From Owl Books, County Leitrim, Ireland
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First edition of this very early history of Ireland written in Latin. In Quibus, Praeter ea quae de Hibernia antiqua explicantur, Mores & Consuetudines Hibernorum, tam veterum, quam mediorum temporum, describuntur. Una cum forma Imperii eorum, Nummis, Academiis, Episcopatibus & Coenobiis; necnon Ostmannorum in Hibernia rebus gestis & Coloniis ex Anglia & Wallia in Hiberniam emissis, tempore Henrici II, sub quo, Insula Anglici Juris facta est. [xiv], 253 pp + (1 errata). With map of Ireland & Map of St. Patrick's Purgatory Lough Derg Co. Donegal & several other small illustrations in text. Title page printed in red and black. Previous owner's armorial bookplate on fep. Inscription on ffep. Text clean except for occasional light browning. Binding tight. Bound in full contemporary tan leather with gilt lettering on spine. Five raised bands on spine with elaborate gilt decoration in panels. Corners and edges of boards rubbed. Surface of boards scuffed in places. Overall condition VG-. Rare. Seller Inventory # 7745
Bibliographic Details
Title: De Hibernia & Antiquitatibus ejus, ...
Publisher: Londini: J Grismond for J. Crook & T. Heath, 1654.
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
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