Copies of Rosellini’s exceptional work on ancient Egypt emerges in Irish sale
An exceptional, expanded and specially cased example of Ippolito Rosellini’s 'I Monumenti dell Egitto e della Nubia' of 1832-34 topped the bidding in a Fonsie Mealy (20% buyer’s premium) sale of the library from Howth Castle.
It sold for €74,000 (£62,900) in a September 22-23 auction at the Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny, premis…