Ireland.- Ortelius (Abraham) Eryn. Hiberniae,
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Ireland.- Ortelius (Abraham) Eryn. Hiberniae, Britannicae Insulae, Nova Descriptio. Irlandt, the first map of Ireland to include any geographic details, based on Mercator's 1564 wall map of the British Isles and is presented with west oriented to the top, large strapwork cartouche in the upper right corner, engraving with hand-colouring on laid paper with armorial postal-horn watermark, platemark 350 x 475 mm. (13 3/4 x 18 3/4 in), sheet 460 x 560 mm. (18 x 22 in), central vertical fold as issued, handling and printers' creases, minor surface dirt, small marginal nicks to extremities, unframed, [circa 1590].
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Ireland.- Ortelius (Abraham) Eryn. Hiberniae,
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