Irish Families: Their Names, Arms, and Origins

New York: Crown Publishers, 1972. 365pp/illus (color & Bw/maps. Large fold-out map at rear. 243 coats of arms illustrated in full-color. "The author - Dr. Edward Maclysaght, M.R.I.A. - was sometime Keeper of Manuscripts in the National Library of Ireland and held office as Chief Herald in Dublin Castle. It has taken him twelve years to collect the material for this book which makes available in easily accessible form a wealth of reliable information on Irish Genealogy. The armorial bearings have been illustrated by the artist attached to the genealogical Office from the blazons officially recognized there and will be especially important in correcting many careless or misinformed representations of Irish arms which are in frequent use. It is hardly too much to claim, therefore, that this book is the most authoritative and accurate ever produced on the subject."- DJ torn at bottom. Clean. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good(-). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.