Purcell Auctioneers: Sale of an Exceptional Library and other select Lots to include Incunabula, Early Printings, Early Manuscripts, Maps, Significant Books from the 16th to the 19th Centuries of Irish and World Interest, 52726, Birr
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 27, 2026 - May 27, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 255 | Rev. John Campbell | Travels in South Africa |
1822 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 256 | John Davy | The West Indies Before and Since Slave Emancipation |
1854 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | Unknown | |
| 257 | Maurice O'Fehily; John Duns Scotus | Questiones Subtilissme Scoti Metaphysicam Aristotelis; Commentaria Doctoris Subtilis Joan. Scoti in. xij. li. Metaphysice Aristo. |
Venice | 1497; 1500 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Unknown |
| 258 | Thomas Milton | The Seats and Demesnes of the Nobility and Gentry of Ireland In a Collection of the Most Interesting and Picturesque Views |
Dublin | c.1783 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 259 | Frank O'Connor; Jack B. Yeats | A Lament for Art O'Leary |
1971 | EUR 70.00 - 140.00 | Unknown | |
| 260 | Illuminated Manuscript |
c. late 18th early 19th century | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
| 261 | John Milton; Helen Darbishire | The Manuscript of Milton's Paradise Lost Book 1 |
Oxford | 1931 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 262 | GRILLOT De GIVRY | Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy |
London, United Kingdom | 1931 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
| 263 | Charles Baudelaire; Beresford Egan; C.Bower Alcock | Fleur du Mal in Pattern and Prose |
1929 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 264 | James Stephens; Arthur Rackham | Irish Fairy Tales |
London | 1920 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 | Unknown |
| 265 | Bram Stoker | DRACULA |
New York, USA | 1899 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,750.00 | Unknown |
| 266 | Gerard Boate; Gerard and Thomas Molyneaux | A Natural History of Ireland in Three Parts by Several Hands |
Dublin | 1726 | EUR 500.00 - 750.00 | Unknown |
| 267 | M.G. Lewis | Tales Of Wonder |
London | 1801 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 268 | Hans Christian Andersen; Rex Whistler | Fairy Tales and Legends |
London | 1935 | EUR 400.00 - 440.00 | Unknown |
| 269 | F. Whymper | The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism |
Late Victorian/Early Edwardian | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 270 | Adolphus William Ward | The Electress Sophia and the Hanoverian Succession |
1903 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | Unknown | |
| 271 | John Carr | The Stranger in Ireland or A Tour In The Southern And Western Parts Of That Country, In The Year 1805 |
London | 1806 | EUR 150.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 272 | Thomas Wright | Louthiana Or, An Introduction to the Antiquities Of Ireland |
London | 1748 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 273 | Taylor and Skinner | Maps of the Roads of Ireland |
London; Dublin | 1783 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
| 274 | Groses Antiquites of Ireland |
London | 1791 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 275 | W. H. Bartlett; J. Stirling Coyne | The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland |
London | 1842? | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 276 | G. N. Wright; G. Petrie; W. H. Bartlett; T. M. Baynes | Ireland Illustrated From Original Drawings |
London | 1833 | EUR 100.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 277 | Thomas Cromwell | Excursions Through Ireland |
1820 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 278 | 2 Books, including: The New Cabinet Album Of Entertainment And Instruction |
London; Kilkenny; Dublin | N/A | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 279 | Thomas Walsh | Journal of the Late Campaign in Egypt |
1803 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | Unknown |
