This first edition of the 1570 Atlas by Abraham Ortelius made a hammer price of €96,000 over a top estimate of €60,000 at Fonsie Mealy’s Rare Books and Collectibles sale in Dublin today. An original engraved facsimile copy of the American Declaration of Independence issued by Order of Congress in 1823 and executed by engraver William Stone made €48,000 at hammer over a top estimate of €30,000.
