1. [Chiari, Giovanni] Vascellini, Gaetano.

Statue di Firenze [incluso: “Catalogo delle Statue del R. Giardino di Boboli colla Notizia dei Loro Autori”, “Catalogo delle Statue nel R. Palazzo de Pitti”, Catalogo delle Statue colla Notizia dei Loro Autori ec.” ec.]

Tres Parti (complete) [Tutto dichiarato come prima parte]. Firenze, Presso Giuseppe Volpini Cartolaro, no year [c. 1765]. Octavo. Collation complete. Pagination: Part I (Primo): Frontispiece copper-engraving with Florence in the background, 8 pages of text with introduction by Giovanni Chiari and the catalogue of statues in Boboli Garden, 25 plates each with 4 copper-engravings of Statues in Boboli Garden. Part II (Seconda): Frontispiece copper-engraving with Florence in the background, 8 pages of text with catalogue of Statues in Palazzo Pitti, 41 plates each with 4 copper-engravings of Statues in Pitti Palace. Part III (Terza): Frontispiece copper-engraving with Florence in the background, 8 pages of text with catalogue of Statues [″Catalogo delle Statue colla Notizia del Loro Autori ec. (incl. Michelangelo Buonarotti, Donatello etc.). Hardcover / Original bookblock rebound by Bayntun in Bath in a subtle and charming modern cloth with gilt lettering on new spine-label. Original endpapers preserved. Exceptional condition of this rare 18th century publication with only very faint signs of foxing. Provenance: Richard Meade, Ballymartle (with the Meade Family – crest as library stamp).

2. Coke, Edward / [ Provenance: Andrea Morrogh / Richard Meade (Ballymartle)].

Quinta Pars Relationum Edwardi Coke Equitis aurati, Regiy Attornati Generalis : De variys Resolutionibus & Indicys, magna & matura deliberatione in rebus permagni momenti & ponderis…/ The Fift [sic] Part [Fifth Part] of the Reports of Sr. Edward Coke Knight, the Kings Attorney General : Of divers Resolutions and Iudgements given upon great deliberation, in matters of great importance & consequence by the reverend Iudges and Sages of the Law ; together with the reasons and causes of their Resolutions and Iudgements.

Original Bilingual Edition in Latin and English. London, Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1605. Quarto (19.5 cm wide x 29.3 cm high). [7], 41, 127, [2] pages. Original full leather on five raised bands. Original binding of the 17th century. Poor condition of the binding. Some fraying to the titlepage. Front pastedown missing but text complete with both endpapers. Annotated throughout in an old hand (possibly by Andrea Morrogh). Quite some wormhole-damage throughout to several pages but limited to only the outer margins of some pages without text being affected. Overall the typography and the paper-quality excellent and mostly clean. Pages mainly loose but only due the stitching of the five raised bands being separated. Name on endpaper in ink: “Ex libris Andrea Morrogh”, possibly of the Morrogh family of Inis Beg Morrogh (County Cork). Later from the library of Richard Meade in Ballymartle (near Kinsale).