Lot 525
Ireland.- New and Correct Irish Atlas, engraved general map and 36 provincial/county maps, all hand-coloured, Dublin, George & John Grierson and Martin Keene, 1822.
Hammer Price: £1,400
Description
Ireland.- New and Correct Irish Atlas, large folding hand-coloured engraved general map (torn and repaired), engraved key plate and 36 hand-coloured engraved provincial and county maps, 3 trimmed and window-mounted in later paper, a few with repairs to verso, some foxing and soiling, one with later ink annotations within image, contemporary green half morocco over marbled boards, rubbed, oblong folio, Dublin, George & John Grierson and Martin Keene, 1822.
⁂ Very rare. No copy traced at auction for almost 40 years.
Description
Ireland.- New and Correct Irish Atlas, large folding hand-coloured engraved general map (torn and repaired), engraved key plate and 36 hand-coloured engraved provincial and county maps, 3 trimmed and window-mounted in later paper, a few with repairs to verso, some foxing and soiling, one with later ink annotations within image, contemporary green half morocco over marbled boards, rubbed, oblong folio, Dublin, George & John Grierson and Martin Keene, 1822.
⁂ Very rare. No copy traced at auction for almost 40 years.