The Reduction of Ireland to the Crown of England. With the Governours Since the Conquest By King Henry 11. Anno MCLXX11.with Some Passages in Their Government A Brief Account of the Rebellion Anno Dom. MDCXLI. Also,the Original of the Universitie of Dublin, and the College of Physicians. London: Andrew Clarke for Robert Clavel, 1675. First Edition. Pp [50], 284, woodcut devices. 18th century panelled calf, blind stamped floral decoration to covers, rebacked. A very good copy.

Edmund Borlase was the son of Sir John Borlase, Chief Justice (who received the appointment of master-general of the ordnance, Ireland, in 1634, and held office as lord justice there from 1640 to 1643). Edmund was educated in Trinity College Dublin, studied medicine at Leiden 1650 and studied further at Oxford.  

His ‘Reduction of Ireland’, trace the history of Ireland’s conflicts with England. It ends in 1672 with Ireland finally pacified and reduced to obedience, and seeks to demonstrate the justness of England’s actions throughout. Borlase also published ‘The History of the Execrable Irish Rebellion,’ (1680) and ‘Brief Reflections on the Earl of Castlehaven’s Memoirs,’ (1682).