Purcell Auctioneers: Sale of the Library of the Late Bruce Arnold (1936-2024). Part Two of the Bruce Arnold Library includes a Collection of Irish & World Interest Books - Antiquarian Books, Rare, Signed & First Editions, 42325, Birr

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Auction Date
April 23, 2025 - April 23, 2025
Page Size: 666 items in 27 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
360 Ben. Johnson Jonson

The Works of Ben. Johnson Jonson

London 1716 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 100.00
361 Maria Edgeworth

Frank (three volumes) A sequel to Frank in Early Lessons Maria Edgeworth

London 1822 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 43.75
362 John Milton.

John Milton. * Pocket Size Illustrated 1827 Paradise Lost & Paradise Regained By John Milton...

1827 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 62.50
363

The Secret History of the Court and Cabinet of St. Cloud: in a series of letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London

1805 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 25.00
364

Pathological Observations: Chiefly from Dissections of Morbid Bodies - Albrecht von Haller

London 1756 EUR 300.00 - 340.00 EUR 150.00
365 Corporal Meuller.

Pococke, Thomas; Journal of a Soldier of the Seventy-First Regiment, Highland Light Infantry, from 1806 to 1815

Edinburgh 1822 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 25.00
366

The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors and Architects

London 1830 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 62.50
367 Whately, Richard

Bacon's Essays: With Annotations

London, United Kingdom 1858 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 25.00
368

MEMOIRS OF EUROPE, Towards The Close Of The Eighth Century

London 1710 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
369 Thomas Hood

The Poetical Works Of Thomas Hood

London 1890 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
370 Charles Kingsley

The Water-Babies. A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby

London 1901 EUR 30.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
371 (Jonathan Swift)

An Essay on Gibing with a Project for its Improvement

1729 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 400.00
372

GERMAN THEATRE - 6 VOL. SET (COMPLETE) various

London 1811 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
373 Sir Wiliam

MEMOIRS OF WHAT PART IN CHRISTENDOM FROM THE WAR BEGUN 1672 to The Peace Concluded 1679 Temple...

1692 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
374 William Temple

Miscellanea. The Third Part...

London 1701 EUR 125.00 - 175.00 EUR 62.50
375

Memoirs Of The Life and Negotiations of Sir William Temple, Bar...

London 1714 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 31.25
376 ORRERY, John Earl of

Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin...

1751 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 68.75
377 Sir William Temple

Miscellanea, The First Part (fourth edition) and the Second Part (fifth edition)...

London 1701 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 31.25
378

Rules And Regulations For The Field Exercise And Manoeuvres Of The French Infantry...

London 1803 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 31.25
379

Tales of a Grandfather; being stories taken from Scottish History

Edinburgh 1830 EUR 30.00 - 60.00 EUR 43.75
380

Cellarius, Christoph...

London 1731 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 100.00
381

The Works; of Jonathan Swift...

London 1755 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 75.00
382 Swift, Jonathan.

Cadenus And Vanessa

London 1726 EUR 400.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,187.50
383 Whitaker, Rev. Mr.

The History of Manchester

London 1773 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 75.00
384

An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ to the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century ...

1823 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
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    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR