Faeth Fiadha. The Breastplate of Saint Patrick. Translated by Thomas Kinsella from the Irish. Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1954. First Edition, Limited Issue. Bound in full limp vellum, in publisher’s dust jacket. Light fraying to jacket, otherwise a fine bright copy.

One of 250 Copies, bound in limp vellum.

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.