WARE, Sir James. De Hibernia & Antiquitatibus ejus Disquisitiones. In quibus, Praeter ea quae de Hiberniâ antiquâ explicantur, Mores & Consuetudines Hibernorum, tàm veterum, quàm mediorum temporum, describuntur. Unà cum formâ Imperii eorum, Nummis, Academiis … tempore Henrici II, sub quo, Insula Anglici Juris facta est.

London: Printed by J. Grismond, 1654. 16mo. First edition. pp. [xiv], 253, + errata. Titlepage in red and black. Contemporary full panelled calf, spine professionally rebacked at the Abrams Bindery, new letterpiece. Recent and early owner’s signature and initials on titlepage. A very good copy. Rare.
STC R013244. WorldCat 3. Sweeney 5533. Wing 843.

Title page in red and black. Engravings signed: W Hollar fecit. Running title reads: Antiquitates Hibernica. This edition includes a Map of Ireland, Plan of St. Patrick’s Purgatory, woodcuts of early coins and a medallion portrait of a bearded Irishman.

[Cat 157]