Sothebys: PRINTED BOOKS., 01Feb1937,

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 01, 1937 - February 01, 1937

Page Size: 963 items in 10 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101	Alemand, J. L., Betham, Sir W.	Monasticon Hibernicum, The Gael and the Cymbri	Dublin	1722, 1834	GBP -	2.10
102	Bordier, H.; Millingen, A. van; Gerspach, M.; Carrà, C.; Sortais, G.; Gillet, L.	Les Manuscrits Grecs de la Bibliothèque Nationale, Byzantine Churches in Constantinople, Les Tapisseries Coptes, Giotto, Fra Angelico and Benozzo Gozzoli, Histoire Artis tique des Ordres Mendiants	Paris, Paris	1883, 1912, n.d., 1924, n.d., 1912	GBP -	18.00
103	E. Curtis, J. Mills	Calendar of Ormond Deeds, Account Roll of the Priory of the Holy Trinity	Dublin, Dublin	1172-1509, 1932-35, 1337-46, 1891	GBP -	2.10
104		Catalogue of the Bradshaw Collection of Irish Books in the University Library	Cambridge	1916	GBP -	1.05
105	Clanricarde, Marquis of, Meagher, A.	Memoirs, The Popish Mass celebrated by Heathen Priests		1722, 1771	GBP -	3.15
106	Psellos, Michel, Wilkinson, J. V. S.	Collection Byzantine, Chronographie, The Lights of Canopus	Paris	1926-28, n.d.	GBP -	1.10
107	D'Alton, E. A.	History of Ireland		1910-25	GBP -	1.05
108	Du Chaillu, P. B.	The Viking Age		1889	GBP -	0.14
109	Fletcher, Sir Banister; Ward, J.; Moutherlaut, H. de.	History of Architecture, Colour Decoration of Architecture, Les Bestiaires	Batsford, Paris	1924, 1913, 1926	GBP -	2.08
110		Galerie du Musée Napoléon	Paris	1804-15	GBP -	3.00
111	Hay, Edward, Morgan, E.	History of the Insurrection of the County of Wexford, The French Fleet in Bantry Bay	Dublin, Cork	1803, 1797	GBP -	4.10
112		HENRY BRADSHAW SOCIETY. PUBLICATIONS		1891-1925	GBP -	14.00
113	Irish Heraldic MS. Morris, John Payne	Arms of Lords Deputy and Lords Lieutenant of Ireland		circa 1830	GBP -	2.05
114	Jameson, Mrs	Sacred and Legendary Art		1881-86	GBP -	1.00
115	Joyce, P. W., Sjoestedt, M. L.	Old Irish Folk Music and Songs, Phonétique d'un Parler Irlandais de Kerry, The Cattle-Raid of Cualnye	Dublin, Paris	1909, 1931, 1904	GBP -	2.15
116	Kildare, Marquis of	The Earls of Kildare	Dublin	1057-1773, 1858-62	GBP -	0.10
117	Lawrence, Richard	The Interest of Ireland in its Trade and Wealth Stated	Dublin	1682	GBP -	1.02
118	Macalister, E. A. S., Ryan, J., Goblet, Y. M.	Ireland in Pre-Celtic Times, Irish Monasticism, La Transformation de la Géographie Politique de l'Irlande au XVIIe Siècle, Togail Na Tebe. The Thebaid of Statius	Paris, Cambridge	1921, 1931, 1930, 1922	GBP -	2.15
119	Maxwell, W. H.	History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798		1845	GBP -	1.08
120	Molloy, Franciscus	Lucerna Fidelium [in Irish], Grammatica Latino-Hibernica	Romce	1676, 1677	GBP -	3.00
121	O'Connor, Roger	Chronicles of Eri		1822	GBP -	0.18
122	O'Hanlon, John	Lives of the Irish Saints	Dublin	1875	GBP -	5.10
123	O'Neill, Henry, Coffey, George, Allen, J. Romilly	The Fine Arts and Civilization of Ancient Ireland, The Bronze Age in Ireland, Early Christian Symbolism in Great Britain and Ireland		1863, 1913, 1887	GBP -	1.10
