Dublin: Browne & Nolan, 1968. Map. Offset lithograph. 18" x 23 1/2". This brightly colored tourist map of the city of Dublin folds out of a pamphlet. A colorful border shows 25 important buildings and landmarks, including Trinity College, St. Audoen's Arch, and the National Gallery, as well as the dates they were established. The map itself has illustrations of different historical scenes at the locations they took place, with explanatory notes. Interesting facts are noted as well, for example..... More

Suffolk: Bungay, 1806. Map. Hand colored engraving. 7 1/2" x 8 3/4". Classic Ireland map showing the four distinct provinces. Bays, harbors, islands, and other coastal markings are noted and each city and town is labeled. Great 19th century example of the country. More

Amsterdam: 1665-66. Map. Uncolored copperplate engraving. Image measures 17.5 x 21.5". This sea chart depicts the British Isles with North oriented to the right. The map extends to include the English Chanel and coastline of Normandy. In addition to ports, the index also includes soundings, sand bars, fishing banks and navigational hazards. Each region is adorned with a decorative coat of arms, and embellished compass roses appear at the top and bottom of the map. This map was published in..... More

London: James & John Knapton, 1728. Sea chart. Engraving with hand color outline. Image measures 19" x 23.75". An alternate projection of the globe as a flat map to the prevailing Mercator Projection. Includes rhumb lines and coastal details. Published in Nathaniel Cutler's "A general coasting pilot". Bottom border missing. Chipping along edges. Sir Edmond Halley (1656--1742) was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley's Comet. He was the second..... More

Edinburgh: Lizars, William, 1832. Map (diptych-north and south). Engraving with original hand outline. Each image measures 16.5" x 20.75", each page measures 19" x 22.5". Beautifully detailed map of Ireland with rail and ship lines and distances. Unusual for its large size and good condition. Small chip and small tear to bottom of northern sheet. Minor chipping to bottom of southern sheet. More

Cologne: Petrus Bertius, 1618. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Sheet measures 19 5/8" x 15 3/4". This ancient map of the British Isles issued by Gerard Mercator was first published in the 1584 edition of Tablae Geographicae. This Ptolemaic map includes the present-day United Kingdom, Ireland, and shows parts of France and Germany. The map includes an ornate title cartouche and a sea monster that appears to be a cross between a bird and a fish. Important towns and cities..... More

London: Sayer, 1788. Map. Copper plate engraving with original outline hand color. Sheet measures 28 5/8" x 21 1/4" This large-scale wall map of the British Isles, based on the work of Thomas Kitchin, depicts England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland in intricate detail. Hand-colored lines divide and subdivide counties and shires, with various keys included for reference. The map is extensively labeled, showing roads, markets, boroughs, presbyteries, and cities - all distinguishable by symbol as explained in a legend in..... More

London: Edward Stanford, 1874. Map. Colored engraving. Image measures 26.5 x 21". A lovely hydrographical map of the British Isles depicting England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland in incredible detail. Includes the Orkney Islands. The map shows the hydrography of the region including the system of drainage, rivers, lakes, canals and other important hydrographical features. colored lines indicate the water parting or the natural separation between rivers flowing off in opposites direction according to five great natural division of the United..... More

Strasbourg: Martin Waldseemuller, 1520. Woodcut map with hand coloring. Sheet size 18" x 24.5" This iconic 1520 map by Martin Waldseemuller depicts the British Isles on a typical Ptolemaic projection with a trapezoid frame. The map famously shows Ptolemy's depiction of the British Isles (considered the 'edge of the world' in Ptolemy's time), with an elongated Scotland on an east-west orientation. The southwestern portion of England (Conrwall) also appears elongated. Ireland, located too far north, also shows an elongated south-west..... More