KINSELLA, THOMAS; translator. The Breastplate of St. Patrick. Printed in red and black. Woodcut designs by H. Neville Roberts based on early Irish Christian Art. [4], 8, [8] pages. Tall thin 12mo, publisher's patterned black and tan leather, gilt-lettered along spine, some mild discoloration, unobtrusive amateur repair to spine leather; board slipcase, edgeworn. Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1954
first edition. number 10 of only 15 copies signed by kinsella and roberts, from a total edition of 275. Faeth Fiadha, the Deer's Cry, generally known as the Breastplate of Saint Patrick, is taken from the Eleventh Century manuscript Liber Hymnorum in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin--from the Colophon.
