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96 info@fonsiemealy.ie 356 Vinycomb (John) On the Process for the Production of Ex Libris (Book-Plates) Lond. 1894. First Edn., cold. frontis & other plts., with some orig. bookplate, cloth; also Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art.. in British Heraldry, Lond. 1906. First Edn., illus., cloth. Both Scarce. Good. (2) €100-€150 357 Early Printings: Pasquier (Etienne) Les Recherches de la France, thick sm. 4to Paris (L. Sonnius) 1607 Wd. cut armorial on title, wd.-cut heads & capitals, some m/ss cont. notes on blanks front & rear, orig. vellum; Bellarmino (Rob.) S.J. Explanatio in Psalmos, sm. thick 4to Rome (B. Zanneti) 1611. Fine engd. title, wd. cut initials, orig. vellum, clean copy; 1 other item, all in cont. vellum. (3) €120-€180 358 Anon. Derriana: A Collection of Papers Relative to the Siege of Derry... 1688, 8vo London-Derry 1794. First Edn., wd. cut coat of arms, recent hf. calf; [Ewart (Lavens (M.)] Editor, Handbook of the United Diocese of Down, & Connor & Dromore, Historical and Statistical. 4to Belfast [1895] With a Presentation Letter from Editor, Signed tipped-in, with attractive pull-out printed notice, illus. adverts etc., boards; Ruse (D.C.) History of Monaghan, Dundalk 1921, cloth. Ex. Library. (3) €80-€130 359 [Croly (George)]? Ireland in Past Times; An Historical Retrospect, Ecclesiastical & Civil, 2 vols. Lond. 1826. First Edn., 1 hf. title, uncut, orig. cloth. Scarce. (2) €80-€130