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
76	the Rev R H Hyland	The History, Topography And Antiquities of the County and City of Waterford with an account of the present State of the Peasantry of that part of the South of Ireland	London	1824	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 43.75
77	Dr Henry Cotton/Rev James Leslie/Rev W H Rennison	Irish Diocesan Interest: Clergy of Waterford, Lismore and Ferns		2008	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 125.00
78	Maurice J Wigham	Waterford: Newtown School Waterford- A History 1798-1998		1998	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
79		Waterford:Official Guide Waterford City and County, with folding map		c1950's	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 150.00
80		Co. Waterford: The Issue of Bonaparte-Wyse, Waterford's Imperial Relations		2004	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
81		Wexford -- 1641 Depositions Vol VII		-2023	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 56.25
82	Billy Colfer	Wexford Coffee Table Books: The Hook Peninsula		2004	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
83	Rev Patrick Murphy	Wexford: Our Lady's Island in History & Legend		1900	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 87.50
84	edited by D O Muirithe	Wexford: Folklore of County Wexford		1999	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 75.00
85	John Duffy	Wexford: River Slaney from source to sea		2006	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 56.25
86	P Donovan	Wexford: The Christian Brothers in New Ross 1849-1947		1952	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 68.75
87	Laffan and Mulligan	Russborough A Great Irish House, It's Families and Collections		2014	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 50.00
88	John M. Synge	[early book illustrated by Jack B. Yeats] In Wicklow West Kerry and Connemara		1911	EUR 120.00 - 240.00	EUR 93.75
89		Bray County Wicklow: An extensive collection of Bray post cards from very early 20th century on wards, showing the notable landmarks of the time		early 20th century	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,000.00
90	Editors A J Hughes and W Nolan	Armagh: History & Society		2001	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 43.75
91		Armagh Clergy and Parishes - Reverend James Leslie		1911	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 100.00
92		A bundle of eight Ulster Interest books, including The Printed Word and the Common Man		-1987	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
93	Peadar Livingstone	The Monaghan Story. A Documented History of the County Monaghan from earliest times to 1976		1980	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	EUR 325.00
94	P. Richard	In Praise of Ulster -- Richard Hayward	London	1938	EUR 100.00 - 120.00	EUR 175.00
95	Rev James Coyle	Irish Interest: The Antiquities of Leighlin		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 56.25
96		A bundle of eight Ulster Interest publications, including Macartney in Ireland 1768-72		-1978	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
97	Henry Glassie	Ulster Interest: Passing the Time- Folklore and History of an Ulster Community		2018	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 87.50
98		Armagh, Louth & Monaghan -- 1641 Depositions Vol I		-2014	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 62.50
99		Antrim, Derry, Donegal, Down & Tyrone -- 1641 Depositions Vol III		-2014	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 56.25
100		Cavan & Fermanagh -- 1641 Depositions Vol II		-2014	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 56.25

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.