Purcell Auctioneers: Truly Exceptional Sale Of The Library Of An Irish Gentleman and Other Very Important Clients to include the World Renowned First Edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle (July, 1493) and Other Incunabula , 112625, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 26, 2025 - November 26, 2025
Page Size: 344 items in 14 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 William Rawley

Resuscitatio or Bringing into Public Light Several Pieces of the Works Civil

1671 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
27 Edmund Ludlow

MEMOIRS OF EDMUND LUDLOW, WITH A COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL PAPERS, AND THE CASE OF KING CHARLES THE FIRST

London 1771 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 EUR 118.75
28 W. H. Bartlett, W. Porter & T. Allom

Syria, The Holy Land and Asia Minor

1842 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 400.00
29

P. Virgilii Maronis Poetarum Principis Opera Accuratissime Castigata - The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro, Prince of Poets, Most Accurately Revised

Venice M.D.XXXVII (1537) EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,312.50
30 Baron J.J. Von Gerning

A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine from Mentz to Cologne

London 1820 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
31

Septimo Tomo Haec insunt, in Parabolas Salomonis commetarij, in Ecclesiasten diui Hieronymi Stridonensis commentarij, Homiliae in Canticacanticorum"

Lugovni 1530 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 275.00
32

Reliques of Irish Poetry: Consisting of Heroic Poems

1789 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,125.00
33 Moore, Thomas

Lalla Rookh, An Oriental Romance

London 1817 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 812.50
34

Very Early Printing: Polydori Vergilii Vrbinatis Anglicae Historiae Libri Uigintisex

Basileae Anno M.D. XLVI (1546) EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,150.00
35 [Johannes Scotus]

INTELLECTUAL, SUBTLE, ALLEGORICAL, MYSTICAL ERIGENA. ERIGENA

Oxford 1681 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,437.50
36 JOSEPHUS, Flavius

MAYNARD, George Henry. Translator. The Whole Genuine and Complete Works of Flavius Josephus, The celebrated Warlike, Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian

London 1790 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
37 Jewell, John

The Workes Of The Very Learned And Reverend Father In God, John Jewell, not long since Bishop of Sarisburie

London 1681 EUR 60.00 - 160.00 EUR 212.50
38 BRAMHALL, John

The Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, John Bramhall D.D. Late Lord Bishop of Ardmagh, Primate and Metropolitan of all Ireland

Dublin 1677 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
39 Ussher, Rev. James

The Annals Of The World

London 1658 EUR 400.00 - 800.00 EUR 525.00
40 [BORLASE, Edmund]

The History of the Irish Rebellion, Traced from many Preceding Acts, to the Grand Eruption The 23d of October, 1641; And thence pursued to the Act of Settlement, 1662

Dublin 1743 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 500.00
41 JAMES I, King of England (1566-1625)

The Workes Of The Most High And Mighty Prince, James

London 1616 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,375.00
42 Dr J J G Alexander, the renowned Art Historian

The Book of Kells commentary volume. The text written

EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 600.00
43

Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary

Oxford 2009 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 212.50
44

Very Early Printing: Operum Origenis Adamantii

1515 EUR 400.00 - 800.00 EUR 425.00
45 Edmund Spenser

The Faerie Queene

1590 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 687.50
46

The Life Of The Most Reverend Father In God, James Usher, Late Lord Arch-Bishop Of Armagh, Prmate And Metropolitan Of All Ireland

London MDCLXXXVI 1686 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 200.00
47 Lucio Anneo Seneca

INCUNABULA: Seneca Moralis. Rubrication in red and blue

Printed in Venice October 5, 1490 EUR 800.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 3,250.00
48

Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland

1990 EUR 180.00 - 360.00 EUR 725.00
49

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a Triumph LAWRENCE, T. E.

London and Toronto 1935 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 EUR 62.50
50 Cpt. William C. Harris

Wild Sports of South Africa

1844 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 725.00
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