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
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 525 | Thomas Irwin. | Versicles |
Dublin | 1856 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 62.50 |
| 526 | [Brian Merriman]. Translated from the Gaelic Percy Arland Ussher, Preface W. B. Yeats. | The Midnight Court & The adventures of a Luckless Fellow. |
1926 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 527 | Edmond Burke. | Right Hon. Edmond Burke. Two Letters addressed to a Member of The Party for Peace with Regicide Directory in France. |
1706 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 528 | Plays & Displays for Scout Entertainment, |
1913 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 529 | Alice Dease | The Beckoning of the Wind, sketches in lesser known Ireland, |
1908 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 530 | Robert Gibbings | The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, with some recollections by the artist. |
London | 1959 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | EUR 68.75 |
| 531 | Davis Coakley | Irish Interest: Irish Masters of Medicine |
1992 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 532 | E Charles Nelaon and Wendy Walsh | Irish Interest: An Irish Flower Garden |
1984 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 162.50 | |
| 533 | LOUIS LE BROCQUY. | The Irish Landscape. |
Dublin | 1992 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 534 | Caron. | Michael Healy 1873-1941 An Tur Gloine's stained glass pioneer |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 535 | Robinson | Caricature and the Irish. Printes1780-1850 edited |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 536 | Claudia Kinmouth, | Irish Country Furniture 1700-1950 |
1993 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 537 | R. O'Floinn. Editor) | Franciscan Faith : Sacred Art in Ireland 1600-1750. |
N/A | EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 538 | Ida Delamer and Conor O'Brien | . 500 Years of Irish Silver |
2005 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 539 | James Fennell. | The Irish Country House; The Knigh of Glin and James Peil. |
N/A | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 200.00 | |
| 540 | Mark Bence Jones. | Burke's Guide to Country Houses Ireland |
London, | 1978 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 75.00 |
| 541 | The Architecture of Richard Morrison and William Vitruvius Morrison. |
1989 | EUR 70.00 - 100.00 | EUR 50.00 | ||
| 542 | Nicola Gordon Bowe | Harry Clarke -- The Life & Work |
2012 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 162.50 | |
| 543 | Number 51 The Mungret Annual. Limerick. |
1905 | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | EUR 200.00 | ||
| 544 | Louis Moreri- | Le grand Dictionnaire Historique ou le Melange Curieux de Histoire Sacree et Profane Vol 1-6. |
1732 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 545 | The Illustrated London News Vol 59, July to December 1871. |
1871 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 112.50 | ||
| 546 | J K Rowling | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
N/A | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 547 | The House of Ireland -- Brian de Breffny & Rosemary Ffollion, published 1973.The New Neighbourhood of Dublin -- Joseph Hone, Michael Fewrer & Maurice Craig, inscribed |
N/A | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 | ||
| 548 | Patrick Shaffrey | Irish Interest: The Irish Town-an approach to survival |
1975 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 549 | Irish Coffee Table Book: In Ruins-The Once Great Houses of Irelandby Duncan McLaren |
1980 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 237.50 |
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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 AprilSotheby’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.