Hibernica: Or, Some Antient Pieces Relating to Ireland (1770)
Book ID: 68073
Price: €395.00
Hibernica: Or, Some Antient Pieces Relating to Ireland. Part I Containing [eleven items] WITH Hibernica: Part II. Or, Two treatises relating to Ireland, Etc. Dublin: Printed for John Milliken, 1770. Third Edition. Pp (1) 287; (2) 231. Half green morocco , cloth boards, spine with raised bands, Celtic devices to compartments. Ex library number stenciled in white to tail of spine, Light shelf-wear to binding, light staining to title page with author name & page numbers hand-written in, otherwise contents pages in good condition.
Walter Harris (1686-1761) was an Irish historian, educated at Kilkenny Grammar School and Trinity College Dublin, he became vicar-general to the Archbishop of Meath in 1753.
His Hibernica contained everything from historical events, economic and political commentary to culture, sociological factors and geography.
First published in 1747 & 1750.
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