Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Collectors' Sale, 100125, Kilkenny

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 01, 2025 - October 02, 2025

Page Size: 1222 items in 49 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
755	Speed (John)	Irish Map: The Kingdome of Ireland divided into severall Provinces and the againe devided into Counties newly described		c. 1610	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,062.50
756	Speed (John)	The "Speed " Maps of Ireland Irish Map: The Kingdome of Ireland, Divided into Severall Provinces and the again divided into Counties also 'Connaught,' ;Leinster,' 'Ulster' and 'Munster'	Lond.	1610	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,375.00
757	Lindsay (Rev. J.)	Irish Sea Chart: A New and Correct Chart of the Harbour of Corke	London	c. 1759	EUR 250.00 - 320.00	EUR 287.50
758	Raspe (G.N.)	Irish Sea Chart: A Map of Belfast Lough (Schamplatz der Gegen Wartigen Kriege - 1757)			EUR 120.00 - 140.00	Not Sold
759	Collins (Captain Greenvile)	Irish Sea Chart: Chart of Kingsale Harbour, Humbly dedicated and presented to the Right Honorable Sir Robert Southwell		c. 1756	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 187.50
760	Van Keulcu (Gerard)	Irish Sea Charts: Afteckening Van de Rivier of Havan van Carlingfor, & Nievwe Afteckening van de Bay van Dublin, divided in two		c. 1734	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 625.00
761	Sanson (Nicholas) Mariette (Pierre)	Irish Map: Irlande Royaueme divise en ses quatre Provinces	Paris	1665	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 200.00
762	Speed (John)	Irish Map: The Province of Munster	London	c. 1610	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 350.00
763	Homanno (J.B.)	Irish Map: Hiberniae Regnum Eam in Praecipus Ultoniae, Connaciae, Laceniae et Momoniae			EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 400.00
764	Ortelius (Abraham)	Irish Map: Eryn Hiberniae, Britannicae Insulae, Nova Descriptio - Irlandt	Amsterdam	c. 1603	EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,125.00
765	Boazio (Baptista)	Rare First State Boazio Map of Ireland Irish Map: autore Irlandiae Accurata Descriptio		c. 1599	EUR 3,500.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 7,500.00
766	Homann (Johann Baptist)	European Map: - (Siege of Corfu) Plan du Siege de Corpus par Terre et par mer avec la situation de deux Flottes Venitienne et Ottomanne depuis le Jour...	Nuremberg	c. 1720	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 175.00
767	Speed (John)	British Map: Barkshire Described, engraved by Jacobus Hondius		c. 1623	EUR 250.00 - 320.00	Not Sold
768	Leslie (John) [1527-1596]	16th Century Map of Scotland Scottish Map: Scotiae Regni Antiquissmi Accurata Descriptio		c.1578	EUR 350.00 - 500.00	EUR 700.00
769	Munster (Sebastian)	16th Century French City Plan Engraved Plan: cartographer Die Statt Colmar Contrafhetet nach aller irer gelegenhent Sampt Umbligender landschaffe	Basle	1574	EUR 175.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
770		"Best Route to the Gold Fields" Nautical Interst: [South Africa] A large Advertisement for 'Castle Line'	Almanac	1898	EUR 250.00 - 320.00	Not Sold
771	Malton (James) [1761-1893]	Important Set of Malton Prints of Dublin Coloured Prints: a fine quality set of 25 hand coloured aquatint views of Dublin	Dublin	(1792-1793)	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
772		Napoleon: Two rare 19th Century French coloured Prints	Paris	c. 1840's	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
773		Advertisement: An original Sign for Judd Brothers - Tanners and Wool Merchants	Dublin	1880	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
774		Advertisement Mirror: An original plate glass Mirror Sign for 'Frys - Frys for Good Pure Breakfast Cocoa' approx			EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
775		Signs: Memorabilia A group of four enamel Vintage Signs for 'Esso - Put a Tiger in Your Tank,' 'Shell - Every drop Tells,' 'Duckhams - Racing Motor Oil,' and 'Shell Motor Oil'			EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
776		Signs: A group of six enamel Vintage Signs including 'P. & T. (Post and Telegraph) Person throwing stones will be prosecuted,' 'First Class' and 'R.A.C.			EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
777		Signs: Memorabilia, a group pf three Vintage enamel signs, including 'Hudson's - with a very little Joes a very long Way,' 'Sunlight Soap,' 'Andrews Liver Salt'			EUR 120.00 - 140.00	EUR 212.50
778		Signs: [Motor Interest] a group of three enamel Vintage Signs for 'Land Rover, 'Ford Tractor Sales Service,' and 'Ford'			EUR 120.00 - 180.00	EUR 187.50
779		An original lithographic Advertisement Print, for "The Dublin Distillers Co. Ltd.			EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.