( CNN ) -- On the heels of news that an almost-900-year-old heart was stolen from a cathedral in Dublin , Ireland , comes a report of a happier nature about a long-lost almost-500-year-old book that now is back in its Dublin home . There is still no sign of the preserved heart of the city 's patron saint , St. Laurence O'Toole . It was snatched from the iron cage where it was kept in Christ Church Cathedral at the start of March and has disappeared without trace . But the new and unlikely tale of the book could give hope to those seeking the heart and all things long lost . Again , the drama is set in the Irish capital and there is a church connection . The book , missing for a century , has turned up in `` remarkably good condition '' and has been returned to grateful staff at Archbishop Marsh 's Library in Dublin . The hero of the story is an Irish barrister who plucked the tome from a junk shop . The attorney paid the princely sum of â‚¬90 ( about $ 119 ) , picking up an antique mirror into the bargain . Realizing there was something rather special about the book , he brought it to Marsh 's Library , where the librarians recognized it as their own . The book is the middle part of a five-volume set of the complete works of the Greek philosopher and physician Galen . It was published in Basel , Switzerland , in 1538 , and had been in the Dublin library 's collection since 1701 . Jason McElligott , keeper of Marsh 's Library , tells the story : . `` About 100 years ago volume three went missing from the shelves . '' But last Friday , `` out of the blue , a member of the public who had been browsing in a junk shop in the center of Dublin came in to us and said he had bought something and wondered if it might belong to us . '' Library staff members said they were delighted to `` welcome back an old friend . '' After conservation work , it 's hoped the book can be returned to fill the 100-year-old gap in the shelves this summer .
A book missing from Archbishop Marsh 's Library in Dublin for 100 years is back home . A barrister buys it at a junk shop and brings it to the library . The library is delighted to `` welcome back an old friend ''