IRELAND AND THE PRINTED WORD : A SHORT DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF EARLY BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, NEWSLETTERS AND BROADSIDES RELATING TO IRELAND. PRINTED: 1475-1700 (SIGNED)
Dublin, Ireland: Eomann de Burca for Edmund Burke Publisher, 1997. Limited Edition #200/250. Hardcover. Small folio, 12.25 in. x 8.5 in., pp. 1000. SIgned by Tony Sweeeney and Eamonn de Burca on the limited edition page. Burgundy clo;th boards with iviry paste-on label showing an early Irish broadside; gilt title to spine. Very light shelfwear at bottom spine end. Unmarked interior. Veru Good Plus. Item #100712
"Tony Sweeney’s passion for early modern books connected with Ireland, together with his prodigiously retentive mind for detail, made him not only a collector of the very best kind but also a great scholarly bibliographer. With prodigious energy and meticulous research over many years, he compiled his 1997 publication, Ireland and the Printed Word: a short descriptive catalogue of early books, pamphlets, newsletters and broadsides relating to Ireland,1475-1700. The work,
that encompasses all printed material relating to Ireland, astonished scholars by its breadth of compass and the depth of its learning. Tony Sweeney (1931 - 2012) combined an enviable grasp of intellectual life in Early Modern Europe with a remarkable command of bibliographical detail, and identified nearly 6,000 items for this pioneering descriptive bibliography. The originality of his scholarship in this work was recognised by the National University of Ireland with the award of the degree of D.Litt. All bibliographers, the world over, now refer to Early Modern Irish books by their Sweeney number. Few works of scholarship have opened up research possibilities in Irish Studies so profoundly and in such an exciting way as did Tony Sweeney’s Ireland and the Printed Word." (Prof. Andrew Carpenter, Univ. College Dublin).
Price: $450.00