History, Literature and Collectibles

Circa 50-60 million BC: Giant`s Causeway hexagonal basalt section A basalt column section from the Giants Causeway, Co Antrim acquired from Kenned...

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circa: 1000 AD Bronze fixing pin Has been over painted in recent years. broken at the tip P ...[more]

circa 200-300AD: Roman terracotta oil lamps A selection of three interesting Roman lamps. Of various sizes, one marked in ink with the date and lo...

Samuel Birch `A History of Ancient Pottery, Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman.` London: Murray, 1873. New and Revised Edition. 8vo. D...

Dublin made Ardagh Chalice replica by Alright and Marshall An attractive silver gilt replica of the Ardagh Chalice complete with maker`s mark and ...

16th Century: Hand Cannon A cast hand-cannon barrel of hexagonal profile, with central bore and touchhole to the upper face. P Measurements: 7.5 b...

16th Century: Anti-Catholic Pope & Devil illusion coin pipe tamper A small anti-Catholic cast coin or medal which has been altered for use as a pi...

1625-1649: Charles I Royalist Badge by Thomas Rawlins A scarce Charles I Royalist Badge in silver-gilt. by Thomas Rawlins. Obverse with crowned bu...

circa 1610: John Speed map of the province of Connaught Intaglio, handcoloured, framed. Attractive map of Connaught with inset town plan of Galway...

1614: John Speed map of Shropshire, and later maps of Wales and Cheshire John Speed second edition map of Shropshire with inset map of Shrewsbury ...

circa 1650: Jan Jansson `Hibernia Regnum Vulgo Ireland` map Intaglio, handcoloured, framed. A beautiful, colourful map of Ireland by Jansson title...

1690: Johannes Van Keulen seachart of Ireland, England and Scotland Intaglio, handcoloured, framed. Van Keulen seachart titled Paskaart van `t Can...

1700: Nicolas Visscher `Hiberniae Regnum.` map of Ireland Intaglio, handcoloured, framed. Late 17th or early 18th Century map of Ireland by Vissch...

Circa 1700. Isle of Wight, Poole & Portsmouth Harbours hand coloured map by Berey. Carte particuliere des Costes Meridionales d`Angleterre Qui com...

1778: Ireland Royaume D`Irlande" map by Francois Santini" Intaglio, handcoloured, framed. Venice printed map of Ireland divided into its four prov...

circa 1786: Alexander Hogg map of Leinster A New & Correct Map of the Province of Leinster Drawn from the Latest and Best Authorities" Published b...

1794 (12 May) Laurie & Whittle.Hydrographical Survey of the West Coast of Ireland.” Intaglio, framed. A New Hydrographical Survey of the West Coas...

Worms : British Mapmakers. London 2011; Boyle : London Cartographic History. Wycombe 2002. With 6 others related to cartography. (8) P ...[more]

Bonar Law : Printed Maps of Ireland. Dublin 1997 and Chubb : Printed Maps in the Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland. London 1997. With 4 others re...

1640. The Tryall of Thomas Earl of Stafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.” .Upon an Impeachment of High Treason By The Commons then Assembled in Pa...

1655 (4 June) Cromwellian Soldier sells his grant of land in Ireland A scarce manuscript document recording the sale of land in Carlow by John Hun...

1660: Hugo Grotius (Hugo De Groot) `De Veritate Religionis Christianae` Oxonii, 1660. Full Calf. Nova Cum Annotationibus, Cui Accessit Verso Arabi...

Molloy, Francis : Lucerna fidelium, seu fasciculus decerptus. (An Irish Catechism) Rome: Typographia S. Cong. de Propag. Fide, 1676. 8vo, pp391, v...

Story, George Walter: A True and Impartial History of the Most Material Occurrences in The Kingdom of Ireland. 1693 A True and Impartial History o...

1698: `Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow Lietenant General of the Horse, Commander in Chief of the Forces in Ireland.` Printed at Vivay in the Canton of Be...

Borlase, Edmund. The Reduction of Ireland to the Crown of England with the Governors Since the Conquest By King Henry II. Anno MCLXXII. London: Pr...

1724: History of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 `The Irish Rebellion: or, an History of the Beginnings and first Progress of the General Rebellion ra...

Ireland from the Restoration to the Revolution, 1660-1690 by John P. Prendergast Longmans Green London, 1887, 206pp, original blindstamped cloth. ...

1699: Thomas Hibernicus, Flores Doctorum Pene Omnium, Tam Graecorum, Quam Latinorum, Qui Tum in Theologia, Tum in Philosophia Hactenus Claruerunt....

O`Flaherty, Roderic (Ó Flaithbheartaigh, Ruairi) : The Ogygia Vindicated The Ogygia Vindicated: Against the Objections of Sir George Mac Kenzie, K...

