History & Literature & Other Collectibles

Lot 1

Circa 50-60 million BC. Giants Causeway hexagonal basalt stones

Estimate: €3,000 Price Realised: €2,000

Lot 2

c1000BC: Bronze age Irish gold ring money

Estimate: €2,000 Price Realised: €3,400

Lot 3

1152-1827: Liber Munerum Publicorum Hiberniae or The Establishments of Ireland

Size: 44 by 28cm., 17.5 by 11in. Estimate: €750 Result: Not Sold

Lot 4

14th Century: Leaf from Petrus Lombardus' Quatuor Libri Senteniarum

Medium: illuminated manuscript on vellum, framed Size: 28 by 18cm., 11 by 7in. Estimate: €300 Price Realised: €360

Lot 5

circa 1420: Leaf from a Book of Hours

Medium: Illuminated manuscript on vellum, framed Size: 17 by 11cm., 6.5 by 4.5in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €320

Lot 6

1592: King Philip II of Spain signed land grant warrant

Medium: manuscript Size: 30 by 22cm., 12 by 8.5in. Estimate: €300 Price Realised: €300

Lot 7

17th Century Manuscript in Italian - Political Warning from Cardinal Ludovisi to Pope Gregory XV.

Medium: manuscript pp59 bound later in boards, housed in clamshell red cloth bound box Size: 25 by 19cm., 10 by 7.5in. Estimate: €500 Price Realised: €500

Lot 8

17th Century: Map of The Barony of Udrone, County Carlow.

Medium: recess printed, hand coloured Size: 18 by 13cm., 7 by 5.25in. Estimate: €150 Result: Not Sold

Lot 9

1610: John Speed maps of Leinster, Munster and Connaught

Size: 38 by 51cm., 15 by 20in. Estimate: €300 Price Realised: €450

Lot 10

1647: Rare Joannes Janssonius (Jan Jansson) Novus Atlas of Britain with complete set of Irish maps

Medium: contemporary vellum binding Size: 51 by 33cm., 20 by 13in. Estimate: €10,000 Price Realised: €9,500

Lot 11

1647 (14 October) letter concerning accounts of Captains John Cunningham, John Sanford, Richard Harrison, etc.

Medium: manuscript, pp2 Size: 18 by 18cm., 7 by 7in. Estimate: €200 Price Realised: €190

Lot 12

1662: Johannis Blaeu Atlas Hibernia

Medium: half leather, marbled boards 47pp Size: 53 by 33cm., 21 by 13in. Estimate: €4,000 Result: Not Sold

Lot 13

1674: Navy Office letter relating to the 1666 Great Fire of London

Medium: single page manuscript Size: 30 by 19cm., 12 by 7.5in. Estimate: €300 Price Realised: €280

Lot 14

1685?: Sir William Petty maps of Ireland

Estimate: €1,000 Price Realised: €1,000

Lot 15

1691: London Gazette two issues relating to the Williamite Wars

Medium: letterpress 2 pp Size: 29 by 17cm., 11.5 by 6.5in. Estimate: €300 Price Realised: €400