Leabhar breac
Subtitle: the Speckled book, otherwise styled Leabhar mór dúna doighre, the Great book of dún doighre; a collection of pieces in Irish and Latin, comp. from ancient sources about the close of the fourteenth century: now for the first time published from the original manuscript in the library of the Royal Irish Academy
Contributors: O'Curry, Eugene, 1796-1862; O'Looney, Brian; Royal Irish Academy; Ferguson, Samuel, 1810-1886, editor
Publisher: Royal Irish Academy House
Published: 1876
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng; gle; lat
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Irish literature; Irish Manuscripts; Facsimiles; Celtic Christian saints; Irish Saints
Work titles: Leabhar breac
Notes: "The impression has been limited to two hundred copies."--Pref.

A lithographic facsimile, produced under the supervision of Mr. Gilbert, printed from a transcript by Joseph O'Longan. The description of the ms., by Prof. O'Looney, is based mainly on the account compiled about 1843 by Eugene O'Curry; but two letters, here for the first time made known, help to complete the history of the book. cf. Pref. (signed: Samuel Ferguson.)

"Chiefly ... religious and devotional tracts. A compilation from various older books ... It is uncertain who the compiler was, but ... we may safely assume Leabhar breac to be the work of some one of the family of MacEgan."--Pref.