Jacobi Waræi equitis aurati De Hibernia & antiquitatibus ejus, disquisitiones. Editio secunda, emendatior & quarta parte auctior. Accesserunt rerum Hibernicarum regnante Henrico VII, annales. Nunc primùm in lucem editi.
Sir James Ware (1594 - 1666)
Category
Books
Date
1658
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3018980
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],356,[6],99,[3]p. . ill..,map (metal cuts, woodcuts) . 8vo. Imperfect: wanting frontispiece, pp. 89-90, 303-304, and 349-352. Not identified in 1768 catalogue (folio copy at L.3).. Provenance: manuscript inscription in pencil on front fly-leaf: "7 plates by Hollar 7s. 6d.". Ink-stamp cipher monogram on title-page verso: 'TEALR"[?], beneath which is ms. date: "1695". manuscript in pencil on rear board: "a-b ".. Binding: 17th century calf binding; double blind fillet border; gilt dotted roll pattern on board edges; blind fillets and red title label on spine.
Makers and roles
Sir James Ware (1594 - 1666) Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague 1607 - London 1677)