Instructions for Forreine Travell. Shewing by what cours, and in what compasse of time, one may take an exact Survey of the Kingdomes and States of Christendome, and arrive to the practicall knowledge of the Languages, to good purpose, 1st edition, London: printed by T.B. for Humprey Mosley, 1642, additional engraved title with short closed tear at gutter, without portrait of Prince Charles, later front endpaper inscribed "Purchased at sale of the library of the Right Rev. Wm. Reeves D.D. Bishop of Down and Connor and Dromore, Nov 2 1892, W.S.D.," lower hinge mostly broken, contemporary sheep, worn with loss to leather surface mostly on boards, 12mo Wing H3082. William Reeves (1815-1892) was an Irish antiquarian and the Church of Ireland Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore from 1886 until his death. He was the last private keeper of the 9th century manuscript known as the Book of Armagh which he had purchased for �300 in 1853 from the Brownlow family. He sold the book for the same sum to Archbishop Beresford, who had agreed to present it to Reeves' alma mater Trinity, In 1891 he was elected President of the Royal Irish Academy, a position he held until his death. The sale catalogue of Reeves' library of 1892 contained sections relating to the Royal Irish Academy, Scotland, Ireland, the Athanasian Creed, the Utrecht Psalter, the Old Testament, and Household Furniture. (1)
Instructions for Forreine Travell. Shewing by what cours, and in what compasse of time, one may take an exact Survey of the Kingdomes and States of Christendome, and arrive to the practicall knowledge of the Languages, to good purpose, 1st edition, London: printed by T.B. for Humprey Mosley, 1642, additional engraved title with short closed tear at gutter, without portrait of Prince Charles, later front endpaper inscribed "Purchased at sale of the library of the Right Rev. Wm. Reeves D.D. Bishop of Down and Connor and Dromore, Nov 2 1892, W.S.D.," lower hinge mostly broken, contemporary sheep, worn with loss to leather surface mostly on boards, 12mo Wing H3082. William Reeves (1815-1892) was an Irish antiquarian and the Church of Ireland Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore from 1886 until his death. He was the last private keeper of the 9th century manuscript known as the Book of Armagh which he had purchased for �300 in 1853 from the Brownlow family. He sold the book for the same sum to Archbishop Beresford, who had agreed to present it to Reeves' alma mater Trinity, In 1891 he was elected President of the Royal Irish Academy, a position he held until his death. The sale catalogue of Reeves' library of 1892 contained sections relating to the Royal Irish Academy, Scotland, Ireland, the Athanasian Creed, the Utrecht Psalter, the Old Testament, and Household Furniture. (1)
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