SOCIAL HISTORY Of ANCIENT IRELAND By JOYCE/IRISH LAW ART/2 BOOKS/RARE 1903 $360,
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A SOCIAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT IRELAND. TREATING OF THE GOVERNMENT, MILITARY SYSTEM, AND LAW; RELIGION, LEARNING, AND ART; TRADES, INDUSTRIES, AND COMMERCE; MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND DOMESTIC LIFE, OF THE ANCIENT IRISH PEOPLE. BY P. W. JOYCE. 2 volume set. London : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903. First Edition. Rare.
A handsome matching First Edition of this rare and important work. These books are complete and unrestored, with the original publisher's bindings. Published more than 110 year...s ago, First Edition sets now can sell for $360 to $900+.
From the Preface: "AN important function of History is to depict social and domestic life. If we wish to obtain a clear view of the general state of any particular country in pas times, we shall need to have a good knowledge of the people, high and low, rich and poor; their standards of civilisation, religion, and learning; their virutes and failings ; their industries, occupations, and amusements; their manners and customs; and the sort of life they led day by day in their homes. The social condition of most of those ancient nations that have made any figure int he world has been investigated and set forth in books; and perhaps it will be acknowledged that Ireland deserves to be similarly commemorated. For, besides the general importance fo all such studies in elucidating thehistory of the human race, the ancient IRish were a highly intellectual and interesting people; and the world owes them something, as I hope to be able to show. In this book an attempt is made to picture society, in all its phases, as it existed in Ireland before the Anglo-Norman Invasion; and to accomplish this work -- to bring together into one Essay all that is known on the subject -- every authentic source of information within my reach has been turned to account. Ihave collected the scattered Sibylline leaves with mch loving labour, and sorted and pieced them together slowly and patiently, so as to form a connected and intelligible statement; but in my case there were a hundred times more inscribed leaves to deal with than ever any votary picked up in the Sibyl's cave..."
Contents : GOVERNMENT, MILITARY SYSTEM, AND LAW; Laying the Foundation; A Preliminary Bird's-Eye View; Monarchical Government; Warfare; Structure of Society; The Brehon Laws; the Laws relating to LAnd; The Administration of Justice; Paganism; Christianity; Religion, Learning, Art; Christianity; Learning and Education; Irish Language and Literature; Ecclesiastical and Religious Writings; Annals, Histories, and Genealogies; Historical and Romantic Tales; Art; Music; Medicine and Medical Doctors; The Family; The House; Food, Fueld, and Light; Dress and Personal Adornment; Agriculture and Pasturage; Workers in Wood, Metal, and Stone; Corn Mills; Trades and Industries Connected with Clothing; Measures, Weights, and Mediums of Exchange; Locomotion and Commerce; Public Assemblies, Sports, and Pastimes; Various Social Customs and OBservances; Death and Burial; Appendix;
According to Wikipedia: "Patrick Weston Joyce (1827 – 7 January 1914) was an Irish historian, writer and music collector, known particularly for his research in local place names of Ireland. He was born in Ballyorgan in the Ballyhoura Mountains, on the borders of counties Limerick and Cork in Ireland, and grew up in nearby Glenosheen. The family claimed descent from one Seán Mór Seoighe (fl. 1680), a stonemason from Connemara, County Galway. Robert Dwyer Joyce was a younger brother. Joyce was a native Irish speaker who started his education at a hedge school. He then attended school in Mitchelstown, County Cork. Joyce started work in 1845 with the Commission of National Education. He became a teacher and principal of the Model School, Clonmel. In 1856 he was one of fifteen teachers selected to re-organize the national school system in Ireland. Meanwhile he earned his B.A. in 1861 and M.A. in 1863 from Trinity College, Dublin.[1] He was principal of the Training College, Marlborough Street, in Dublin from 1874 to 1893. As a member of the Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language he wrote an Irish Grammar in 1878. He was President of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland from 1906 to 1908, an association of which he was a member from 1865.[1] Joyce was a key cultural figure of his time. His wide interests included the Irish language, Hiberno-English, music, education, Irish literature and folklore, Irish history and antiquities, place-names and much else. He produced many works on the history and culture of Ireland. His most enduring work is the pioneering The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places (first edition published in 1869).[2]..."
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Two Thick Octavo - sized hardcover book; [xxiii + 632] + [xi + 651] pages of text with numerous illustrations, including a fold-out map in vol. i. Very Good condition: no writing or markings in volume 1; a few pencilled notations in volume 2; large tear and fraying to map, no other torn or missing pages; embossed owner marking on title page "Baile Clair na Jailline?"; signature and corner excised on dedication page in vol. i ; original black endpapers; , with bookbinder label from Dublin; cracking to rear board of one volume. Original publisher's hardcover bindings, with wear, rippling to rear board, fraying to spine tips & corners. A set of two solid and attractive books.
