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

Auction Details

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
76	(Sir John Davies)	A Discoveries of the true causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued or brought under obedience of the Crowne of England		1747	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 250.00
77	Rev. G.N. Wright	A Guide to the Giant's Causeway and North East Coast of County Antrim		1823	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 125.00
78		The Hon. Mrs Ward. The Microscope		1870	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 250.00
79		Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead		1908	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 93.75
80	Dr. G. Simoens	The Gold and the Tin in the South East of Ireland	Dublin	1921	EUR 120.00 - 150.00	EUR 112.50
81	A. Richards.	New Elements of Botany		1829	EUR 100.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
82		J. Milner An Inquiry into certain vulgar opinions concerning the Catholic Inhabitants and the Antiquites of Ireland		1808	EUR 150.00 - 180.00	EUR 125.00
83	Dr. Gerard Boate, Thomas Molineux and Ors	A Natural History of Ireland in 3 parts	Dublin	1755	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 687.50
84	James Anthony Froude	The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century			EUR 180.00 - 200.00	EUR 150.00
85		The History of Ireland from the Invasion of Henry II...	London	1773	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 62.50
86		Great Irish Houses and Castles by Jacqueline O'Brien and Desmond Guinness		1992	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
87		The Knights of Glin: Seven Centuries of Change		2009	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 93.75
88		The Georgian Society Records of Eighteenth century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Ireland		1973	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 500.00
89		The Irish Emerald, 1891 and 1892			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
90		The President of Ireland: Machnamh 100		2021	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
91		Irish Coffee Table Books: Dublin A Grand Tour by Jacqueline O'Brien with Desmond Guinness, 1994...			EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
92		The Bogs of Ireland...			EUR 100.00 - 140.00	EUR 162.50
93		Michael Noyk's submission to the Bureau of Military History...			EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
94		The High Crosses of Ireland. An Iconographical and Photographic Survey	Bonn	1992	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 350.00
95	Eoin Neeson,	A History of Irish Forestry		1991	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 118.75
96		Adrian Reland(i), De nummis veterum Hebraeorum , Trajecti ad Rhenum (Utrecht)		1709	EUR 70.00 - 110.00	EUR 100.00
97	Aidan Clarke	The Old English In Ireland, 1625-42...			EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 37.50
98	Bates,	The Maclise Portrait Gallery with Memoirs		1883	EUR 50.00 - 70.00	EUR 87.50
99		The Mystery Solved or Ireland's Miseries...			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
100	Kilroe,	A description of the Soil-Geology of Ireland...			EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50

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Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

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

Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR

Sotheby's
Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
5-19 June

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