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

68 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 415. Fine Complete Facsimile Limited Edition Book of Kells : EvangeliorumQuattuor Codex Cenannensus, 3 vols. lg. 4to (each measuring 16” x 9”), Berne, Switzerland (Urs Graf.) 1950. Special Limited Edn. No. 116 of 500 Copies. Fine cold. plts. thro.-out, first 2 vols. in original gilt stamped full vellum, the third volume in bound vellum backed blue boards. A very good copy. (3) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €2000 - €3000 417A 416. Swedish Interest: Eugen (Prins) Svenska Landskap, oblong folio Stockholm [1905] 30 full page illus. coloured plt., decor. endpapers, orig. gilt lettered oatmeal cloth, soiled. (1) €120 - €180 417. Irish Paintings: Van Hoek (Kees)ed. Gaetano de Gennaro Pastels and Paintings, Lg. Atlas, folio Dublin (Three Candles Press) 1945. De Luxe Limited Edn. No. 41 of 100 Copies Only Signed by Artist, 37 tipped-in plts. later hf. crushed green mor. gilt decor. spine; Conor (William) The Irish Scene, lg. folio Belfast 1944. First Edn., 12 cold. & other plts., orig. cloth. Both v. good. (2) €200 - €300 417A. Oriental Rugs: Periodical, Hali-The International Magazine of Fine Carpets and Textiles, approx. 31 issues, folio c. 1980-2001, profusely illustrated, all orig. illustrated wrappers. As a periodical, a box. (1) €350 - €500 418 – See page 76 Large Volumes & Table Items: Lots 419 - 483 419 – See pages 70 & 71 420. Astronomy: Boeddicker (Otto) The Milky Way from The North Pole to 10 of South Inclination, Drawn at The Earl of Rosse’s Observatory at Birr Castle, Lg. Atlas folio London (Longman Green & Co.) 1892. First Edin. Title with illus of Birr Castle, Co. Offaly in Ir eland, one sheet of letterpress & 4 full page lithos of the Milky Way, also included loosely inserted is an introductory prospectus. In orig. blue cloth portfolio, with printed label on front cover. V. good copy. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €500 - €800 421. Astronomy Charts: Boeddicker (Otto) The Milky Way, No’s 1 - IV, Birr Castle 1884- 1889, four large lithos by W.H. Wesley & ptd. by West, Newman, each approx. 46cms x 58cms (18” x 23”) loose; and Mar. Carrington’s Circumpolar Charts For 1885, No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10. Together 9 charts, each approx. 34cms x 42cms (13½” x 16½) loose. As a portfolio, w.a.f. Rare. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate. €200 - €300 420