History, Literature, and Collectibles

Circa 50-60 million BC. Giants Causeway hexagonal basalt stones A collection of four hexagonal basalt column sections similar to those found in the

c1000BC: Bronze age Irish gold ring money Provenance: Found by Thomas Johnston, Cork, in the late 19th century, thence by descent. Penannular double

1152-1827: Liber Munerum Publicorum Hiberniae or The Establishments of Ireland 44 by 28cm., 17.5 by 11in. Two volumes printed in seven sections or p

14th Century: Leaf from Petrus Lombardus' Quatuor Libri Senteniarum illuminated manuscript on vellum, framed 28 by 18cm., 11 by 7in. A leaf fro...

circa 1420: Leaf from a Book of Hours Illuminated manuscript on vellum, framed 17 by 11cm., 6.5 by 4.5in. A leaf from the Book of Hours, a devotional

1592: King Philip II of Spain signed land grant warrant manuscript 30 by 22cm., 12 by 8.5in. Interesting land grant warrant issued by King Phillip II

17th Century Manuscript in Italian - Political Warning from Cardinal Ludovisi to Pope Gregory XV. manuscript pp59 bound later in boards, housed in cla

17th Century: Map of The Barony of Udrone, County Carlow. recess printed, hand coloured 18 by 13cm., 7 by 5.25in. From a French atlas, page 55.

1610: John Speed maps of Leinster, Munster and Connaught 38 by 51cm., 15 by 20in. Three John Speed 17th Century engraved maps of Leinster with an in

1647: Rare Joannes Janssonius (Jan Jansson) Novus Atlas of Britain with complete set of Irish maps contemporary vellum binding 51 by 33cm., 20 by 13in