Blaeu's Map of Ireland
SKU: 9573
£650.00
Title:
Blaeu's Map of Ireland
Date of publication:
1654
Printed Measurement:
38.5 x 50 cm
Colour:
original
Mapmaker(s):
The Blaeu firm was official cartographer to the Dutch East India Company (VOC), and Blaeu globes were carried on all VOC vessels; its map-making was of the highest quality at a time when the Low Countries were at the forefront of the international market.
Condition & Materials
Copper engraving, 38.5 x 50 cm, original hand-colour, refreshed, closed centrefold split and minor restorations to marginal nicks and chips, Latin text on verso. Published in Amsterdam.
References
Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Bl 49.