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
551		A Handbook of Irish Folklore Sean O Suilleabhain	(Dublin)	1942	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 150.00
552		Legends of Ireland CAMPBELL, J. J. SIGNED	London	1955	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 68.75
553	Rev Denis Murphy	Irish Interest: Our Martyrs -a record of those who suffered for the Catholic Faith under Penal Laws		1896	EUR 50.00 - 81.00	EUR 87.50
554	Kate O'brien	Collection of Irish Plays. Teresa of Avila		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 93.75
555	edited by patrick F Moran	Irish Interest:The Analecta of David Rothe, Bishop of Ossory		1884	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
556	TODD ??(James Henthorn)	The Book of Hymns of the Ancient Church of Ireland		1855/1869	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 68.75
557	His Eminence Patrick Francus Moran	Irish Interest: presercutions Suffered by the Catholics of Ireland under thr Rules of Cromwell		1918	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
558	Stephens and Glasscock, editor	Irish Geographical Studies	Dublin	1902	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
559		Irish Interest Coffee Table Books: Ireland from the Air	Benedict Kiely	1985	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
560	Jacqueline O'Brien with Desmond Guinness	Irish Interest Coffee Table Books: Dublin - A Grand Tour		1994	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
561	Jane Morten Jensen	Art: Tony O'Malley Brian Lynch	New Island, Dublin	2004	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
562		Four Coffee Table Books: Great Irish Houses and Castles (O'Brien & Guinness)		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 75.00
563	(Crookshank & the Knight of Glin)	Irish Artists and Their Work: The Watercolours of Ireland		c. 1600-1914	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
564	(Crookshank and the Knight of Glin)	Irish Artists and Their Work: Ireland's Painters 1600-1940		-2002	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 87.50
565		EV + A Catologues: EVA International		N/A	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
566	Pfeiffer and Heron	In the Houses of Ireland		1992	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 56.25
567		Irish Coffee Table Books: Ireland from the Air -Independent Archives		1951-1958	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 62.50
568		Kildare: An extensive collection with titles such as Nas na Riogh, illustrated history of Naas		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 81.00	EUR 300.00
569		Box of Children's modern fiction, mostly first editions and some signed		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
570		Collection of Irish interest books, Parnell, Irish Republic by Macardle in dj		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 75.00
571	John Banville	(First UK Editions First Prints from Four Irish Booker Winners) John Banville -- The Drowned, Elegy for April		N/A	EUR 40.00 - 70.00	EUR 62.50
572		Irish Art Review Year Books: 1988/89-90/90-91//91-92/93/94/95/96/97/98/99/2000/01/02 plus 13 quarterly reviews		1988/89-90/90-91//91-92/93/94/95/96/97/98/99/2000/01/02	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 118.75
573	Canon Sheehan	Full set of the works of Canon Sheehan in 12 volumes		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
574		Lloyd's natural history: A hand-book to the order Lepidoptera - Complete in 5 Volumes	London	1896	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 325.00
575	Fuller, Haren & McQuarrie, editor	Calendar of Papal Letters relating to Great Britain and Ireland		1484 -- 1534	EUR 180.00 - 220.00	EUR 125.00

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.