Leabhar na Nornaightheadh Ccomhchoitchionn (Book of Common Prayer) and Donlevy, Andrew : An Teagasg Críosduidhe (The Catechism) Respectively Londo...

Henry II to Henry VII - An Index of Public Records of Ireland - Rotulorum patentium et clausorum Cancellariæ Hiberniæ Calendarium Vol, 1. Part 1. ...

[ Ed. Carolus Andreas Dukerus, with Henrici Stephani & Joannis Hudsoni] Thucydides [The Pelloponesian Wars] De Bello Peloponnesiaco Libri Octo Cum...

Blackstone, William. Commentaries on The Laws of England. Scarce Dublin Printing. Dublin: Printed for John Exshaw, Henry Saunders, Samuel Watson, ...

1731: Colen Campbell `Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect.` `.Containing The Plans, Elevations and Sections of The Regular Buildings B...

1740: `The Theological Works of the Learned Dr. Pocock, Sometime Professor of the Hebrew and Arabick Tongues.` `.in the University of Oxford, and ...

Barton, Richard. Lough Neagh in Ireland. The County of Ardmagh Lectures in Natural Philosophy Designed To be a foundation, for reasoning pertinent...

1752 Indenture concerning property on Dirty Lane, Dublin and a legal bill for work carried out 1746-1771. Indenture in ink on vellum, folded, 16 b...

Thomas Burke: Hibernia Dominicana sive Historia Provinciae Hiberniae Ordinis Praedicatorum. full leather, 797pp, 4to, 1762 first edition.Coloniae ...

1764: Walter Harris `The History and Antiquities of Ireland.` Dublin: Printed for Robert Bell, in Stephen Street, Opposite Aungier Street; and Joh...

1915: Georgian Mansions in Ireland. limited edtion by T. U. Sadlier and P. L. Dickinson limited to an edition of 100 of which this is 153, origina...

1776: `Treatise of the Exchequer and Revenue of Ireland` by G. E. A. Howard Dublin: Printed By J.A. Husband, for E. Lynch, No. 6, Skinner Row, 177...

Taylor & Skinner`s Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. G. Nicol, London, and W. Wilson, Dublin, 14th November 1778. First edition. With f...

c.1780: `Genuine History of the Lives and Actions of the Most Notorious Irish Highwaymen.` by J. A. Cosgrave `.Tories and Rapparees, from Redmond ...

1783 (17 March) Engraving of the installation dinner at the most illustrious order of St Patrick An impressive framed engraving titled Installatio...

1783 (17 December) English Grammar School Grafton Street Dublin prize medal for writing A white metal circular medal, obverse engraved with the wo...

1783-1830: The Dublin Evening Post A collection of 11 issues. Comprising of 8/8/1783, 23/11/97, 5/12/97,14/12/97,30/12/97, 16/1/98, 21/1/1808, 22/...

1783, 1807,1829: Watson, Samuel. Almanacks All with folding maps present .(3) P Measurements: 7 by 4.25in., 17.5 by 10.625cm. ...[more]

1791: Annals of Horsemanship print by W. Dickinson London Tinted framed engraving by William Dickinson Henry Bunbury. Titled The Tumbler or its Af...

1792 and 1795 silver medals to John Kinchela , later Attorney General of New South Wales Large 55mm silver medal awarded by The Historical Society...

1796: Francis Grose `Rules for Drawing Caricaturas: With an Essay on Comic Painting` London: Printed for Hooper & Wigstead, No. 212, High Holborn,...

1797: Prussian military instruction book used by Limerick Militia Printed by William Cruttwell and sold by Egerton, Military Library, Charing-Cros...

1798: `United Irish Patriots` print A large framed print showing the United Irishmen leaders of the 1798 Rebellion. No engraver`s or printer`s nam...

1798: Father Micheal Murphy Staffordshire commemorative wall plaque A 19th Century Staffordshire pottery pictorial wall plaque titled 1798 The Dea...

1798 (17 October) `Erin go Bray` print by S. W. Fores Picadilly London A scarce hand tinted and framed print produced by S. W. Fores, London in 17...

1798 Rebellion centenary commemorative jug A commemorative 1798-1898 jug. Without maker`s mark and decorated with symbolism of the rebellion and t...

1798 interest Petty Session information document circa 1810 relating to The Battle of Kilcumney A single sheet manuscript courts statement by Mich...

19th Century: Wolfe Tone and Lord Edward FitzGerald portrait engravings A pair of uniformly framed portrait engravings of Wolfe Tone and Lord Edwa...

1788 pattern British Light Cavalry Sabre With wire bound leather grip and metal hand guard. No maker`s or other marks present. Complete with scabb...