![Ireland.- Ortelius (Abraham) Eryn - Hiberniae, Britannicae Insulae, Nova Descriptio - Irlandt, [c. 1584].](https://gcp-la8-storage-cdn.lot-art.com/public/upl/30/Ireland-Ortelius-Abraham-Eryn-Hiberniae-Britannicae-Insulae-Nova-Descriptio-Irlandt-c-1584_1589483572_2803.jpg "Ireland.- Ortelius (Abraham) Eryn - Hiberniae, Britannicae Insulae, Nova Descriptio - Irlandt, [c. 1584].")
Ireland.- Ortelius (Abraham) Eryn - Hiberniae, Britannicae Insulae, Nova Descriptio - Irlandt, [c. 1584].
Ireland.- Ortelius (Abraham) Eryn - Hiberniae, Britannicae Insulae, Nova Descriptio - Irlandt, map of Ireland, with north oriented to the right, strap-work title and scale cartouches, with a ship off the northern coastline, engraving on laid paper with indistinct watermark, fine early hand-colouring heightened with gold, platemark 355 x 485 mm. (14 x 19 in), sheet 395 x 545 mm. (15 1/2 x 21 1/2 in), French text verso, central vertical fold with repaired splitting and reinforced verso, several marginal repaired tears and careful repairs to worm holes found within map, exposure lines, toning and surface dirt, unframed [Antwerp, 1584 or slightly later].
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⁂ Based on Mercator's 1564 wall map of the British Isles, it is the first map of Ireland to include any geographic details.
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Ireland.- Ortelius (Abraham) Eryn - Hiberniae, Britannicae Insulae, Nova Descriptio - Irlandt, map of Ireland, with north oriented to the right, strap-work title and scale cartouches, with a ship off the northern coastline, engraving on laid paper with indistinct watermark, fine early hand-colouring heightened with gold, platemark 355 x 485 mm. (14 x 19 in), sheet 395 x 545 mm. (15 1/2 x 21 1/2 in), French text verso, central vertical fold with repaired splitting and reinforced verso, several marginal repaired tears and careful repairs to worm holes found within map, exposure lines, toning and surface dirt, unframed [Antwerp, 1584 or slightly later].
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⁂ Based on Mercator's 1564 wall map of the British Isles, it is the first map of Ireland to include any geographic details.
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