Shelfmark
Fs.3.10 - Fs.3.13
Additional shelfmark
Fs.3.14
Title
Rerum hibernicarum scriptores veteres ... / Auctore Carolo O'Conor, S.T.D.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Buckinghamiæ, : Excudebat J. Seeley, veneunt apud T. Payne, Londini., 1814-1826.
Physical description
4 v. : ill. (some col.), facsims (part fold.), map, plates ; 27 cm. (4to)
Note
Vol. 1 published in 1814, vol. 2 in 1825 and vol. 3 and 4 in 1826.
Note
Pagination: v.1: iv, v, [3], ii, cclxxvi, [2], clxxxiv, [6], ccvii, [1] p., 7 pl., [1] fold. engr. map ; v.2: [10], xxxii, 317, [1], 399--402, xii, 156, [3], viii--ix, [1], 6, [2], 7--83, [3], 48, [2] p., [6] engr. pl. ; v.3: [4], xxxi, [2], xxiv--xxv, [1], 1--6, 6b, [1], 7--840, [2] p. ;
v.4: [8], 398, 25, [1] p.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Contents: t.I. Continens epistolam nuncupatoriam quae codicum vetustissimorum Hibernensium notitiam, et regum chronologiam complectitur, item Prolegomena ad annales, partibus II, quarum prima vetustissimorum de Hibernia testimonia historica, secunda annalium et carminum hibernensium catalogos comprehendit. Auctore Carolo O'Conor.--t.II. Complectens Annales Tigernachi, ex codice Bodleiano, Rawlinson, no. 488, Annales Inisfalenses, ex duobus codicibus, Dubliniense et Bodleiano, itemque Annales Buellianos, ex codice Cottoniano, Titus A. XXV.--t.III. Complectens Annales IV magistrorum, ex ipso O'Clerii autographo in Bibliotheca Stowense.--t.IV. Complectens Annales Ultonienses ab anno D. CCCCXXXI, ad annum D. MCXXXI, ex codice Bodleiano: itemque indicem generalem.
Provenance
[Fs.3.10-Fs.3.13] An unsigned letter tipped in at front of v.1 of the "Bibliotheca ms. Stowensis", 1818, dated Stowe, November 1826, presenting "the Irish chronicles translated from the originals in the library at Stowe" to Eton College as a gift from the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, probably refers to the present work.
Provenance
[Fs.3.10-Fs.3.13] 19th-century bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
[Fs.3.14] ALs signed "Grenville" [i.e. the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos] tipped in at front (6 pp.), dated 3 December 1814, presenting "the first volume of a work undertaken, carried on, & thus far printed at the expence of my poor brother the late Marquis of Buckingham" to the Provost of Eton College, with an additional note stating his intention of giving "the Irish vol.[when it] shall be fit for binding" to the College.
Provenance
[Fs.3.14] 19th-century bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
[Fs.3.10-Fs.3.13] 19th-century sprinkled calf; gilt double fillets on covers and spine; maroon morocco spine-labels.
Binding
[Fs.3.14] 19th-century diced calf; gilt double fillet on covers; blind-tooled spine; marbled edges to match the endpapers.
Copy-specific note
[Fs.3.10-Fs.3.13] Previously Gba.6.06-Gba.6.09.
Copy-specific note
[Fs.3.14] Vol. 1 only.
Copy-specific note
[Fs.3.14] Previously Cp.2.1.12a.
Subject
Irish literature Bibliography.
Subject
Ireland History Sources.
Added entry--name
Smith, C. J. engraver.
Added entry--name
Payne, Thomas, 1752 - 1831 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Seeley, J. publisher.
Added entry--name
Tigernach Abbot of Clonmacnois,
Added entry--name
Added entry--title
Annals of Ulster.
Added entry--title
Annals of the Four Masters.
Added entry--title
Annals of Boyle.
Added entry--title
Annals of Innisfallen.
Added entry--place
England London.
Added entry--place
England Buckingham.
Language code
lat sga
Identifier
B40590