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44 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 248. Astronomical: Smyth (Vice-Admiral W.H.) The Cycle of Celestial Objects continued at The Hartwell Observatory to 1859, With a notice of Recent Discoveries, including details from The Aedes Hartwellianae . Lg. 4to London (John Bowyer Nichols & Sons) 1860. Printed for Private Circulation. First Edn., Engd. vignette on title, 6 full page plts. text illus. etc., orig. cloth, needs re- binding. Scarce. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €300 - €500 249. Palladio - Andrea Palladio’s Architecture in Four Books, Containing a Dissertation on the Five Orders of ye most Necessary Observations relating to all kinds of Building ... Carefully Revis.’d and Redelineated. Folio Lond. (for Benj. Cole, engraver .. & John Wilcox) 1736. Engd. title dam. & relined, dedit. damp stained & relined, ‘The Author to the Reader.’ pp [1] - VI, & page [7] - 44, water stained in lower margin, & 213 engd. plts, some fold., & some relined at end of vol., some staining, recent hf. mor. mor. label. S.N.S.R. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €350 - €500 250. With Attractive Coloured Plates Rutter (John) Delineations of Fonthill and its Abby, lg. 4to London 1823. Published by Author. First & Only Edition. lg. fold. cold. map of the Estate, & 12 full page plts. of which 3 are hand coloured, & wd. cut illus. vignettes thro-out text, plus plate South West View, which is lacking in most copies, a.e.g., cont. hf. crimson mor. gilt tooled spine, & gilt Gothic design on front cover. V. good. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €325 - €500 251. Fine Hand-Coloured Plates: [Dalvimart (Octavien)] The Costume of Turkey, ... with Descriptions in English and French, Folio Lond. (for Wm. Miller by Wm. Bulmer) 1804. First Edn., engd. cold. vignette title & add. bl. & white title, & 60 full page hd. cold. plts. (include frontis) a.e.g., full crimson mor. with large blind & gilt tooled borders. V. good. (1) * Bookplate of Michael, Earl of Rosse Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €750 - €1250 248 251 249 252. Fine Hand Coloured Plates: [Miller (Wm.)] The Costume of the Russian Empire, .. with Descriptions in English and French. Folio Lond. (For Wm. Miller .. by Wm. Bulmer) 1804. First Edn., 2 titles, in English & French, 73 full page hd. cold. plts., a.e.g., full crimson mor. with large blind & gilt tooled borders. V. good. (1) * Bookplate of Michael, Earl of Rosse. Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €800 - €1300 250