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IRELAND AND THE PRINTED WORD.
1475-1700
by
Tony Sweeney
MAJOR REFERENCE WORK
Sweeney, Tony. Ireland and the Printed Word. A short descriptive catalogue of early books, pamphlets, newsletters and broadsides relating to Ireland, printed: 1475-1700. Illustrated. Dublin, De Burca, 1997. Folio. pp. 1000.
Of the limited edition of 250 copies, only the Special Limited Edition is available: one of ten copies only with extra colour illustrations, bound in full green morocco gilt, and individually date-numbered, thus recalling:
TEN MILESTONES IN IRISH BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: €395
With over 5,700 entries this book was published on November 20th 1997, to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the first edition of the first book by an Irish author who wrote for the printing press, rather than the scriptorium. Maurice O'Fihely (Mauritius de Portu) the founding father of 'Irish Writing' was censor to the Press of Octavianus Scotus in Venice. Although this major reference work is long out of print, we are pleased to offer this much sought after volume in our latest catalogue.
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