The Bank of Ireland 1783-1946. With an Architectural Chapter by C.P.Curran and Biographical Notes by Joseph Hone. Edited by George O'Brien. Dublin: Hodges Figgis, 1949. First Edition. Frontispiece plate of Rt. Hon. David La Touche (founder of the BOI). Pp 523. Large 8vo. Smooth blue buckran, title lettered in gilt, with crest of the bank to centre of upper cover. A very good copy. Contains 87 plates, eight chapters of text, an epilogue, 13 appendices, Architectual Plans of the Bank, Biographical Notes on La Touche Family, The Ouzel Galley Society, etc