The backbone for the annual
James Adam History Sale in Dublin on May 12 is formed by three strong collections. Books and documents from the late historian Dr.Tony Sweeney – who sought to have the best possible copy of every book or pamphlet shown to have a connection to Ireland pre-1700 – will make up lots 1-279. There are 94 lots of rare Irish maps from two private collectors with estimates from 50 to 8,000. The rarest maps are by Antonio Lefreri (fl1540-1577) and two examples of early maps of Ireland are estimated at 5,000-7,000 and 6,000-8,0000 respectively.
The MacManus Carbery collection comprises 22 lots from the Donegal writer Seumas MacManus (1868-1960); his first wife Anna Johnston (1866-1902) whose pen name was Ethna Carbery and his brother Padraic (1864-1929), a successful businessman in Argentina. He was a supporter of Irish causes and the archive includes important original correspondence from Padraig Pearse, Arthur Griffith, Major John MacBride and others associated with the Irish revival.
The sale is peppered by a long list of Irish personages from Michael Collins and Padraig Pearse to W.B. Yeats and Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa. The 824 lots will be sold in two sessions, at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for May 3, 2015).
Robert Boyle – New experiments physico mechanical touching the spring of the air (600-800). UPDATE: THIS MADE 950 AT HAMMER
A gold Davis Cup medal, 1903 won by Harald Segerson Mahony, the last Irishman to win at Wimbledon (1896). (5,000-7,000). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
A section of the direction United States transatlantic telegraphic cable 1874 (500-800). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,100 AT HAMMER
A rare handbill issue of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic (3,000-5,000). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 7,500 AT HAMMER
Antonio LaFreri – Rome Hibernia Sive Irlanda first published in 1560 (6,000-8,000). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 6,500 AT HAMMER
A four page manuscript letter dated 1908 from Padraig Pearse to Padraic MacManus in Argentina appealing for funds to establish an Irish language high school in Dublin (12,000-15,000). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
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