Purcell Auctioneers: Auction, Comprising a Portion of the Library of the Late Kenneth Nicholls (Historian and Irish Academic at UCC) From Templemartin, Co. Cork) and Other Clients, 100825, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025

Page Size: 578 items in 24 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
350	W. Combe	The Tour Of Doctor Syntax, In Search Of The Picturesque, A Poem	London	c.1813	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 43.75
351	Clarke, Edward Daniel	A Tour Through The South Of England, Wales And Part Of Ireland, Made During The Summer Of 1791	London	1793	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 50.00
352	Bagwell, R	Ireland Under the Tudors	London	1963	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 162.50
353		Les Reports des Cases & Matters en Ley Resolves & Adjudges en les Courts del Roy en Ireland: Collect and digest per Sir John Davis Chivaler		1674	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 87.50
354	Bolton (Sir R.)	A Justice of Peace for Ireland		1638	EUR 40.00 - 70.00	EUR 50.00
355		Some account of the public life, and a selection from the unpublished writings, of the Earl of Macartney	London	1807	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 68.75
356	Moran, Right Rev. Patrick Francis	Spicilegium Ossoriense: being a collection of original letters and papers illustrative of the History of the Irish Church from the Reformation to the year 1800	Dublin (Grafton Street)	1874	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 62.50
357	Hume, Master David. of Godscroft	The History OF The Houses Of Douglas And Angus	edinburgh	1644	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 100.00
358	John O'Donovan	The Genealogies, Tribes, and Customs of Hy-Fiachrach			EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
359	John O'Donovan	The Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many	Dublin	1843	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 125.00
360	O'Donovan (John)ed.	Irish Arch. & Celtic Society: The Topographical Poems of John O'Dubhagain and Giola na Naomh O'Huidhrin	Dublin	1862	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
361	the Rev. Arthur O'Leary	Miscellaneous Tracts	Dublin	1781	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
362		A Brief Inquiry into the Genealogy and Present State of Ancient Scottish Surnames		1723	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 125.00
363		Tractatus Historico-Canonicus Exhibens Scholia In Omnes Canones Conciliorum . . . Zegero Bernardo van Espen		1693	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 37.50
364		COLLECTANEA CURIOSA : OR MISCELLANEOUS TRACTS RELATING TO THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF ENGLAND AND iRELAND JOHN GLUTCH	Oxford	1781	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 50.00
365		Dictionnaire genealogique, heraldique, chronologique et historique, contenant l'origine et l'etat actuel des premieres maisons de France, des maisons souveraines & principales de l'Europe ...		1757	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
366	John S Crone	Irish Interest: A Concise Dictionary of Irish Biography		1937	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 62.50
367	Charles Ford	Adventure in Sienna	Dublin	1978	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
368	F. Grenehyl	Ye Aunceynt Chronycle of Ballyncollygle	Dublin	1917	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
369	S.R. Hole	A Little Tour in Ireland		1896	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
370		Ordinum Religiosorum in Ecclesia Militanti Catalogus Eorumque Indumenta in Iconibus Expressa, & Oblata Clementi XI Pont	Rome	1738	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 75.00
371		Dept. of Agriculture: Leaflets Numbers 1 to 111 Inclusive	Dublin	1943	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
372	Grimble, A.	Shooting and Salmon Fishing	London	1892	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
373	Mahony, Edmund	The Galway Blazers. Memoirs		1979	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
374	Thompson, Robert	The Gardener's Assistant: Practical And Scientific		1831	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 212.50

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.