Ireland. Engraved map with handcolouring on 2 sheets in 20 segments backed on cloth. Edinburgh and London: Hamilton (successor to D. Lizars) et al., s.a. (ca. 1831).

Published by Lizars, Edinburgh, 1831

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Ca. 83, 5 x 54. 2 of the segments with mounted marbled decorative papers as cover. - With ornamental title, 2 scales (Irish and English miles) and mountain hachures. The counties differently coloured by surface and boundary. - Originally designed and drawn by Daniel Lizarzs (d. 1812) the map was enhanced and engraved by John Hamilton, who also published it around 1831 in collaboration with W. Curry, Jun. & Co. of Edinburgh, as well as Whittaker, Treacher & Co of London as pl. XIV of "The Edinburgh Geographical and Historical Atlas". Executed with "meticulous attention to detail and an effort to provide a comprehensive view of Ireland during this period". (cf. Rumsey Coll.) - Provenance: Official Library of the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Ministry of Railways (dissolved in 1919), with a stamp on one of the segments verso, label and handwritten notes on front cover paper. - With decent foxing and staining, cloth with some little finger-staining, else well preserved, with strong and fresh colouring.…

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Title
Ireland. Engraved map with handcolouring on 2 sheets in 20 segments backed on cloth. Edinburgh and London: Hamilton (successor to D. Lizars) et al., s.a. (ca. 1831).
Author
Lizars, D.(aniel):
Publisher
Lizars, Edinburgh
Publication year
1831
Condition
Near Fine
Binding
Soft cover
Edition
1st Edition.
Item weight
1,000 grams

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