The antiquities and history of Ireland, by the Right Honourable Sir James Ware, Knt. Containing 1. His inquiries into the antiquities of Ireland, ... 2. His annals of Ireland from the first conquest by the English, ... 3. His commentaries of the prelates of Ireland from the first planting of Christianity there, ... 4. His two books of the writers of Ireland, ... 5. By way of appendix is added that ... discourse of Sir John Davis, ... Now first published in one volume in English; and the life of Sir James Ware prefixed.
Sir James Ware (1594 - 1666)
Category
Books
Date
1705
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3189460
Summary
Bibliographic description
[14]; [4],164,163-170,167-172,[10]; [4],60,57-76,164,64,175-196; [4],70,44,37,[1],37-55,[1],28; [4],42,[4]; 59,[3]p., plates : map, port. ; fol. Imperfect: lacks final errata leaf. Provenance: eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, bordered, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)].; paste over previous owner's plate. Binding: eighteenth-century double blind panelled calf; six raised bands; wants spine label.
Makers and roles
Sir James Ware (1594 - 1666) Sir John Davies (bap.1569 - 1626)