124	Orpen, G. H.; Curtis, E.; Conway, A.	Ireland under the Normans, Richard II in Ireland, Henry VII's Relations with Scotland and Ireland	Oxford, Cambridge	1911, 1927, 1932	GBP -	4.00
125	Adair, A. Shafto, Hancock, W. Neilson, Crory, W. Glenny, Brownrigg, Sir H. J.	Pamphlets, etc., relating to Ireland, The Winter of 1846-7 in Antrim [Colonization], Prospects of the Beet-Sugar Manufacture in Ireland, Plain Directions for Practical Farmers on Flax Culture, Observations concerning the Constabulary Force of Ireland, The	Dublin, Dublin	1847, 1851, 1864, 1862, 1865	GBP -	4.00
126	Parkman, F.	The Conspiracy of Pontiac, Berthier. Campagnes de Bonaparte en Egypte et en Syrie	Boston, Paris	1851, 1800	GBP -	1.10
127	Rich, Barnaby	A Short Survey of Ireland		1609	GBP -	2.05
128	Rothe, David	Analecta Sacra, Nova, et Mira de Rebus Catholicorum in Hibernia		Colon. 1616	GBP -	0.15
129	Shearman, J. F., Gilbert, J. T.	Loca Patriciana : an Identification of Localities visited by St. Patrick, Account of Facsimiles of National MSS. of Ireland	Dublin	1879, 1884	GBP -	1.05
130	Stanihurst, R., Bouillon, F., Boate, G.	De Vita S. Patricii, Vie de S. Patrice, Histoire Naturelle d'Irelande, Recit de la Vente et Partage d'Irlande fait sous Charles II	Rouen, Paris	1587, 1701, 1666, 1724	GBP -	5.10
131	Stokes, Margaret	Early Christian Architecture in Ireland		1878	GBP -	1.08
132	Stokes, W. and J. Strachan, Abbott, T. K., Baxter, J. H. and C. Johnson	Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus, Catalogue of 15th Century Books in Trinity College, Medieval Latin Word-List from British and Irish Sources	Cambridge, Dublin, Dublin, Oxford	1901-1903, 1910, 1905, 1924	GBP -	3.05
133	Tone, Theobald Wolfe, Grattan, H.	Life of, written by himself	Washington, Dublin	1826, 1811	GBP -	2.00
134	Charles Plummer	Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae [in Latin and Irish]	Oxford	1910-22	GBP -	2.10
135	Walsh, P.; Angel, J.; Castlehaven, Earl of	A Prospect of the State of Ireland, A General History of Ireland, Memoires, Recit de la Vente et Partage d' Irlande fait sous Charles II	Dublin	1682, 1781, 1681, 1724	GBP -	4.00
136	White, Stephen; Gibson, C. B.; Stokes, M.	Apologia pro Hibernia, nunc primum edita cura M. Kelly, Historical Portraits of Irish Chieftains, Early Christian Art in Ireland	Dublin	1849, 1871, 1887	GBP -	1.08
137	Yeats, W. B.; Russell, G. W.; Stephens, James	The Death of Synge, Midsummer Eve, The Insurrection in Dublin	Dublin, N.Y., Dublin	1928, 1928, 1916	GBP -	3.15
138		Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae ex Codice Salmanticensi nunc primum intergre edita opera C. de Smedt et J. de Backer	Edinburgi	1888	GBP -	2.15
139	Archdali, Mervyn	Monasticon Hibernicon	Dublin	1873-76	GBP -	2.10
140	Macalister, R. A. S.	Beatificationis seu Declarationis Martyrii Servorum Dei Dermitii O'Hurley, Muiredach, Abbot of Monasterboice	Dublin	1912, 890-923 A.D., 1914	GBP -	3.15
141	Blochet, Edgard	Les Enluminures des Manuscrits Orien-taux de la Bibliothèque Nationale	Paris	1926	GBP -	2.10
