Purcell Auctioneers: C.600 Lot Auction to include Antiquarian Books, Rare, Limited & Signed First Editions, Maps, Irish Literature & Poetry, Local Histories, Fine Bindings, Republican Interest,GAA Programmes & Books , 12126, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
January 21, 2026 - January 21, 2026
Page Size: 601 items in 25 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
525 Thomas Irwin.

Versicles

Dublin 1856 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 62.50
526 [Brian Merriman]. Translated from the Gaelic Percy Arland Ussher, Preface W. B. Yeats.

The Midnight Court & The adventures of a Luckless Fellow.

1926 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 125.00
527 Edmond Burke.

Right Hon. Edmond Burke. Two Letters addressed to a Member of The Party for Peace with Regicide Directory in France.

1706 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
528

Plays & Displays for Scout Entertainment,

1913 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
529 Alice Dease

The Beckoning of the Wind, sketches in lesser known Ireland,

1908 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 75.00
530 Robert Gibbings

The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, with some recollections by the artist.

London 1959 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 68.75
531 Davis Coakley

Irish Interest: Irish Masters of Medicine

1992 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
532 E Charles Nelaon and Wendy Walsh

Irish Interest: An Irish Flower Garden

1984 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 162.50
533 LOUIS LE BROCQUY.

The Irish Landscape.

Dublin 1992 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
534 Caron.

Michael Healy 1873-1941 An Tur Gloine's stained glass pioneer

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
535 Robinson

Caricature and the Irish. Printes1780-1850 edited

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 62.50
536 Claudia Kinmouth,

Irish Country Furniture 1700-1950

1993 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 62.50
537 R. O'Floinn. Editor)

Franciscan Faith : Sacred Art in Ireland 1600-1750.

EUR 60.00 - 90.00 EUR 37.50
538 Ida Delamer and Conor O'Brien

. 500 Years of Irish Silver

2005 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
539 James Fennell.

The Irish Country House; The Knigh of Glin and James Peil.

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 200.00
540 Mark Bence Jones.

Burke's Guide to Country Houses Ireland

London, 1978 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 75.00
541

The Architecture of Richard Morrison and William Vitruvius Morrison.

1989 EUR 70.00 - 100.00 EUR 50.00
542 Nicola Gordon Bowe

Harry Clarke -- The Life & Work

2012 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 162.50
543

Number 51 The Mungret Annual. Limerick.

1905 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 200.00
544 Louis Moreri-

Le grand Dictionnaire Historique ou le Melange Curieux de Histoire Sacree et Profane Vol 1-6.

1732 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
545

The Illustrated London News Vol 59, July to December 1871.

1871 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 112.50
546 J K Rowling

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
547

The House of Ireland -- Brian de Breffny & Rosemary Ffollion, published 1973.The New Neighbourhood of Dublin -- Joseph Hone, Michael Fewrer & Maurice Craig, inscribed

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 62.50
548 Patrick Shaffrey

Irish Interest: The Irish Town-an approach to survival

1975 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 50.00
549

Irish Coffee Table Book: In Ruins-The Once Great Houses of Irelandby Duncan McLaren

1980 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 237.50
  • ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000