Purcell Auctioneers: A Private Library of Antiquarian Books, Fine Bindings, Rare Modern Literature/First Editions, Maps, GAA Interest, Posters, Postcards, Journals, Broadsides, Irish Language etc., 111324, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 13, 2024 - November 13, 2024

Page Size: 651 items in 27 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
176	Henry Hallam.	Hallam's Literature of Europe. Introduction to the Literature Of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries	London	1847	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 98.40
177		Compte Rendue Au Roi, par M. Necker, Directeur general des Finances. Au mois de Janvier 1781.	Vienna	1781	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
178	Elton, Charles I.	An Account of Shelly's Visits to France, Switzerland, and Savoy, in the Years 1814 and 1816 With Extracts From the History of a Six-Week Store and Letters Descriptive of a Sale Around the Lake of Geneva and of the Glaciers of 1817		1817	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 344.40
179	Stillingfleet, Edward	The Unreasonableness of Separation or an Impartial Account of the History Nature and Pleas of the Present Separation from the Communion of the Church of England.	London	1681	EUR 150.00 - 175.00	Not Sold
180	Innes Hammond	The Conquistadors -	London	1970	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 98.40
181	Machiavelli (Niccolo).	Tutte le Opere, 5 parts in 1 vol.	Geneva	1550	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 738.00
182	the Rev. James O'Kane	Notes on the Rubrics of The Roman Ritual - The Sacraments in General -	(Dublin	1868	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 135.30
183	Laurence Sterne	THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY, GENTLEMAN	Norwalk Connecticut	1980	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
184	John O'Curry.	An Historical And Critical Review Of The Civil Wars In Ireland From The Reign Of Queen Elizabeth To The Settlement Under King William,		1778	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 110.70
185		BOOK Of KELLS. Evangeliorum Quatter Codex Ceannensies. 3 Volume set.	Berne	1950	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,722.00
186		The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes, Complete. With his last Corrections, Additions and Improvements As they were delivered to the Editor a little before his Death		1760	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 369.00
187	Thomas Leland.	History of Ireland from the Invasion of Henry II (1773), complete in 3 vols.			EUR 260.00 - 300.00	EUR 246.00
188		Q. Horatius, Flaccus. Ex Recensios & cum Notis Atque Emendationibus Richardi Bentleii. Editio Tertia.	Amstelasdami	(1728).	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 86.10
189		The Book of Durrow. Evangeliorum Quattuor Codex Durmachensis.	Lausanne Switzerland.	1960	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,400.00	EUR 1,353.00
190	Barrington, Sir Jonah	Historic Anecdotes and Secret Memoirs of the Legislative Union, between Great Britain and Ireland.	London	1809	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 98.40
191	Charles Dickens --	Master Humphrey's Clock, with illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne.	London.	1840	EUR 100.00 - 300.00	EUR 196.80
192	Peter Nicholson.	The Cabinet Maker, Upholster and Complete Decorator.		1826	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
193		Erin. A Geographical and Description Poem, In Two Parts.		1810	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 221.40
194	Henry D. Inglis.	A Journey Throughout Ireland.	Dublin.	1834	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
195		A Collection of Poems, Mostly Original, by Several Hands Vol 1-2.	Dublin	1789/1790	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 172.20
196		THAUMATURGUS Padruig, Mac Giolla (Patrick Vincent Fitzpatrick)	Dublin London	1828, 1st Ed	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 123.00
197	[Mathias, Thomas James],	The Shade of Alexander Pope on the Banks of the Thames. A Satirical Poem.		1798	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 36.90
198	ANKETELL ( John ).	Poems on several subjects. To which are added, the epistle of Yarico to Inkle			EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 73.80
199	Thomas Dermody.	Poems, Moral, and Descriptive.	London	1800,	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 159.90
200	Owenson, Miss [Lady Morgan].	The Lay of an Irish Harp, or, Metrical fragments		1807	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 55.35

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