Faeth Fiadha. The Breastplate of Saint Patrick. Translated by Thomas Kinsella from the Irish. Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1957. First Edition, Trade Issue. Publisher’s yellow card wrappers, title lettered in green to upper cover. Light browning to covers, otherwise a nice bright copy.

The designs, by H. Neville Roberts, are based on Irish Early Christian Art.

The Breastplate of Saint Patrick (Faeth Fiadha or Deer’s Cry) is taken from the xi century manuscript in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin.

A Limited Issue of 250 Copies, bound in limp vellum was published in 1954.