MYERS & Co., 59, High Holborn, London, VV.C. n 



42 BINDING BY SAMUEL MEARNE [SHERIDAN (Thomas)] A DISCOURSE OK THE 



RISE AND POWER or PARLIAMENTS, of Laws, of Courts of Judicature, of Liberty, 

 Property, and Religion, of the Interest of England, in reference to the Designs of 

 France: Of Taxes, and of TRADE [London] Printed in the year 1677, sm. 8vo, 

 BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN OLD ENGLISH RED MOROCCO, THE 

 SIDES DELICATELY TOOLED IN GOLD TO A LE GASCON DESIGN, 

 COMPOSED OF SCROLL WORK GEOMETRICALLY ARRANGED, WITHIN A QUADRUPLE 

 LINE BORDER, THE TWO INNER LINES OF DOTTED WORK, THE SPACES BETWEEN 

 FILLED WITH ELEGANT FLOWER SPRAYS, TULIPS, LARGE GOLD DOTS AND OTHER 

 ORNAMENTS, A LARGE POINTILL& TULIP AT EACH ANGLE, THE TOP AND BOTTOM 

 CENTRE COMPARTMENTS FILLED WITH SIMILAR FLOWER SPRAYS IN THE FORM OF A 

 CROSS, THE MIDDLE ONE WITH A CROSS FORMED OF THE WELL KNOWN MEARNE 

 TULIP IN POINTILL AND LINE, BACK TOOLED IN 5 COMPARTMENTS CONTAINING A 

 ROSE AND LEAFY CROSS ALTERNATELY, G.E., bottom of back slightly repaired, 2 tiny 

 wormholes in it and one on front cover which also has a slight ink stain, BUT A 



REMARKABLY FINE AND WELL PRESERVED EXAMPLE OF SAMUEL MEARNE*S BEST 

 WORK, ;l8 



Rarely docs it happen that an important book is found in an equally important binding, the great 

 majority of examples of Samuel Mearne, the royal binder's skill covering devotional works of 

 small value in themselves. Thomas Sheridan the author of the present work was a noted 

 Jacobite, was Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1687 and Private Secretary to James II. in exile. 

 His book was reprinted in 1870 as " Revelations in Irish History." 



43 BINDING BY SAMUEL MEARNE [PAKINGTON (Lady D.)?] THE GENTLEMAN'S 



CALLING, London, R. Pawlet, 1682, 8vo, the title bearing the autograph 

 inscription "jg, the gift of my deare M r . Bushe F. Hamilton" MOST BEAUTIFULLY 

 BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY DARK OLIVE MOROCCO SKILFULLY INLAID WITH 

 DIFFERENTLY COLOURED MOROCCO, COVERED WITH RICH GOLD TOOLING, 

 HEIGHTENED WITH SILVER, OF EXQUISITE WORKMANSHIP, BY THE ROYAL BINDER, 

 SAMUEL MEARNE, 



FOR BEAUTY OF DESIGN AND ELABORATE INLAID WORK THIS VOLUME FORMS A VERITABLE CHEF 

 D'CEUVRE OF SAMUEL MEARNE, AND HAS THE ATTRACTION OF BEING IN A MARVELLOUSLY 

 FINE STATE OK PRESERVATION. THE SIDES ARE TOOLED IN COMPARTMENTS IN DOUBLE LINES, 

 THE FIRST WITH AN OUTER LEAFY ROLL AND AN INSIDE RICH DENTELLE, OF LARGE SIZE, WITH 

 ALTERNATE TULIPS AND CORNFLOWERS, ENCLOSING AN INNER PANEL RICHLY DECORATED 

 WITH AN INLAY OF RED AND BLACK MOROCCO WITH CITRON CENTREPIECE ARRANGED 

 GEOMETRICALLY, AND THE WHOLE COVERED, WITH ELABORATE SCROLL WORK, SURROUNDED 

 BY GRACEFUL AND VERY DELICATE POINTILLK AND LINE TOOLING ; AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM 

 APPEAR MEARNE'S CHARACTERISTIC ROSE, ALSO INLAID, AND ACCOMPANIED BY INLAID 

 CORNFLOWERS AND DOTS, THE BACK ORNAMENTED WITH A SIMILAR ROSE, WITHIN SCROLL AND 

 LINE WORK. THE WHOLE EXECUTED IN GOLD, HEIGHTENED WITH 

 SILVER AND ALTOGETHER AFFORDING ONE OF THE FINEST AND MOST 

 PERFECT EXAMPLES OF MEARNE'S BEST WORK EVER LIKELY TO BE 

 OFFERED FOR SALE. 



[See Illustration.] 



44 BINDING OBSERVATIONS SUR L'ART DU COMDIEN, et sur d'autres objects 

 concernant cette profession en general, ouvrage destine a de Jeunes acteurs et 

 actrices, par le Sieur D * *, ancien Comedien, Seconde Edition, corrigee et 

 augmentee de beaucoup d'Anecdotes Theatrales, et de plusieurs Observations 

 nouvelles, aux depens d'une Societe Typographique, 1774, 8vo, RICH OLD FRENCH 

 RED MOROCCO, triple %old fillet on the sides, back tooled in compartments with leafly 

 corners and centre floral ornament, vine sprays at top and bottom, inside borders, g.e. t 

 A FINE AND REMARKABLY WELL PRESERVED EXAMPLE OF THE SKILL OF THE 

 FAMOUS FRENCH BINDER DEROME LE JEUNE, ^2 IDS 



ONE OF A FEW COPIES PRINTED ON THICK PAPER, with the scarce leaf of errata at end. An 

 interesting old dramatic work containing inter alia anecdotes of Garrick. 



