Purcell Auctioneers: C.600 Lot Auction to include Antiquarian Books, Rare, Limited & Signed First Editions, Maps, Irish Literature & Poetry, Local Histories, Fine Bindings, Republican Interest,GAA Programmes & Books , 12126, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 21, 2026 - January 21, 2026

Page Size: 601 items in 25 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
326	Ferd. Warner	The History of the Rebellion and Civil War in Ireland		1767	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
327	James Ware	The Whole Works of James Ware concerning Ireland -- 2 vols	(Dublin	1745	EUR 120.00 - 180.00	EUR 175.00
328	Thomas Wright).	The History of Ireland from the earliest period of the Irish Annals to the Present Time. 7 vols complete.		No date	EUR 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
329	William Carrigan	History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, 4 vols		1905	EUR 250.00 - 400.00	EUR 175.00
330	Samuel Lewis	Atlas Comprising the Counties of Ireland		1839	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 275.00
331	W. H. Maxwell, London	1798 Rebellion: History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798 with Memoirs of the Union and Emmett's Insurrection in 1803		1845	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 75.00
332	Samuel Lewis	A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland		1837	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 106.25
333	Wm Wenman Seward,	Topographica Hibernica or The Topography of Ireland, ancient and modern, giving a complete view of the Civil and Ecclesiastical State of that Kingdom.	Dublin	1795	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 200.00
334	Thomas Moore.	Moore's Irish Melodies - Irish melodies with Symphonies and Accompaniments by Sir John Stevenson Mus.Doc. and Characteristic Words	Dublin:	N/A	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
335	JF Waller	Thomas Moore, Moores Irish Melodies Lalla Rookh National Airs, Legendary Ballads. Songs With A Memoir,	London	circa 1900.	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 75.00
336	King, Edward	OBSERVATIONS ON ANCIENT CASTLES	London,	1782	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 137.50
337	Richard Lovett	Irish Pictures		1888	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
338		The Parliamentary Gazetteer Of Ireland. Part IV; Part V and Part VIII (3)		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
339	Fleming, J.S.	The Town Wall Fortifications of Ireland 1914: Medieval Moated Sited of S E Ireland Terence B Barry. British Archaeological Reports 35		1914	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
340	M Stokes	Early Christine Architecture in Ireland		1878	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 187.50
341	Atkinson George Francklin).	"Curry & Rice," On Forty Plates; or, the Ingredients of Social Life at "Our Station" in India, second edition,	London:	circa 1860	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 106.25
342	edited by William G. Fitzgerald,	The Voice of Ireland A Memorial of Freedoms Day by the Foremost Leaders,	Dublin and London	1923	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
343	W G Wood-Martin,	Pagan Ireland.	London	1895	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 162.50
344	J. A. Froude,	The English In Ireland In The Eighteenth Century in 3 Volumes,	London	1872	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 93.75
345	Sir Charles Gavin Duffy,	A Birds Eye View Of The History Of Dublin. By the author with a manuscript letter inside the book.		N/A	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
346	Elenor Hull,	A History Of Ireland And Her People. 2 Volumes		circa 1903.	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
347	W G Wood-Martin,	Traces Of The Elder Faiths Of Ireland 2 Volumes		1902	EUR 80.00 - 180.00	EUR 81.25
348	Eoin O'Kelly.	The Old Private Banks and Bankers of Munster. Bankers of Cork and Limerick Cities		1959	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
349	George Sigerson.	[Presentation copy from author] History of the land tenures and land classes of Ireland : with an account of the various secret agrarian confederacies	London :	1871	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 62.50
350	Shane Leslie.	Lough Derg in Ulster. 191. Tinted frontispiece of Lough Derg.		1922	EUR 60.00 - 90.00	EUR 68.75

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.