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Ware, The Works of Sir James Ware concerning Ireland. Revised and Improved.

Ware, James.

The Works of Sir James Ware concerning Ireland. Revised and Improved. In three Volumes. Vol 1. Containing, The History of the Bishops of that Kingdom, and such Matters Ecclesiastical and Civil, in which they were concerned, from the first Propagation of Christianity therein to the present time. Vol.2. Containing, the Antiquities of Ireland. Vol.3. Containing, The Writers of Ireland. In two Books. All written in Latin by Sir James Ware, Knight, now newly translated into English, and Revised and Improved with numerous and material Additions. Embellished with Copper Plates.

Three volumes bound in Two. Dublin, Printed for the Author, by E. Jones, S. Paul (Vol 2) & A. Reilly (Vol.3), 1739, 1745 & 1746. 32 x 21 cm. Vol.1: Engraved frontispiece, Title page, (10) [Preface, Dedication etc.], 660 pages, (16) [Index]. With 16 folding Plates. [Collation: (14), A2-Z2, Aa2-Zz2, Aaa2-Zzz2 Aaaa2-Zzzz2, A2-Z2, A2-Z2, A2-Z2, A2-Z2, E-M]. / Vol.2: Engraved Frontispiece, Title Page, (8) [Dedication, Preface, Subscribers etc.), 284 pages, (4) [Index], Title Page, (2) [Preface], 263 pages, (5) [Index]. [Collation: (14), A2-Z2, Aa2-Zz2, Aaa2-Zzz2, Aaaa2-Cccc2, (4), A2-Z2, Aa2-Zz2, Aaa2-Zzz2, A2-Z2]. New (2024) half cloth over marbled boards. Red morocco spine labels with gilt titles and volume numbers. New end papers. See images. Very good condition. New sound bindings. Inscription on both title pages reads ‘Kildare St. Club Library presented by the Hon. Judge Townsend’. Blind stamps of the Kildare Street Club Library on title pages and in other places throughout both volumes. Armorial Ex Libris on first blank of volume 2. Internally both volumes are mildly age darkened. Some edgewear and a few missing corners, none affecting text or images. Overall a very nice copy.

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