Whole of Ireland

35x41 cm

FIRST EDITION

THE KINGDOM of IRELAND by Rob.^t Morden.
Sold by Abel Swale Awnsham and John Churchill 

Copper engraving produced by Robert Morden for publication in Edmund Gibson's translation of William Camden's Britannia first published by Abel Swalle and Awnsham & John Churchill in 1695. Sutton Nichols and John Sturt have signed some of the maps as engravers but other engravers were also probably employed.

This is the first series of maps to mark longitude in minutes of time (top border) as well as in degrees (bottom border). For most maps, including this Ireland map,  longitude is based on the meridian of St. Paul's, London.
The work was republished in 1722, 1730, 1753 and, finally in 1772.  The plate was updated for the 1722 edition mostly with changes to place name spellings and was reworked for the 1753 edition due to wear on the plate.

Very good example from the first edition of 1695 in neat later hand colour.