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

49 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 284. Orpen (Chas. Edw. H.) The Contrast between Atheism, Paganism and Christianity, Illustrated; or the Uneducated Deaf and Dumb, as Heathens, compared with those who have been instructed in Language and Revelation, and taught by the Holy Spirit as Christians, 8vo, D. (M. Goodwin) 1827. First Edn., Litho frontis., uncut, recent grey boards; Burns (John) of Monaghan An Historical and Chronological Remembrance, 8vo, D. 1775, full calf, mor. label, some wear. Both Scarce. (2) €130 - €180 285. M’Callum (H. & J.) An Original Collection of the Poems of Ossian, Orrann, Ulin and other Bards, 8vo, Montrose (Review Newspaper Office) 1816, First Edn., uncut, cloth backed boards; MacPherson (James)trans. Morisons Edition of the Poems of Ossian, The Son of Fingal, 2 vols., 8vo, Perth (R. Morison Junior) 1795, engd. plts., hf. mor., mor. labels. (3) €120 - €140 286. Signed by Lord Rosse, Birr Castle Astronomy: Herschel (Sir John F.W.) Outlines of Astronomy, thick 8vo Lond. 1873. New Edition Frontis & 9 plts. (1 fold.) XIX, [754]pp, advert leaf at end, orig. purple cloth faded; also Holden (Ed. S.) Sir William Herschel. His Life and Works, sm 8vo Lond. 1881. First Edn., hf. title, port. frontis, orig. cloth. (2) * Title page of first item inscribed ‘Rosse’ & second title with stamp of Birr Castle with coronet. Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €160 - €260 287. Burton (Frances Barbara) Elective Polarity, The Universal Agent, 8vo Lond. (Simpkin Marshall & Co.) 1846. Second Edn., with an Introductory Address, XLII, 171pp, a.e.g., full cont. mor., with gilt lined borders, and gilt spine. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €150 - €200 288. Bourrit (M.)l’aine, Pasteur de l’Eglise protestante de Lyon, President du Consistoire. Itineraire de Lyon a La Balme,... 8vo Lyon 1807. First Edn., egnd. frontis., Pres. Copy, ‘A Monsieur le Colonel Godefrey de la part de l’Auteur a Lyon - 1816,’ cont. full calf, gilt fillet borders. Good. (1) €60 - €80 289. Edwards (Wm. H.) A Voyage up The River Amazon, including A Residence at Para, 8vo Lond. (J. Murray) 1847, bound with another item; also another Edition of same work, London 1861; The Amazon and its Wonders,... By the author of ‘The Arctic World,’... 8vo Lond. (Thos. Nelson) 1881., 28 plts; Bates (H.W.) The Naturalist on the River Amazons, Lond. (J. Murray) 1891. Sixth Edn., illus. etc., all pictorial or cloth. (4) €100 - €150 290. First Dublin Edition du Bocage (Madame) Letters concerning England, Holland and Italy, 2vols. 12mo Dublin (P. &W. Wilson, J. Potts, J. Williams, W. Colles, J. Porter, T. Walker and R. Moncrieffe) 1771. First Dublin Edn., engd. port. frontis, Vol. I, XI, [1] 203pp, & Vol. II, 216pp,cont.sprinkled calf, raised bands, mor. labels. Very good. (2) €150 - €200 291. All with Engraved Plates Roussel (Napoleon) Mon Yoyage en Algerie raconte a mes enfans, 12mo Paris (Risler) n.d. Engd. title, & 6 engd. plts. (includ. frontis) cont. hf. green tooled gilt spine,mor.label; Labrun (Henri) Voyages on Abyssinie et en Nubie, 12mo Tours 1845. Engd. add. title, engd. frontis & 2 plts. cont. hf. mor. tooled gilt spine; View du Venerable.. Pierre-Rose-Ursule-Dumoulin Borie, Suivie d’un Appendice sur Les Missions Chez Le Infedeles; Par un Pretre du Diocese de Tulle. 12mo Paris 1846. Second Edn., port. forntis & 1 plt. cont. hf.calf,mor.label. All v. good. (3) €160 - €220 292. American School Books: Workman (Benj.) Elements of Geography, Designed for Young Students in that Science. Sm. 12mo Philadelphia (Ebenezer M’Culloch) 1807. The Twelfth Edition. Engd. frontis & 7 other engd. maps include 1 lg. fold., rebacked & one of Solar System, some pencil marks or traced pen titles, in orig. tree calf, rebacked, gilt lettered spine. A good copy of a scarce item; also, Gibbons (James) Dilworth’s Assistant adapted to the Commerce of the United States, 12mo New York (R. M’Dermot and E.Duyckince) 1810; Morse (J. and S. Edwards) A New System of Geography Ancient and Modern for the Use of Schools, 12mo Boston 1822. Lacks Atlas, both cont. calf, worn. All very Scarce. As a lot, w.a.f. (3) €180 - €250 286 287 291