Purcell Auctioneers: c.600 Lot Auction to include Antiquarian Books, Irish Histories, Rare, Limited & Signed First Editions, County & Parsh Histories, Fine Bindings, Republican Interest, Classic Marvel Comics etc., 21826, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026

Page Size: 584 items in 24 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
376		A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland		1837	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 50.00
377	De Burca	The Three Candles Collection. A Bibliographical Catalogue (1998)	Dublin	1998	EUR 70.00 - 90.00	EUR 93.75
378		The Messiah translated from the German of Mr Klopstock	Bungay	1808	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
379		The Catholic Case Stated by a Catholic Layman 1859		1859	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
380	William Dillin	Irish Interest: Life of John Mitchel	London	1888	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 106.25
381		Irish Interest: Kings, Lords and Commons, 1961		1961	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
382	Rev J Donovan	Cathechism of the Council of Trent		1867	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 81.25
383	Ailbe J Luddy	Irish Saints: Life of St Malachy		1930	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
384		Miserere Georges Rouault; De Brun, Padraig	Dublin	1971	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
385	John Gray (editor)	(Fine Binding) The Poems & Songs of Sir John Suckling	London, United Kingdom	1896	EUR 100.00 - 140.00	Not Sold
386	Standish H O'Grady	Silva Gadelica- A Collection of Tales in Irish, with extracts illustrating persons and places		1892	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
387		The History of the Life of Reginald Pole in two volumes		1767	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
388		Irish Interest: Sights and Scenes of our Fatherland	London	1863	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
389	Rev. William Kinsella (Carlow College)	Controversial Letters in Reply to Rev. Mr Pope, Rev Mr Daly, Rev Dr Singer	(Dublin)	-1826	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
390		Statement of the Chief Grievances of Irish Catholics in the matter of Education by the Archbishop of Tuam		1857	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
391		Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus Old Irish Glosses Scolia, Prose and Verse edited Whitley Stokes and John Strachan		1987	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
392	John O'Leary	The writings of James Fintan Lalor: with an introduction embodying personal recollections		1895	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 68.75
393	Rev. T. O'Herlihy	The Famine 1845-1847. A Survey of the Ravages and Causes		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
394	Joseph T Carroll	Irish Interest: Ireland in the War Years 1939-1945		1975	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
395	Sylvester Malone	Church History of Ireland		1867	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
396	Laurence Marley	Michael Davitt- Freelance Radical and Frondeur		2007	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
397	Monsignor John Hanly, editor	The Letters of Saint Oliver Plunkett -Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland		1979	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
398	Nora Robertson	Irish Interst: Crowned Harp- Memories of the Last Years of the Crown in Ireland		1960	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
399	John Waddell	Irish Interest: The Bronze Age Burials of Ireland		1990	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
400	Mrs Thomas Concannon	The Life of Saint Columban- a study of ancient Irish monastic life		1915	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 137.50

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.