Excerpt from Catalogue of the Manuscripts: In the Library of Trinity College, Dublin to Which Is Added, a List of the Fagel Collection of Maps in the Same LibraryJones, vice-chancellor, presented the Book of Durrow, one of our most valued possessions. From this small beginning the collection was raised to a position of the first importance by the acquisition, in 1661, of Archbishop Ussher's Library, which had been purchased for Trinity College, a few years before, by the officers and soldiers of Cromwell's army in Ireland (see Toe Book of Trinity College, p. The mss. Belonging to this Library occupy almost the entire of Presses A, B, C, and D.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.