142	E. A. Wallis Budge	Book (The) of the Dead		1895	GBP -	0.10
143	Burchell, J. P. T. and J. R. Moir	Book of Kells (The), The Early Monsterian Implements of Sligo		1920, 1928	GBP -	2.00
144	Sir Edward Sullivan	Book of Kells (The)		1927	GBP -	2.05
145	Sir E. Sullivan	Book of Kells (The); The Annals of Inisfallen	holland	1927, 1933	GBP -	2.00
146	Dalton, O M.	British Museum, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era		1901, 1909	GBP -	2.05
147	CABROL, FERNAND	ET HENRI LECLERCQ	Paris	1924-31	GBP -	15.10
148	Champneys, Arthur C.	Irish Ecclesiastical Architecture		1910	GBP -	1.10
149	Couderc, Camille	Les Enluminures des Manuscrits du Moyen Age de la Bibliothèque Nationale	Paris	1927	GBP -	1.15
150	Dalton, O. M.; Kondakov, N. P.; Muratov, P. P.	The Treasure of the Oxus, The Russian Icon, Les Icones Russes	Oxford, Paris	1926, 1927, n.d.	GBP -	5.00
151	Fairbairn, J.	The Book of Crests	Edinburgh	1892	GBP -	2.15
152	Goldschmidt, Adolph	German Illumination	Florence	1928	GBP -	3.15
153	Hobhouse, J. C.; Elphinstone, M.	Journey through Albania, Account of Caubul		1813, 1815	GBP -	2.10
154	Hooke, N.	The Roman History		1738	GBP -	2.02
155	Jackson, T. G.	Byzantine and Romanesque Architecture	Cambridge	1913	GBP -	2.05
156	Lauer, Ph	Les Enluminures Romanes des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale	Paris	1927	GBP -	3.05
157	Leroquais, Abbé V.	Les Livres d'Heures Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale	Paris	1927	GBP -	4.00
158	Lombardus, Petrus; Maria, Francesco	De Regno Hiberniae Commentarius, Vita di S. Silao Vescovo Irlandese		1632, 1662	GBP -	3.15
159	Mac Cuirtin, H.	The English Irish Dictionary	Paris	1722	GBP -	1.08
160	Macgeoghegan, J.; Warner, P.	Histoire de l'Irlande, History of Ireland	Paris	1758-62, 1763-67	GBP -	1.10
161	Macler, Frédéric	Miniatures Arméniennes (Xe au XVIIe Siècle), Document d'Art Arméniens	Paris	1913, 1924	GBP -	2.10
162	Minns, E. H.	Scythians and Greeks	Cambridge	1913	GBP -	2.08
163	J. H. Todd, O'Clery, L.	Nennius, Life of Hugh Roe O'Donnell	Dublin, Dublin	1848, 1895	GBP -	1.12
164	O'Brien, Bishop John	Focalóir Gaoidhilge-Sax-Bhéarla, or an Irish-English Dictionary	Paris	1768	GBP -	0.10
165	Petrie, George; Keane, Marcus	The Round Towers of Ireland, The Towers and Temples of Ancient Ireland	Dublin	1845, 1867	GBP -	1.08
166	Petrie, George	Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language	Dublin	1872-78	GBP -	2.00
167	Porter, A. Kingsley	The Crosses and Culture of Ireland	New Haven	1931	GBP -	1.18
168	Hogan, Edmund	Royal Irish Academy	Dublin	1910	GBP -	0.10
169	John Gwynn	Royal Irish Academy		1913	GBP -	2.12
170	Saunders, O. Elfrida	English Illumination	Florence	1928	GBP -	4.00
171	Schlumberger, G.; Beylié, L. de.	Sigillographie de l'Empire Byzantin, L'Habitation Byzantine	Paris	1884, 1902	GBP -	9.10
172	Stokes, Margaret	Six Months in the Appenines [Irish Saints in Italy]		1892	GBP -	1.08
173	Stokes, Margaret	Three Months in the Forests of France [Irish Saints in France]		1895	GBP -	0.14
174	Strzygowski, Josef	Die Miniaturen des Serbischen Psalters der Königl		1906	GBP -	2.00
