THE HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF IRELAND. (TOPOGRAPHIA HIBERNIAE); With a map and drawings from a contemporary copy c. 1200 A.D.
Mountrath, Portlaoise, Ireland: Dolmen Press, 1982. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Midnight-blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine.Toning to dustjacket. Numerous in-text illustrations. 136 pp.
Dolmen Texts 4. Very Good Plus in Very Good Dustjacket. Item #85173
ISBN: 0851053114
"...The book falls into three parts. The First Part treats of the Position of Ireland. The distance between Ireland and Britain. What land it has to the south and how far distant....The Second Part treats of the Wonders and Miracles of Ireland. The surging tides of the Irish Sea and its varying ebb and flow. The contrary motions of the tides in Ireland and Britain. The moon affects the waters as well as natural humours...The Third Part treats of the Inhabitants of the Country. The first arrival that namely of Cesara the grand-daughter of Noah before the Flood. The second arrival that namely of Bartholanus (Parthalon) three hundred years after the Flood..."
"...The text here translated by Professor O'Meara is that of the original recension, without the matter, much of which is extraneous, later added by Giraldus. This is based mainly on a manuscript in the University Library, Cambridge..." (dustjacket flap).
Price: $75.00