A NEW AND ACCURATE MAP OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND MADE FROM ACTUAL SURVEYS BY TAYLOR AND SKINNER

Taylor, George and Andrew Skinner

Published by George Taylor and Andrew Skinner, London, England, 1778

About this Item

Folding map publshed in "Taylor and Skinner's Maps of the Roads of Ireland." Map: 14 in. x 13.25 in., Paper: 16.5 in. x 16 in. Title in upper left corner; scale (~13 mi per inch) at center bottom. Text below neatline at center: "Publish'd as the Act Directs. 13th Novr. 1778" and in right corner "Cheapside, London". (Bonar Law 118) One vertical and one horizontal fold line at centers. Touch of rubbing to edges with a hint of age-toning along bottom margin. George Taylor and Andrew Skinner were surveyors who had already surveyed the roads of Scotland and the postroad from London to Bath. In 1776, they sought funding from Ireland s noblemen and gentlemen in order to map the roads of Ireland. They succeeded in raising over £2,000 which paid for their survey costs, two additional surveyors and sixteen assistants, the engraving and the printing costs. They began their survey in February 1777. . (from Ask About Ireland).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A NEW AND ACCURATE MAP OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND MADE FROM ACTUAL SURVEYS BY TAYLOR AND SKINNER
• Publisher: George Taylor and Andrew Skinner, London, England
• Publication Date: 1778
• Binding: Map
• Condition: Very Good Plus
• Seller catalogs:
  • Irish and Ireland