History of the County Dublin. The People, Parishes and Antiquities from the Earliest Times to the close of the Eighteenth Century. Four Volumes. Dublin: Alex Thom, 1902-1906. First Edition Set. Publisher’s green cloth boards, title lettered in black to upper covers. Light shelf-wear to covers, contents in nice bright condition throughout.

Volume (1) Monkstown, Kill-of-the Grange, Dalkey, Killiney, Tully, Stillorgan, Kilmacud. x,139, index; Volume (2) Donnybrook, Booterstown, .Taney,.Rathfarnham. x,160; Volume (3) Tallaght, Whitechurch, Kilgobbin, Kiltiernan, Rathmichael,.Saggart &c. viii, 144; Volume (4) Clonsilla, Leixlip, Lucan, Aderrig, Kilmactalway, Kilbride, .Esker, Ballyfermot, Clondalkin, Drimnagh. Chapelizod &c.

Francis Elrington Ball (1863-1928) antiquarian and historian. A monumental work on the history of his native county.