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
201	Bas Beatha.	Cosaint Shibhialta.	Dublin.	1965	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 75.00
202	Realt Aodhain.	Wexford Private Press. An Ceolaire.		1954	EUR 80.00 - 140.00	EUR 125.00
203		Charlie Mackesy - An Buachaill, An Caochan, An Sionnach agus an Capall (The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse)		2022	EUR 80.00 - 100.00	EUR 100.00
204		20th-Century World Architecture: The Phaidon Atlas : The Phaidon Atlas Ibanez Lopez, Diana; Trafas, Zofia; Anderson, Richard; TERRAinteralia		N/A	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 37.50
205	Charle Cullen,	Nighttown. 10 photopolymer etchings.		N/A	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 625.00
206	Thornton, Robert John.	The Temple of Flora: The Complete Plates		2008	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
207	Graziano, Antonio P; Rossi, Francesco	The Sistine and Pauline Chapels in the Vatican		1975	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
208		The Many Faces of America John Norton, Language: English	Cornwall, England	1978	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
209	Edgar vAllan Poe	. Tales of Mystery and Imagination,	New York	1933	EUR 160.00 - 250.00	EUR 225.00
210	Edward Fitzgerald with an introduction by A C Benson,	Rubaiyat of Omar Khayya, translated into English verse	London	N/A	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 2,125.00
211	Geoffrey Chaucer,	The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer		1958	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 187.50
212	Tim Flach.	Equus. Photos of horses all over the world capturing their physique and spirit		2008	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
213	Moreri (Louis)	Le Grand Dictionnaire Historique	Paris	1759	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 62.50
214	John Speede.	The Province of Ulster		c.1610	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 750.00
215	John Speede.	The Province of Connaugh with The Citie of Galwaye described.		1610	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,125.00
216		Robert Emmet, The Trial of; Colour poster of Robert Emmet at his trial where he gave his inspirational speech from the Dock, which inspired later generations of Irish republicans.		c 1900's	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 68.75
217		Sea Charts Ireland: South West Coast including Crook Haven 1913, reprinted 1968; Old Head of Kinsale to Tuskar Rock 1979; Cork Harbour and approaches 1968, reprinted 1977;...		N/A	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
218	Cornelius Dankert	Hand Coloured Map of England, Wales & East Coast of Ireland		c.1690	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
219		Irish Railway Plan - Holy Cross to Cahir and Donaghill North to Clonmel. With outline colouring.		1837	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
220		Sea Charts Ireland: Tralee Bay to Liscanor Bay1878, reprinted 1955; Tralee and Brandon Bay 1896, reprinted 1972; Dingle and Ventry Harbour 1861, reprinted 1976; ...		N/A	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
221		Sea charts Ireland: Galway Harbour 1848, reprinted 1966; Approaches to Galway Bay, 1903, reprinted 1974; ...		N/A	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 112.50
222		Sea Charts UK: St Agnes Head to Dodman Point including the Isles of Scilly 1978; The Channel Islands and Adjacent Coast of France, 1979; ...		N/A	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 37.50
223	Bernard Scale.	County of Fermanagh. Original Fine Hand Coloured Eighteenth Century Irish Map	London	1798	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
224	Bernard Scale.	County of Kilkenny. Original Fine Hand Coloured Eighteenth Century Irish Map	London	1798	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 150.00
225	Bernard Scale.	County of Longford. Original Fine Hand Coloured Eighteenth Century Irish Map	London	1798	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 137.50

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.