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SCALÉ, An Hibernian Atlas
SCALÉ, An Hibernian Atlas
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SCALÉ, Bernard (fl. 1756-80).
An Hibernian Atlas; or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland.
London: Printed for Robert Sayer, and John Bennet. First edition.

Comparable: Swann, 2006 - $3360.

Small quarto (9 3/8" x 7 1/4", 238mm x 183mm): with an engraved title-page, dedication, preface and index, plus 37 hand-colored engraved maps (one of Ireland, four provinces, 32 counties) and corresponding engraved explanations (no letterpress). Bound in contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in maroon morocco. On the spine, five raised bands. In the panels, a gilt fillet top-and-bottom. Title gilt to the second panel, author gilt to the third. Rebacked. Fore-corners bumped and worn. Some mild offsetting and pigment-burn. Some amateur inking in maroon to the dedication. Map 23 (Co. Tyrone) with a repaired tear and some loss near the spine-edge. With four ownership signatures on the title-page: Corn. Bolton, Thos. Scowcroft (both struck through), Samuel Williams and John Harris [Intemer?] William, St. David's 1893. A lovely copy, despite the rebacking.
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