Please look through my other auction listings- I have listed many scarce and unusual books this week on ebay. Please bid on more than one book, because I will be happy to reduce shipping costs for multiple purchases; media mail postage is $5 for this listing, and $1 for each additional book that you win from me. International bids welcomed, international airmail postage $60; Canadian airmail postage $40.
BRUCE
A handsome matching First Edition of this rare and important work. These books are complete and unrestored, with the original publisher's bindings. Published more than 110 year...s ago, First Edition sets now can sell for $360 to $900+.
From the Preface: "AN important function of History is to depict social and domestic life. If we wish to obtain a clear view of the general state of any particular country in pas times, we shall need to have a good knowledge of the people, high and low, rich and poor; their standards of civilisation, religion, and learning; their virutes and failings ; their industries, occupations, and amusements; their manners and customs; and the sort of life they led day by day in their homes. The social condition of most of those ancient nations that have made any figure int he world has been investigated and set forth in books; and perhaps it will be acknowledged that Ireland deserves to be similarly commemorated. For, besides the general importance fo all such studies in elucidating thehistory of the human race, the ancient IRish were a highly intellectual and interesting people; and the world owes them something, as I hope to be able to show. In this book an attempt is made to picture society, in all its phases, as it existed in Ireland before the Anglo-Norman Invasion; and to accomplish this work -- to bring together into one Essay all that is known on the subject -- every authentic source of information within my reach has been turned to account. Ihave collected the scattered Sibylline leaves with mch loving labour, and sorted and pieced them together slowly and patiently, so as to form a connected and intelligible statement; but in my case there were a hundred times more inscribed leaves to deal with than ever any votary picked up in the Sibyl's cave..."
Contents : GOVERNMENT, MILITARY SYSTEM, AND LAW; Laying the Foundation; A Preliminary Bird's-Eye View; Monarchical Government; Warfare; Structure of Society; The Brehon Laws; the Laws relating to LAnd; The Administration of Justice; Paganism; Christianity; Religion, Learning, Art; Christianity; Learning and Education; Irish Language and Literature; Ecclesiastical and Religious Writings; Annals, Histories, and Genealogies; Historical and Romantic Tales; Art; Music; Medicine and Medical Doctors; The Family; The House; Food, Fueld, and Light; Dress and Personal Adornment; Agriculture and Pasturage; Workers in Wood, Metal, and Stone; Corn Mills; Trades and Industries Connected with Clothing; Measures, Weights, and Mediums of Exchange; Locomotion and Commerce; Public Assemblies, Sports, and Pastimes; Various Social Customs and OBservances; Death and Burial; Appendix;
According to Wikipedia: "Patrick Weston Joyce (1827 – 7 January 1914) was an Irish historian, writer and music collector, known particularly for his research in local place names of Ireland. He was born in Ballyorgan in the Ballyhoura Mountains, on the borders of counties Limerick and Cork in Ireland, and grew up in nearby Glenosheen. The family claimed descent from one Seán Mór Seoighe (fl. 1680), a stonemason from Connemara, County Galway. Robert Dwyer Joyce was a younger brother. Joyce was a native Irish speaker who started his education at a hedge school. He then attended school in Mitchelstown, County Cork. Joyce started work in 1845 with the Commission of National Education. He became a teacher and principal of the Model School, Clonmel. In 1856 he was one of fifteen teachers selected to re-organize the national school system in Ireland. Meanwhile he earned his B.A. in 1861 and M.A. in 1863 from Trinity College, Dublin.[1] He was principal of the Training College, Marlborough Street, in Dublin from 1874 to 1893. As a member of the Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language he wrote an Irish Grammar in 1878. He was President of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland from 1906 to 1908, an association of which he was a member from 1865.[1] Joyce was a key cultural figure of his time. His wide interests included the Irish language, Hiberno-English, music, education, Irish literature and folklore, Irish history and antiquities, place-names and much else. He produced many works on the history and culture of Ireland. His most enduring work is the pioneering The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places (first edition published in 1869).[2]..."
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Two Thick Octavo - sized hardcover book; [xxiii + 632] + [xi + 651] pages of text with numerous illustrations, including a fold-out map in vol. i. Very Good condition: no writing or markings in volume 1; a few pencilled notations in volume 2; large tear and fraying to map, no other torn or missing pages; embossed owner marking on title page "Baile Clair na Jailline?"; signature and corner excised on dedication page in vol. i ; original black endpapers; , with bookbinder label from Dublin; cracking to rear board of one volume. Original publisher's hardcover bindings, with wear, rippling to rear board, fraying to spine tips & corners. A set of two solid and attractive books.
Please look through my other auction listings- I have listed many scarce and unusual books this week on ebay. Please bid on more than one book, because I will be happy to reduce shipping costs for multiple purchases; media mail postage is $5 for this listing, and $1 for each additional book that you win from me. International bids welcomed, international airmail postage $60; Canadian airmail postage $40.
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