16. Edmund Borlase, The Reduction of Ireland To the Crown of England. With the Governors since the Conquest by King Henry II... (London, 1675).

The medic Edmund Borlase (1620–82) wrote this book to 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.

At least 45 copies of this book survive across the world, mainly in Ireland, the UK, and the USA. This copy was bought in June 1925 to replace a book first noted as missing in 1828.