Anglo-Norman Poem on the Conquest of Ireland. By Henry the Second from a Manuscript Preserved in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth Palace. with an introductory Essay on the History of the Anglo-Norman Conquest of Ireland by Thomas Wright. London: William Pickering, 1837. First Edition. Pp lx, 185. Facsimile page of manuscript (Ms Lamb 596) as frontispiece to poem. Bound in full straight grained green morocco boards, wide decorative border in gilt with raised bands, compartments with floral gilt-stamped decoration and lettering to spine; decorative gilt inner dentelles with a floral and vine pattern, all edges gilt. Light shelf-wear to edges & spine hinges, otherwise a nice bright copy.

Ex library Sir J. Bernard Burke with his initials J.B.B. embossed to centre of upper board. Inscribed on second endpaper: “Sir J. Bernard Burke, Ulster, from his sincere friend S.P. Ver??”

Also known as ‘The Song of Dermot and the Earl,’ this significant historical document, edited by Francisque Michel, offers a detailed narrative of the Norman invasion of Ireland led by Henry II. The manuscript is preserved in the archiepiscopal library at Lambeth Palace.

Sir John Bernard Burke (1814-1892) was a British genealogist and Ulster King of Arms, who helped publish Burke’s Peerage.