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
Page Size: 334 items in 14 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
205 John Milton

Paradise Lost, A Poem in Twelve Books

Dublin ND (1796-1822) EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
206 Thomas Moore

The Works Of Thomas Moore, Esq.

Philadelphia 1827 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
207 James Boswell

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

N/A EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
208 G.B. Depping

L'Angleterre ou Description Historique et Topographique du Royaume Uni de la Grand-Bretagne

Paris 1823 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown
209 James Maxwell

Admirable and Notable Prophesies

London 1615 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
210

A Full Account of th Proceedings at a Meeting, Held 9th November, 1824 at Carrick On Shannon, Ireland

London; Dublin c.1825 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
211 M Maty

Miscellaneous Works of the Late Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, Consisting of Letters to his Friends, never before printed, and various other articles. To which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life, Tending to Illustrate the Civil, Literary, and

Dublin 1777 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
212 William Robertson (1721-1793); Dugald Stewart (1753-1828)

The Works of William Robertson, D.D., Principal of the University of Edinburgh : to which is prefixed an account of his life and writings

London 1818 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 Unknown
213 George F. Warner

The Stowe Missal MS. D. II. 3 In The Library Of The Royal Irish Academy, Dublin

1906; 1915 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
214 Paulus Pergulensis

Magister Paulus Pergulensis Compendium Perclarum ad Introductionem Iuvenum in Facultate

Venice 1483 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 Unknown
215 William Cooper

Jerusalem Fatall to her Assailants, discovered in a Sermon before the Honorable House of Commons August 29, 1949. At Margarets, Westminster, Upon their Solemne Day of Thanksgiving for that Signall Victory over the Lord Ormond In routing his whole Army and

London 1649 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
216 A. Grace

A Vindication Of The Divine Attributes In Some Remarks On His Grace The Archbishop Of Dublin's Sermon, Intituled, Divine Predestination and Foreknowledge consistent with the Freedom of Man's Will

London 1710 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
217 Thomas R. England

Letters From The Abbe Edgeworth to his Friends, Written between the Years 1777 and 1807; with Memoirs Of His Life; including some account of The Late Roman Catholic Bishop Of Cork, Dr. Moylan and Letters to him from his Right Hon. Edmund Burke, and oother

London 1818 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
218

Memoirs of the Right Honourable the Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord Deputy General of Ireland. Containing, several original papers and letters of King Charles II. Queen Mother, the Duke of York, the Duke of Lorrain, the Marquis of Ormond, Archbishop of Tuam,

Dublin 1744 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
219 Dante Alighieri

La Vita Nuova. The New Life

Coventry 1915 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
220 Philippe Melancthon (1497-1560)

La Somme De Theologie, Ou Lieux Communs, Reueuz & Augmentez Pour La Dernier Foys

1546 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
221

A Pious Collection, Of Severall Profitable Directions Fitted For The English Poore Clares In Graveling (Gravelines, France). In order to the better observance of their Institute

Douiiay 1684 EUR 60.00 - 100.00 Unknown
222 Homer; Alexander Pope

The Odyssey, along with The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice

1827 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
223 Omar Khayyam

RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. The Astronomer-Poet Of Persia, Rendered into English Verse

London 1909 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Unknown
224

Tes Kaines Diathekes Apanta. Novum Testamentum

1546; 1549 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
225 Jonathan Swift

A Collection of Tracts, Relating to Ireland among which are the Drapier’s Letters to the People of Ireland against Receiving Wood’s Half-Pence also Two Original Drapier’s Letters, never before published

Dublin 1735 EUR 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
226 Matthew O'Conor

Picturesque and Historical Recollections, During a Tour through Belgium, Germany, France and Switzerland in the Summer Vacation of 1835.

London 1837 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
227 Joseph Townsend

A Journey Through Spain in the Years 1786 and 1787 with Particular Attention to the Agriculture, Manufactures, Commerce, Population, Taxes, and Revenue of the Country and Remarks in Passing Through a Part of France.

Dublin N/A EUR 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
228 Desiderius Erasmus

Desiderius In Evangelium Lucae paraphrasis, des Erasmi Roterodami, per autorem recognita.

Basileae 1540 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 Unknown
229 Laurence Ginnell

The Brehon Laws: A Legal Handbook

1894 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Unknown