Purcell Auctioneers: c.600 Lot Auction to include Antiquarian Books incl. Books from the Library of the Late Kenneth Nicholls, Rare - Signed - Limited Editions, Local Histories, Republican Interest, Irish Literature etc., 40826, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 08, 2026 - April 08, 2026

Page Size: 120 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		Hely Dutton - Statistical Survey of the County of Clare: with observations on the means of improvement; drawn up for the consideration, and by the direction of the Dublin Society	Dublin,	1808	EUR 400.00 - 460.00	Unknown
2	Clare: Rev. Philip Dwyer.	'History of Killaloe Diocese'.		1878	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
3	Dwyer, Rev. Canon;	The Diocese of Killaloe from the Reformation to the Eighteenth Century. Ex libris		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
3A	Aubrey Glynn and Dermot Gleeson.	A History of the Diocese of Killaloe. Early Period by Aubrey Glynn and Middle Ages by Dermot Gleeson.		1962	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
4	Frost, James;	The History and Topography of the County of Clare. Ex libris		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
5		Clare: The Other Clare issues 2-38 (31); Dal gCais issues 5/7/9/11 (4) Total 35		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
6	Richard Caulfield.	The Council Book of the Corporation of Kinsale.		1879	EUR 140.00 - 160.00	Unknown
7	Patrick Hickey,	Cork: Templemartin- A Proud Tradition by Sean O Crualaoi; Famine in West Cork- The Mizen Peninsula Land and People 1800-1852		2002	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
8	Francis H Tuckey,	Cork: The County and City of Cork Remembrancer		1980	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
9		Cork: Journal of the Cork Historical Archaeological Society		1934	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
10		The Scenery and Character of Cork. Sean Feehan Junior, Gladys Leach illustrator.	Cork,	1974	EUR 60.00 - 90.00	Unknown
10A	Richard Hayward, illustrated by Raymond Piper.	Munster and the City of Cork	London.	1964	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
11		Journal of The Cork Historical & Archaeologica Society 1892/1897		1892/	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
12	Richard Caulfield.	Council Book of the Corporation of of the City of Cork. 1876.		N/A	EUR 120.00 - 140.00	Unknown
13	Richard Caulfield.	Council Book of the Corporation of Youghal.		1878	EUR 140.00 - 160.00	Unknown
13A	Harry Percival Swan.	Romantic Inishowen. Ireland’s wonderful peninsula. Donegal by Harry Percival Swan.		1948	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
14	Edited by J. T. Gilbert	Crede Mihi. The Most Ancient Register Book of the Archbishops of Dublin Before the Reformation, Now for the First Time Printed from the Original Manuscript.	Dublin,	1897	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	Unknown
15		Framed scale Hand cololured maps of Tipperary and Waterford,		1798	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
15A	John T Gilbert	Calandar of Ancient Records of Dublin Vol 1-18.		1889-1922	EUR 150.00 - 300.00	Unknown
16		(Dublin Interest) Jim Lacey – A Candle in the Window, A History of the Barony of Castleknock		2007	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
16A		Dublin: Dublin 1660-1860 by Maurice Craig, 1952; The Guilds of Dublin by John J Webb, Sign of Three Candles, 1939 plus 11 others (13)		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
17		Dublin: Dublin Historical Records Journal,		1942-1985	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown
18	J.T. Gilbert	The History of the City of Dublin. Volume I		1861	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
19	F. Elrington Ball.	A History of County Dublin. people, parishes, antiquities from earliest times. With maps and illustrations.		1995	EUR 60.00 - 100.00	Unknown
20		Dublin: The Dublin Region in the Middle Ages by Margaret Murphy and Michael Potterton, 2010; …		N/A	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Unknown

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.