Search Results: an hibernian atlas or general description by scale bernard

London. Robert Sayer & John Bennett. 1776. No Binding. Very Good. 18.5 x 14cm (7.5in x 5.5in), (image 19x 15cm), colour and outline colour, lower corner decoration, a few small foxing dots, some toning from a matt but very good to fine One of 37 maps in the "Atlas" by English surveyor, Bernard Scale, and engraved by Ellis and Palmer. The map details the counties of Donegal, Londonderry, Antrim, Tyrone, Fermagh, Monaghan, Cavan and Down.

A BEAUTIFUL ATLAS OF IRELAND - RARE EDITION WITH POST-UNION UPDATES 4to. 78 engraved leaves comprising 4 preliminary leaves (title page with large emblematic panel, dedication page with large emblematic panel, preface, and index) and 37 leaves of hand-coloured maps each with an accompanying page of engraved explanatory text, modern half rich tan calf, spine panelled by raised bands highlighted by gilt fillets, panels decorated with blind rolls and a large central tool, rose morocco title label gilt, one panel direct lettered gilt, marbled sides, preliminary leaves a little foxed else a nice fresh copy. A rare edition with post Act of Union updates added at the foot of the engraved text. BONAR LAW Printed Maps of Ireland, A15The 37 maps comprise a general map of Ireland, 4 province maps, and 32 county maps. All are very attractively hand coloured in outline and in wash. The county maps are coloured in baronies, the provinces in counties and the general map in provinces. These maps were first engraved… Read More

London: Robert Laurie and Jason Whittle, 1798. Half Leather. Very Good +. Ellis and Plamer. Large Octavo. Subtitle continues: 'Also the Cities, Boroughs, Villages, Mountains, Bogs, Lakes, Rivers and Natural Curiosities Together with the Great and Bye Post Roads. The whole taken from actual Surveys and Observations By Bernard Scale, Land Surveyor and beautifully engraved on 78 Copper Plates by Messrs. Ellis and Palmer'. Half bound in brown leather with marble boards, black gilt-stamped title-label to spine. 37 hand-coloured maps. Covers a little rubbed, scuffed and dust soiled, corners bruised with small loss of paper to rear lower corner, a little foxing to interior, very faint offset to adjacent pages from maps.