Whole of Ireland

30x23 cm

DECORATIVE TITLE VIGNETTE

L'IRLANDE. Suivant les Nouvelles Observations de Messrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, etc. Augmente'es de Nouveau. A LIEDE , Chez PIERRE VAN DER AA. - Avec Privilege.

Engraved and published by Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733).
Born in Leiden where he began his career as a Latin trade publisher, he became a leading publisher of maps and atlases and was appointed head printer to the city and its university.
This map of Ireland is from his Atlas Nouveau published in c.1729.
Fine hand coloured example.