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Cornerstone of Any Irish Historical Collection O'Donovan (John, ed) Annala Rioghachta Eireann - Annals fo the Kingdom of ireland by the Four Masters. From the earliest times to the year 1616. De Burca 1998, 7 vols. large quarto green buckram gilt in orig. slipcase, with De Boazio's Map of Ireland in en-suite folder. Third and best edition, with the missing years of the original (1334-1416) supplied from Roderic O'Flaherty's transcript. With a new intro. by Kenneth Nicholls. Fine set, a cornerstone of any Irish historical collection. O'Donovan's enormous scholarship, breath-taking in its extent when one considers the ate of historical scholarship and the almost total lack of published source material in his day, still amazes one' (Nicholls). (7)