A rare Isaac Newton volume from 1711, sporting medals, original photographs and drawings will all be included in Fonsie Mealy’s rare books and manuscripts auction in Dublin next Tuesday. There are first editions ranging from Charlotte Bronte to Ian Fleming, James Joyce’s pince nez and a 19th century transcript of The Annals of Clonmacnoise in this auction of 964 lots.
The most important lot is Newton’s Analysis per Quantitatum series estimated at 8,000-12,000. There is an original manuscript account of the Fall of Constantinople by Leonard of Chios c1453 and the earliest manuscript association of W B Yeats and Maud Gonne. There are statistical surveys, books on botany, antiquities, art, poetry, travel, genealogy, literature in a selection with an across the board appeal. There is an All Ireland Football Championship medal from 1905 and Galway’s first All Ireland Hurling Championship medal from 1923. The venue for the auction is The Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan.
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for November 29, 2018)
Newton volume UPDATE: THIS MADE 26,000 AT HAMMER
All Ireland Football Championship 1905 medal UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,000 AT HAMMER