clean copies. (2) €80-€120