Purcell Auctioneers: Superb July 2026 Book Auction of c.580 Lots to include an Important Manuscript Book of Early Gaelic, Irish History Covering the 12th to the 21st Centuries, 1,000's of Vintage Irish Postcards etc. etc., 71526, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date
July 15, 2026 - July 15, 2026
Page Size: 554 items in 23 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
381

The Memorial Atlas of Ireland

Philadelphia 1901 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 Unknown
382

Atlas Of Ireland

1979 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
383 O'Neill Henry

Illustrations of the Most Interesting of the Sculptured Crosses of Ancient Ireland

London 1857 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 Unknown
384 Todd James Henthorn

Descriptive Remarks on Illuminations in Certain Ancient Irish Manuscripts

London 1869 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
385 Petty William

Hiberniae Delineatio

Newcastle 1968 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
386

Picturesque Atlas of Australasia

1886 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
387 Woods James

A New Atlas & Gazetteer of the Isle of Man

1867 EUR 100.00 - 300.00 Unknown
388 Salaman Malcolm C.

The Etchings Of Sir Francis Seymour Haden

London 1923 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
389 Playfair William

British Family Antiquity

London 1809-1811 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 Unknown
390 Plowden Francis

An Historical Review Of The State Of Ireland

London 1803 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
391 Mac Fhirbhisigh Dubhaltach

The Great Book of Irish Genealogies

2003 EUR 350.00 - 450.00 Unknown
392 Dufresne Carolus

Glossarium ad scriptores Mediae et Infimae Latinitatis

Venetiis 1736-1740 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
393

Corke

London 1821 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
394

The Siege of Dunboy

London 1821 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
395

Castle of Carrigfoile in Kerry

London 1821 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
396

The Passage of the Army

London 1821 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
397 Speed John

The Province of Mounster

1610 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 Unknown
398 Speed John

The Province of Connaugh with the Citie of Galwaye

1610 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
399

The Morning Mail and Irish Advertiser

1872 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
400

The Kilrush Herald and Kilkee Gazette

1913 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
401

Saorstat Eireann Official Edition of the Docks Regulations

Dublin 1929 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
402

The Dublin Journal

1815 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
403

The Dublin Evening Mail

1856 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
404

The Clare Examiner and Limerick Advertiser

1880 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
405 Lennagine Nugent

Manuscript Document announcing the appointment of Thomas Kenny

1909 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
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