The History of the Execrable Irish Rebellion. Trac’d from many Proceeding Acts, to the Grand Eruption the 23 of October, 1641 and Thence Pursued to the Act of Settlement, 1662. London: Robert Clavel, 1680. First Edition. Pp [34], 327, 137 (Appendix); 14 ( index). With errata & folding table. Rebacked, retaining original spine and tree calf boards. Compartments embellished in gilt, gilt ruled to boards. A very good copy in a handsome early binding.

Borlase traces events from the rebellion’s outbreak on 23 October 1641, through the Cromwellian conquest, and concludes with the Act of Settlement in 1662, which redistributed Irish land to English Protestants. It served as propaganda to justify English policies in Ireland and reinforce Protestant fears of Catholic insurrection.

Edmund Borlase, an English Protestant and physician, compiled this history using various sources, including unpublished material from Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon. However, his version was criticized for being “unskilfully altered and interpolated,” suggesting a lack of scholarly rigor and objectivity