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 Date
- November 26, 2025 - November 26, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | Robert Pinkerton | Russia |
1833 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 225.00 | |
| 127 | Johannes de Verdena | INCUNABULA: Sermones Dormi Secure De Tempore Et De Sanctis |
Cologne. | c.1484 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 3,500.00 |
| 128 | Mr. And Mrs. S. C. Hall | Ireland: It's Scenery, Character &c. |
London | 1841 | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | EUR 450.00 |
| 129 | The Works Of Mr. Abraham Cowley: consisting of those which were formerly printed: and those which he design'd for the press |
1684 | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | EUR 162.50 | ||
| 130 | Bacon, Francis; Of the Advancement and Proficiencie of Learning or the Partitions of Sciences IX Bookes |
London | 1640 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,400.00 | EUR 1,250.00 | |
| 131 | THE HUTH COPY MESSINGHAM, Thomas |
Paris | 1624 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,750.00 | |
| 132 | Charles I (King Of England) | Reliquae Sacrae Carolinae or The Works Of That Great Monarch And Glorious Martyr |
Hague | 1650 | EUR 150.00 - 350.00 | EUR 125.00 |
| 133 | Fielding, Henry | The History Of The Adventures Of Joseph Andrews And Of His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams |
London | MDCCXLII (1742) | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,750.00 |
| 134 | Beatissimum Hieronymi Cardinalis (Blessed Jerome Cardinal | Early Printing: Vitae Patrum (lives Of The Fathers) |
Lyon | April 27, 1502 | EUR 600.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 750.00 |
| 135 | Geneva / Breeches Bible [Bible in English] |
London | 1608 | EUR 600.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 975.00 | |
| 136 | BROWNE, Peter | The Procedure, Extent, and Limits of Human Understanding |
London | 1728 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 112.50 |
| 137 | William Molyneux of Dublin | The Case of Ireland being bound by Acts of Parliament in England Stated |
Dublin | 1773 | EUR 250.00 - 500.00 | EUR 350.00 |
| 138 | Seamus Heaney | District and Circle |
2006 | EUR 120.00 - 150.00 | EUR 275.00 | |
| 139 | Seamus Heaney | Beowulf |
1999 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 250.00 | |
| 140 | Seamus Heaney | Electric Light |
1995 | EUR 150.00 - 180.00 | EUR 187.50 | |
| 141 | Seamus Heaney | Among School Children |
EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 275.00 | ||
| 142 | Rare long 2 page holograph letter from Seamus Heaney |
7th April, 1998 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,200.00 | EUR 1,500.00 | ||
| 143 | Rev. J. Dowd | Limerick and Its Sieges |
Limerick | 1890 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 137.50 |
| 144 | J. Anthony Gaughan | The Knights of Glin. A Geraldine Family |
1978 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 106.25 | |
| 145 | The Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile Which Treateth of the Way to Hierusalem; and of the Marvayles of Indie with Other Ilands and Countryes |
London | 1725 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 300.00 | |
| 146 | The Plays Of William Shakespeare |
London | 1773 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 187.50 | |
| 147 | History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha Motteux, Cervantes |
Archibald | 1822 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 625.00 | |
| 148 | BOSWELL (JAMES) | The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. |
London | 1791 | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,375.00 |
| 149 | Edward Gibbon Esq. | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
1848 | EUR 300.00 - 600.00 | EUR 775.00 | |
| 150 | Edited by Rev. Daniel McCarthy | Maynooth Bindings: Collections Of Irish Church History From The MSS of the Late V. Rev Laurence F Renehan D.D. |
1861 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 162.50 |