175	Tafrali, O.; Gielly, O.; Anisimov, A. I. and others; Kowalczyk, K.	Le Monastère de Poutna; Les Primitifs Siennois; Master pieces of Russian Painting; Decorative Sculpture	Paris	1925, 1926, 1930, 1927	GBP -	1.15
176	Temple, Sir John; Mac Cuirtin, H.	The Irish Rebellion, Vindication of the Antiquity of Ireland	Dublin	1698, 1717	GBP -	1.00
177	Thorkelin, G. J.	Fragments of English and Irish History in the 9th and 10th Century		1788	GBP -	1.00
178	Tone, T. W.; Marcel, J. J.	TRACTS, ETC. RELATING TO IRELAND, The Coppy of a Letter sent from the Earle of Traquere in Ireland to Old Father Philips, Generali Owen Oneales Letter to Collonell Monck, The Parish Guttlers : or the Humours of a Select Vestry [in verse], The Purrings of	Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Belfast, Paris	1642, 1641, 1649, 1725, 1792, 1791, 1791, 1804	GBP -	7.10
179	Irish Rebels	TRACTS RELATING TO IRELAND, The Irish Cabinet, The Two Last Speeches of Thomas Wentworth, The Copie of the Lord Fitz-gerald's Letter Intercepted, The Taking of Wexford, Letter from the Lord Lieutant of Ireland concerning the Surrender of Ross, A Collectio	Dublin, Dublin	1646, 1645, 1641, 1647, 1649, 1649, 1679, 1681, 1699, n.d.	GBP -	10.10
180	Ussher, James, Bishop of Meath	Answer to a Challenge made by a Jesuite in Ireland [W. Malone]		1625	GBP -	0.12
181	Westropp, M. S. D.; Sadleir, T. U. and P. L.	Irish Glass, Dickinson. Georgian Mansions in Ireland	Dublin	n.d., 1915	GBP -	1.15
182	Whyte, Samuel; Seward, W. W.	The Shamrock: a Collection of Poems, Songs, Epigrams, etc., Topographia Hibernica	Dublin, Dublin	1772, 1795	GBP -	2.10
183	Zeuss, I. C.	Grammatiea Celtica		1871	GBP -	1.08
184	Arata, Giulio U.; Colasanti, A.	L'Architettura Arabo-Normanna e il Renascimento in Sicilia, L'Arte Bisantina in Italia		1925, 1923	GBP -	3.15
185		Biblia cum Coneordantiis		1527	GBP -	1.18
186	Borlase, Edmund	History of the Execrable Irish Rebel-lion		1680	GBP -	1.10
187	E. G. Millar	British Museum		1923	GBP -	2.02
188	Burnam, J. M.	Palseographia Iberia	Paris	1912-25	GBP -	2.15
189	Chatelain, Aemilius	Uncialis Scriptura Codieum Latinorum	Paris	1901	GBP -	2.10
190	D'Ancona, Paola; Ebersolt, Jean	La Miniature Italienne, La Miniature Byzantine		1925, 1926	GBP -	2.10
191	D'Herbelot, B.	Bibliotheque Orientale	Paris	1697	GBP -	0.08
192	Diehl, Charles	Mélanges	Paris	1930	GBP -	3.05
193	Du Mont, J.	Batailles gagnées par le Prince de Savoye		1725	GBP -	1.01
194	Dunraven, Earl of	Notes on Irish Architecture		1875-77	GBP -	3.10
195	Durrieu, Comte Paul	La Miniature Flamande (1415-1530)		1927	GBP -	2.02
196	Errard, Charles; Colasanti, A.	et A. Gayet. L'Art Byzantin, L'Art Byzantin en Italie	Paris	n.d., n.d.	GBP -	7.15
197	J. T. Gilbert; Major General Sir Henry James	Facsimiles of National Manuscripts of Ireland	Dublin	1874-84	GBP -	5.15
198		Gélis-Didot et H. Laffillée	Paris, Morel	n.d.	GBP -	1.08
199	Gerstinger, Hans	Die Griechische Buchmalerei		1926	GBP -	2.15
200	John Hooker	Giraldus Cambrensis. The Irish Historie		1586, 1586	GBP -	0.18

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