April 21, 2012
Live Auction38 Molesworth Street
Dublin, 2 Ireland
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Viewing Notes18-20 April 10am to 6pm. 21 April 9am-11.30am. Venue: Whyte's, 38 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2
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Lot 4: c750-600BC: Late Bronze Age socketed bronze axe head
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Description: c750-600BC: Late Bronze Age socketed bronze axe head Extremely fine and rare Ewart Park Phase bronze axe head with three diverging ribs on each face and prominent mouth moulding. Found during Limestone quarrying in Cardiganshire, Wales in 1890. h:5 w:2 in. Provenance: R. G. Widdowson Antiquities, North Yorkshire; Whence purchased by the present owner
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Lot 5: 1950-1: Codex Cenannensis: The Book of Kells
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Description: 1950-1: Codex Cenannensis: The Book of Kells Bern: Urs Graf, vellum stamped in gilt; boxes. Facsimile edition of the Book of Kells in two volumes, comprising of hundreds of plates with many in colour, including all the openings to Gospels. Also with a printed reproduction of the first introductory text volume. (3 items) h:16 w:12 in.
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Lot 6: 1868: Facsimiles of the Miniatures and Ornaments of Anglo-Saxon and Irish Manuscripts by J.O. Westwood
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Description: 1868: Facsimiles of the Miniatures and Ornaments of Anglo-Saxon and Irish Manuscripts by J.O. Westwood Quaritch London, 1868, folio, 156pp. One of an edition of 200, illustrated with 54 excellent chromolithographic plates. Presented in a cloth folding box. h:22 w:14 in.
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Lot 7: 1791: Francis Grose The Antiquities of Ireland limited edition with colour plates
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Description: 1791: Francis Grose The Antiquities of Ireland limited edition with colour plates London. Hooper. 1791. Comprising of two volumes with a total of 266 very fine contemporarily hand coloured plates. Only a total of 25 copies of this work were coloured hence the absolute rarity of this set. Attractively bound in three quarter green morocco with marbled boards and ornate gilt spine. The last copy of this limited edition with handcoloured prints to be offered for sale was listed in Hodges Figgis' A Catalogue of Books Relating to Ireland, August 1953. h:14 w:10 in.
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Lot 8: 1791: Francis Grose The Antiquities of Ireland
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Description: 1791: Francis Grose The Antiquities of Ireland Quarter leather, marbled boards, gilt titles. Hooper, London, 1791. First Edition. Two volumes. A sought after publication. Illustrated throughout and with information regarding all parts of the country. (2 items) h:11 w:7.50 in.
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