RARE BOOK, LITERATURE & COLLECTORS’ SALE May 30th & 31st

20 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 87. Malcolm (Col Sir John) The History of Persia, from the Most Early Period to The Present Time, 2 vols. lg. 4to Lond. (for John Murray) 1815. First Edn., Fold. map frontis Vol. I & 23 engd. views or ports on 22 full page plts., all damp stained, some text also stained, recent hf. mor. mor. labels. Engraved bookplates of Michael, Earl of Rosse. (2) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €450 - €750 88. Astronomy: Herschel (Sir J. Fred. Wm.) Catalogue of Nebulae and Cluster of Stars, folio Lond. (Taylor and Francis) 1844. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, For the Year MDCCCLXIV, Volume 154, Part I, with some m/ss notes in pen & pencil, by the Earl of Rosse, 137pp, front loose blank inscribed ‘ Observatory, Birr Castle,’ full mor. worn. Rare. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €225 - €350 89. Wright (G.N.) China, in a Series of Views, Displaying The Scenery, Architecture & Social Habits of that Ancient Empire ,4 vols. in two, 4to Lond. n.d. [1843]. Four engd. add. titles, & 124 engd. full page plts., a.e.g. cont. hf. crimson mor. spine with gilt decor. bands. Good. (2) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €550 - €750 90. Carr (John Carr) The Stranger in Ireland; or, A Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of that Country in the Year 1805, 4to Lond. 1806. First Edn. 16 sepia plts. (3 lg. fold., lacks frontis) later calf backed cloth boards., plates v. clean. (1) €220 - €350 91. Waterford interest: Kitto (J.)ed. The Pictorial Bible, 4vols. sm. folio Lond. 1855. New Edn., Plates & illus. thro.-out, cont. block decorated mor. binding. (4) * Each volume has printed bookplate, Presented to St. George Freeman Esq. by the Teachers and Scholars of the Waterford Wesleyan Sunday School, .. Waterford Jan. 7th, 1863. (4) €150 - €200 92. Stephens (Henry) The Book of the Farm, 2 vols. thick imp. 8vo, Edin. & L. 1852. Second Edn., Fine engd. plts. text illus. etc. orig. gilt decor. tooled spines. An attractive clean copy. (2) €140 - €200 93. Rickmer (W. Rickmer) The Duab of Turkestan A Physiographic Sketch and Account of Some Travels. Sm. folio Cambridge (University Press) 1913. First Edn., frontis, 2 fold. cold. maps & 201 other maps, diagrams and other illus., orig. green buckram. A very clean copy. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €160 - €240 89 87 88 90 93