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6. Peter Davys, Adminiculum puerile, or, an help for school boys...for the use of St. Patrick’s-school (Dublin, 1694).
This schoolbook was designed to teach Latin to the boys of St Patrick’s Cathedral Grammar School, which was established in 1547.
This seems to be the only surviving copy of this edition in the world.
This book belonged to Archbishop Marsh and he usually wrote his personal motto in the top right-hand corner of a book’s title page. This is exactly where the page is torn. This was presumably done by the thief to remove evidence of prior ownership.
This book was marked as missing in 1828, and was presented to Marsh’s Library by Mr J. Drew Esq., on 5 May 1890.
Citation:
6. Peter Davys, Adminiculum puerile, or, an help for school boys...for the use of St. Patrick’s-school (Dublin, 1694).,
Marsh's Library Exhibits,
accessed July 4, 2025,
https://web.marshlibrary.ie/digi/items/show/408
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