Jacobi waraei Equitis Aurati de hibernia & Antiquitatibus ejus, disquisitiones
by WARE, James
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- Hardcover
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Londini [i.e. London]: Typis E. Tyler, Impensis Jo. Crook, 1658. [16], 356, [6], 99pp, [3]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Title in red and black. Contemporary speckled calf, later expertly rebacked to style, ruled in gilt and blind. Boards Rubbed. Fore-edge of frontispiece shaved, scattered spotting. The revised edition, greatly expanded from the first of 1654, of antiquary and historian Sir James Ware's (1594-1666) magnum opus; the most comprehensive account of Ireland, from its legendary origins to the conquest by the Normans, that had yet appeared. Ware details the roots of the leading Irish families, the meaning of Irish names, and reports on the superstitions and the natural phenomena of the country, and gives a knowledgeable description of Irish costume and the Irish ways of fighting. Particularly valuable are his accounts of the forms of government, the codes of law, and the systems of land tenure that prevailed up to the Norman invasion. ESTC R204005, Wing W844.. Editio secunda [i.e. second edition]. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ27354
- Title
- Jacobi waraei Equitis Aurati de hibernia & Antiquitatibus ejus, disquisitiones
- Author
- WARE, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Editio secunda [i.e. second edition]
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Typis E. Tyler, Impensis Jo. Crook
- Place of Publication
- Londini [i.e. London]
- Date Published
- 1658
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- Size
- 8vo
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Wareham, Dorset
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- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...