Ireland in Pre-celtic Times - Couverture souple

Macalister, R A S

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1444602330 ISBN 13 : 9781444602333

Editeur : Read Books, 2009

Synopsis

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Archaeology in early I rish Literature. II. Book Antiquaries and Field A ntiquaries. III. Sir James Ware. IV. Edward Lhuyd. V. Sir Thomas Molyneux. VI. Charles Vallancey. VII. Edward Ledwich VIII. Sir William Betham. IX. George Petrie. X. The Ordnance Survey. XI. John OD onovan. XII. Eugene OC urry. XIII. The Royal I rish Academy Museum. XIV. Sir William Wilde. XV. Other Workers. XVI. The Importance of I rish A ntiquities. I. An interest in the past is a natural instinct of humanity. There is no tribe, however low in the social scale, that has not asked questions about how the world has come to be, with the living things that people it ;and that has not found answers which, if artless and unscientific, at least satisfy the craving for knowledge. Of this natural interest in the past, I reland affords a conspicuous example. The two professions, the bardic and the druidic, were endowed with many privileges, in virtue of their members being the repositories of the popular traditions in the one case on the historical side, in the other on the religious. But, although the early I rish writers thus display a deep interest in History, the conception of a science of Archaeology does not seem to have entered their heads. The ancient monuments of I reland, which are still conspicuous, must in the nature of things have been yet more conspicuous in the middle ages ;but we find few definite references to them in mediaeval I rish literature.
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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Read Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1444602330
• ISBN 13: 9781444602333
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 392
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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