Hennessy, William M

Annals of Loch Cé. A Chronicle of Irish Affairs from A.D. 1014 to A.D. 1590. Edited with a translation by William M. Hennessy.

London/Dublin: Longman and Co. / A. Thom, 1871.

Two volumes. Royal octavos, volume 1, 653 pages; volume 2, 689 pages. Folding frontispiece. First edition of this chronicle compiled from two manuscript sources, and recording the history of Ireland from the 11th through 16th centuries. Some foxing to a few pages. Overall very good to fine, in one quarter maroon cloth over paper covered boards. With a bookplate and return request of the Lord Commissioners of Her Majesties Treasury. Scarce in the first edition, and in the original bindings.

Price: $1,400.00