The work bears two imposing engraved headpieces done by P. Simms, and is handsomely printed in roman, italic, and fraktur, with the title-pages for the English and Latin sections in red and black.

•  ESTC T200365. Full brown morocco old style, covers framed in gilt rolling and panelled in single gilt fillet with inset corner fleurons; spine with gilt-stamped title, raised bands decorated with dotted gilt rules, and gilt-stamped shamrock devices in compartments. Title-page and one other lightly stamped by a now-defunct institution; Latin title-page trimmed closely with loss of three characters; the leaves with the beautiful headpieces (and in fact all others) just as they should be. Some cockling and mild browning, pages otherwise clean. A nice copy of this evocative expression of Irish patriotic feeling.

•  19th-century quarter sheep over paper-covered boards, worn and abraded with small discolorations; spine leather chipped, with remnants of gilt-stamped leather title label. Edges untrimmed. Some offsetting and a very few spots to pages; small area of worm damage in upper margins.

•  In good clean condition, tipped onto a leaf of 19th-century paper; now in a Mylar folder.