Purcell Auctioneers: Truly Exceptional Sale Of The Library Of An Irish Gentleman and Other Very Important Clients to include the World Renowned First Edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle (July, 1493) and Other Incunabula , 112625, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 26, 2025 - November 26, 2025

Page Size: 344 items in 14 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	William Rawley	Resuscitatio or Bringing into Public Light Several Pieces of the Works Civil		1671	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
27	Edmund Ludlow	MEMOIRS OF EDMUND LUDLOW, WITH A COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL PAPERS, AND THE CASE OF KING CHARLES THE FIRST	London	1771	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 118.75
28	W. H. Bartlett, W. Porter & T. Allom	Syria, The Holy Land and Asia Minor		1842	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 400.00
29		P. Virgilii Maronis Poetarum Principis Opera Accuratissime Castigata - The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro, Prince of Poets, Most Accurately Revised	Venice	M.D.XXXVII (1537)	EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,312.50
30	Baron J.J. Von Gerning	A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine from Mentz to Cologne	London	1820	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
31		Septimo Tomo Haec insunt, in Parabolas Salomonis commetarij, in Ecclesiasten diui Hieronymi Stridonensis commentarij, Homiliae in Canticacanticorum"	Lugovni	1530	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 275.00
32		Reliques of Irish Poetry: Consisting of Heroic Poems		1789	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 1,125.00
33	Moore, Thomas	Lalla Rookh, An Oriental Romance	London	1817	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 812.50
34		Very Early Printing: Polydori Vergilii Vrbinatis Anglicae Historiae Libri Uigintisex	Basileae	Anno M.D. XLVI (1546)	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,150.00
35	[Johannes Scotus]	INTELLECTUAL, SUBTLE, ALLEGORICAL, MYSTICAL ERIGENA. ERIGENA	Oxford	1681	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,437.50
36	JOSEPHUS, Flavius	MAYNARD, George Henry. Translator. The Whole Genuine and Complete Works of Flavius Josephus, The celebrated Warlike, Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian	London	1790	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
37	Jewell, John	The Workes Of The Very Learned And Reverend Father In God, John Jewell, not long since Bishop of Sarisburie	London	1681	EUR 60.00 - 160.00	EUR 212.50
38	BRAMHALL, John	The Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, John Bramhall D.D. Late Lord Bishop of Ardmagh, Primate and Metropolitan of all Ireland	Dublin	1677	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
39	Ussher, Rev. James	The Annals Of The World	London	1658	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	EUR 525.00
40	[BORLASE, Edmund]	The History of the Irish Rebellion, Traced from many Preceding Acts, to the Grand Eruption The 23d of October, 1641; And thence pursued to the Act of Settlement, 1662	Dublin	1743	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 500.00
41	JAMES I, King of England (1566-1625)	The Workes Of The Most High And Mighty Prince, James	London	1616	EUR 300.00 - 600.00	EUR 2,375.00
42	Dr J J G Alexander, the renowned Art Historian	The Book of Kells commentary volume. The text written			EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 600.00
43		Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary	Oxford	2009	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 212.50
44		Very Early Printing: Operum Origenis Adamantii		1515	EUR 400.00 - 800.00	EUR 425.00
45	Edmund Spenser	The Faerie Queene		1590	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 687.50
46		The Life Of The Most Reverend Father In God, James Usher, Late Lord Arch-Bishop Of Armagh, Prmate And Metropolitan Of All Ireland	London	MDCLXXXVI 1686	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	EUR 200.00
47	Lucio Anneo Seneca	INCUNABULA: Seneca Moralis. Rubrication in red and blue	Printed in Venice	October 5, 1490	EUR 800.00 - 1,600.00	EUR 3,250.00
48		Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland		1990	EUR 180.00 - 360.00	EUR 725.00
49		Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a Triumph LAWRENCE, T. E.	London and Toronto	1935	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 62.50
50	Cpt. William C. Harris	Wild Sports of South Africa		1844	EUR 700.00 - 900.00	EUR 725.00

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

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Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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