BIBLIOTHECA HIBERNICANA: OR A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF A SELECT IRISH LIBRARY, COLLECTED FOR THE RIGHT HON. ROBERT PEEL.
- Dublin: Printed by W. Fold and Son, 1823.
- 8vo.
- original boards
- (iv), v, (iii), 51+(1) pages
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Order Nr. 96420
Limited to only fifty copies. An annotated catalogue of 125 books relating to Ireland printed from 1584 to 1820 under the broad headings of Antiquities, History, Biography, Topography, Statistical Surveys, Tourists, and Finance. Inscribed by the author on the half-title to the legal writer and antiquary Henry Joseph Monck Mason Esq., dated December 1825. Boards soiled and worn, back strip chipped and worn away, missing portion at heel. Bookplate on front pastedown, small institutional release stamp on title page (both Long Island Historical Society). Occasional finger soiling. Marginal damp stain toward the end. Second front blank has short tear with no loss.