Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: Spring Rare Book & Collectors' Timed Auction. Rare & Antiquarian Books: to include the Residue from the Library of the Late Dr. Philip Murray, Sligo and Select items from Other Private Clients., 42424, Kilkenny

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 24, 2024 - April 24, 2024

Page Size: 710 items in 29 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
201		With Folding Maps & Plates Adrichomio - Theatrum Terrae Sanctae et Biblicarum Historiarum cum tabulis geographicis cere experessis, Authore, Christiano Adrichomio, Delpho.	Coloniae Agrippinae	1590	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
202		Profusely Illustrated de Gavarni: Oeuvres Choisies de Gavarni, Special Edition	Paris	1857	EUR 75.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
203	Miller (Philip)	The Gardener's Dictionary	London	1759	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
204	Wadding (Fr. Luke)	Scriptores Ordinis Minorum, Quibus accessit syllabus illorum qui ex eodem ordine pro Fide Christi fortiter occubuerunt.	Rome	1806	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
205	Rothe (Edith)	Mediaeval Book Illumination in Europe, folio	London	1968	EUR 90.00 - 140.00	Not Sold
206		Periodicals: The Irish Sword - The Journal of the Military History Society of Ireland. Vol. XIII, No. 51, - Vol. XXXII, No. 128	Dublin	1977-2019	EUR 140.00 - 180.00	EUR 168.75
207	With Attractive Mezzotint Plates Walker (Francis S.)	Killarney's Lakes and Falls oblong	London	1902	EUR 130.00 - 180.00	EUR 150.00
208	Mahr (Adolf)	Christian Art in Ancient Ireland, 2 vols. in One	N. York	1976	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
209	Special Limited Edition, 20 Copies Only Shirley (Evelyn Philip)	The History of the County of Monaghan	London	[1879] 1988	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
209A		Irish Engraving Views & Irish News Scraps: Two Albums, one Album containing approx. 140 engd. views of Ireland, and an Album of newspaper cuttings		mostly early 20th Century.	EUR 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
210	Ryan (Richard)	Biographia Hibernica - The Worthies of Ireland, 2 vols.	London	1821	EUR 75.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
211	Burn (R. Scott)	Outlines of Modern Farming, 5 vols. in 2,	London	1865	EUR 80.00 - 130.00	Not Sold
212	Wilson (W.)	The Post Chaise Companion or Traveller's Directory through Ireland	Dublin	1786	EUR 130.00 - 180.00	EUR 168.75
213	Travel: Wright (Rev. G.N.)	Scenes in Ireland,	London	1834	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 106.25
214	Holdsworth (Jos.)	Geology Minerals, Mines & Soils of Ireland, 1857; Cobbett (Wm.) Cottage Economy	London	1823	EUR 130.00 - 180.00	EUR 150.00
215		Almanacs etc: The Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack, .. by John Watson Stewart... For 1817	Dublin	1817	EUR 180.00 - 250.00	EUR 212.50
216	Brunker (J.P.)	Flora of County Wicklow, Dundalk 1950, First Edn., cloth; Webb (D.A.) An Irish Flora, Dundalk 1959, cloth; Praeger (R.L.) The Way that I Went			EUR 75.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
217		[Croly (George)]? Ireland in Past Times; An Historical Retrospect, Ecclesiastical and Civil, With Illustrative Notes. 2 vols.	London	1826	EUR 80.00 - 130.00	Not Sold
218	Swaysland (W.)	Familiar Wild Birds, First-Fourth Series 4 vols. in 3 vols.	London	1901	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
219		Hawkey Classics: P. Virgilii Maronies Opera,	Dublin	1745	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
220		Cromwell -The Life of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland	Dublin	1741	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 87.50
221	Ruskin (John)	The Element of Drawing; in Three Letters to Beginners	London	1857	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
222	Dickens (Charles)	American Notes for General Circulation, 2 vols.	London	1842	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 200.00
223	Madden (R.R.)	Galileo and The Inquisition	London	[1863]	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
224	Dobell (Peter)	Travels in Kamtchatka and Siberia; with A Residence in China, 2 vols.	London	1830	EUR 160.00 - 240.00	EUR 287.50

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Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
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Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE BAL FIRST BINDING. $12,000 - $18,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY in wrappers. SIGNED BY PUZO. $3,000 - $5,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HUGHES, Langston. Scottsboro Limited. 1932. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES TO NOEL SULLIVAN. $6,000 - $8,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HOMANN, Johann Baptist, HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER. [Composite Atlas]. [maps dated between 1728-1765]. $30,000 - $40,000.

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