Purcell Auctioneers: Library of the Late T. J. Hurley, Tralee, Co. Kerry and other Private Clients. T. J. (Tim) Hurley was Closely Connected with Austin Stack, Constance Markievicz etc. , 120424, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 04, 2024 - December 04, 2024

Page Size: 671 items in 27 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
499	Captain McLintock.	A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Company.		1859	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 50.00
500	C S Stewart,	Sketches of Society in Great Britain and Ireland		1835	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
501		The Silkworm: A Poem. In Two Books. Written By Marcus Hieronymous Vida, and Translated into English Verse by The Reverend Samuel Pullein of Trinity College, Dublin, A.M.	Dublin	1750	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 100.00
502	VERNE, Jules [Gabriel] (1828-1905), [ROUX, George, illustrator]	Cesar Cascabel	London		EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 93.75
503	C. L. Graves.	The Blarney Ballads with Illustrations by G. R. Halkett.	London	1888	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
504	Oliver St John Gogarty,	Tumbling in The Hay		1939	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 62.50
505	(Edited William G. Fitzgerald --	The Voice of Ireland -- A Survey of the Race and Nation from all Angles.		1924	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 37.50
506		Baratariana - A Select Collection of Fugitive Political Pieces published during the Administration of Lord Townshend in Ireland	Dublin	1773	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
507	Katharine Tynan.	A Little Book for John O'Mahony's Friends		1909	EUR 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
508	Lynn Doyle.	The Spirit of Ireland		1935	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 25.00
509	John Hunt, Peter Harbison, photographs David Davison.	Irish Medieval Figure Sculpture 1200-1600. A study of Irish tombs with notes on costume and armour.		1974	EUR 80.00 - 120.00	EUR 150.00
510	Dulac, Edmund (illus.); Stevenson, Robert Louis.	Treasure Island.		1927	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 125.00
511	Nimrod.	The Life of John Mytton.		1893	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
512		Debates, Evidence and Documents connected with The Investigation of the Charges brought by the Attorney-General; For Ireland against Charles Thorpe esq., High Sheriff of Dublin, in the House of Commons, 1823.	London	1823	EUR 60.00 - 80.00	EUR 50.00
513	Taylor, Jeremy.	Unum necessarium: or, the doctrine and practice of repentance.		1711	EUR 80.00 - 160.00	EUR 200.00
514	Samuel Lewis.	A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Containing Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate, Market, and Port Towns, Parishes, and Villages, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions.		1837	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 43.75
515	Henry, Francoise.	The Book of Kells: Reproductions from the Manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin.	London	1974	EUR 40.00 - 60.00	EUR 37.50
516		Atlas of Ireland. Prepared by Irish National Committee for Geography.	Dublin	1979	EUR 40.00 - 80.00	EUR 37.50
517	T. S. O'Cahan.	Owen Roe O'Neill	London	1968	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 37.50
518	John Ryan S. J.	Irish Monasticism Origins and Early Development	Cambridge.	1932	EUR 50.00 - 100.00	EUR 25.00
519	Morrice, Thomas Rev..	A Collection Of The State Letters Of The Right Honourable Roger Boyle, The fifty Earl of Orrery, Lord President Of Munster in Ireland.	Dublin	1743	EUR 100.00 - 200.00	EUR 81.25
520	Charles Darwin.	Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World.		1889	EUR 300.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,250.00
521	. Arthur Young,	A Tour in Ireland with General Observations on the Present State of that Kingdom, made in the years 1776, 1777 and 1778, and brought down to the end of 1799		1780	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	EUR 225.00
522	Vincent Scully.	Occupying Ownership (Ireland)		1881	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	EUR 162.50
523		Memoir Of The Lady Freemason. Day John Memoir of the Hon Elizabeth Aldworth of Newmarket Court Co. Cork.	Cork	1941	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	EUR 125.00

ALDE, Mar. 4: JÉRÔME (SAINT). Epistolæ. Parme, s.n., 1480. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Mar. 4: DANTE ALIGHIERI. [La Divina Commedia]. Brescia, Bonino de Boninis, 1487. €10,000 to €12,000.

ALDE, Mar. 4: PLINE L'ANCIEN. Historia naturalis. Parme, Andrea Portilia, 8 juillet 1481. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 4: MÉTHODE D'OLYMPE. De revelatione facta ab angelo beato Methodio in carcere detento. Bâle, Michael Furter, 1504. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 4: ARISTOPHANE. Κωμῳδίαι ἐννέα. Comœdiæ novem. Venise, Alde Manuce, 1498. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 4: ARISTOPHANE. Κωμῳδίαι ἑνδεκα... Comœdiæ undecim cum scholiis antiquis. Genève, Société caldorienne, 1607. €800 to €1,000.

ALDE, Mar. 4: EURIPIDE. Τραγωδιαι ἑπτακαίδεκα. Tragœdiæ septendecim. Venise, Alde, février 1503. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 4: HIPPOCRATE. Τα ευρισκομενα... Opera omnia quæ extant, in VIII sectiones ex Erotiani mente distributa. Francfort, Claude de Marne et Johann Aubry, 1595. €800 to €1,000.

ALDE, Mar. 4: HOMÈRE. Ποιήσεις άμφω ήτε Ιλιάς και η Οδύσσεια. Opus utrumque Iliados et Odysseæ. Bâle, Johann Herwagen, 1551. €800 to €1,000.

ALDE, Mar. 4: PINDARE. Ολύμπια, Πύθια, Νέμεα, Ίσθμια. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia. [Genève], Paul Estienne, 1599. €400 to €500.

ALDE, Mar. 4: PLATON. Ἅπαντα Πλάτωνος. Omnia opera, cum commentariis Procli in Timæum et Politica. Bâle, Johann Walder, 1534. €800 to €1,000.

ALDE, Mar. 4: PLINE L'ANCIEN. Historia naturalis. Parme, Andrea Portilia, 8 juillet 1481. €8,000 to €10,000.
Gonnelli
Auction 58
Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
March 11th-13th 2025

Gonnelli: Manuscript and illuminated book of hours, mid-15th century.

Gonnelli: Sumptuous Koran manuscript by Bukhara illuminators in the mid-nineteenth century.

Gonnelli: Rowling J. K., Harry Potter e la Pietra Filosofale. Firenze: Adriano Salani, 1998.

Gonnelli: Fontana Lucio, Dix eaux-fortes. Milano: Galerie Schwarz, 1962.

Gonnelli: Valli Antonio, Il canto de gl'augelli. In Roma, Nicolò Mutij, 1601.

Gonnelli: Moniglia Giovanni Andrea, Il Mondo Festeggiante. In Firenze: nella Stamperia di S.A.S., 1661.

Gonnelli: Alighieri Dante, [Divine Comedy with commentary and Life of Dante by Cristoforo Landino]. Danthe alegieri fiorentino. Venezia, Capcasa, 1493.

Gonnelli: Foresti, Novissime historiarum. Venezia, Rusconi, 1506.

Gonnelli: Hieronymus (santo), Vita di sancti Padri vulgariter historiada. Venezia, Otino da Pavia, 1501.

Gonnelli: Ghisi Andrea, Laberinto dato novamente in luce. In Venetia: per Euangelista Deuchino, 1616.

Gonnelli: Gouvea Antonio (de), Innocentia victrix. [China, Canton], 1671.

Gonnelli: Napier John, Rabdologiae, seu numerationis per virgulas libri duo. Edinburgi: Andreas Hart, 1617.

Gonnelli: Ortelius Abraham, Theatrum orbis terrarum. Antverpiae: Aegid. Coppenium Diesth, xx Maii 1570.
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