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IRELAND110 - S. LEWIS "Kildare" London. 1846. 9½X7½. Finely engraved map shows Kildare, Kilnock, Maynooth, Celbridge, Clane, Blessington, Ballymore Eustace, Newbridge, Kilcullen Bridge, Ballytore, Baltinglass, Castledermot, Athy and many smaller market towns & villages. Locates turnpike roads connecting towns and the main roads to Dublin. Shows many rivers & elevations & includes a decorative compass rose in top left. 

IRELAND112 - A. ADLARD "Cavan, Westmeath & Meath" London. 1850. Colored. 5½X8. Finely engraved map shows major market towns of Cavan, Trim, Mullingar, Virginia, Navan Athboy, Drogheda & the harbor of Ballbriggan on the Dublin border. Locates many small villages, lakes, canals & postroads connecting towns. Very good detail.

IRELAND120 - T. KITCHIN "The Province of Ulster one of the four into which Ireland is Divided by Geographers" London. 1766. Colored. 6X9. Attractive map shows Londonderry and all principal market towns and villages. Carrickfergus Bay, Donegal Bay, Sligo Bay, Lough Swilly, Lough Foyle, Lough Neagh. Shows post roads, rivers and hilly areas. Title is in a decorative cartouche with leaf, flower and scroll motifs. 

IRELAND138 - C. MALTE-BRUN “Irelande”. Paris. 1837. Colored. 12X8½. Fine map shows Ireland with its four Provinces clearly delineated and with good detail of cities, towns & harbors. Depicts Dublin on the east coast with Wicklow and Wexford harbors and Dundalk Bay. Shows Londonderry & Antrim in Ulster, Galway and Galway Bay on the west coast in Connaught, and Waterford and Cork in Munster. Includes St. George's Channel & the title in top left is drawn with fine calligraphy in an attractive design. From Atlas Completde Précis De La Geographie Universelle. 

IRELAND145 - J. N. BELLIN “Carte De L'Irelande” Paris. 1764. Colored. 9X6½. Very attractive map of Ireland depicts the 4 Provinces of Ulster, Leinter, Connaught & Munster & shows the harbor of Dublin on the east coast with Antrim, Londonderry & Belfast in Northern Ireland. Depicts Galway Bay on the west coast with Limerick, Waterford & Cork in the south. Includes 2 small sections of the coast of Scotland & the coast of Wales & the St. George's Channel dividing Ireland from Great Britain. In lower right the map has a very decorative title cartouche ornamented with leaf, flower & scroll motifs. Engraved under the direction of Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) the Royal Hydrographer to the King in Paris, the map was included in Bellin's “Petit Atlas Maritime” in 1764.

IRELAND146 - R. BONNE “Royaume D'Irelande.” Paris. 1787. Colored. 13½X9. Handsome map of Ireland shows the 4 Provinces of Ulster, Leinster, Munster & Connaught along with hundreds of names of cities, towns, villages & harbors. Depicts Belfast, Antrim & Londonderry in Northern Ireland, & Dublin, Milford Haven, Waterford & Cork on the east & southeast coast with Galway Bay & Connaught on the west coast. Locates the St. George's Channel off Ireland's east coast dividing Ireland from Great Britain. Engraved under the direction of Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) the Director of the Depot de la Marine in Paris, the map was published in “Atlas Encylopidique” in Paris in 1787 with the cooperation of Nicolas Demarest.

IRELAND147 - J. CARY “A Map of Ireland Divided into Provinces & Counties from the Best Authorities.” London. 1793. Colored. 20X16¼. Finely engraved & detailed map shows Ireland's 4 Provinces of Leinster, Ulster, Connaught & Munster, along with counties, cities, towns & harbors. Depicts Dublin Harbor on the east coast, Belfast on Carrickfergus Bay in the northeast, Galway Bay on the west coast & Cork & Kinsale Harbors in the south. Locates bays, inlets & rivers around the coastal regions, with lakes, hills, mountains & roads leading to & from major centers, inland. The map was engraved by John Cary (1754-1835) one of England's most able & prolific 18th century engravers & publishers and issued in “Cary's New & Correct English Atlas” in 1793. A fine map.

IRELAND149 - H. S. TANNER “Ireland.” Phila. 1836. Colored. 11X9. Very detailed early 19th century map of Ireland shows the 4 Provinces of Munster, Connaught, Leinster & Ulster plus counties & hundreds of cities, towns & harbors. Locates all the major bays around the coast including Dublin Bay, Carlingford & Dundalk Bays on the east coast, Clew, Galway & Donegal Bays on the west coast with Dingle & Bantry Bays in the south. Locates rivers, mountains, roads, railroads & canals throughout. This finely engraved map was published in 1836 by Henry Schenck Tanner (1786-1853) in “A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Empires, Kingdoms, States & Republics of the World.” Very nice condition.

IRELAND150 - G. MERCATOR “Irlandia Regnum.” Amsterdam 1606-19. Colored. 13X16½. This very detailed & colorful early map is dotted with cities, towns & harbors around the coast. Names are both in Latin & Olde English. Dublin Harbor on the east coast is spelled Dublyn Haven, Galway Bay is drawn on the west coast along with Dyngle Bay, Caryk Ness & in the south is Balatymor Bay, Waterford & Wexford Havens. Ireland is divided into counties, but not Provinces as yet, & the map is drawn with west at the top in the manner of early cartographic styles, so that Ireland lies horizontal on the sheet instead of vertical. The title in top right is on a decorative floating ribbon banner, & on the back is a double page Latin text titled “Hibernia Regnum.” This beautiful map is decorated with elegant calligraphy. From Gerard Mercator's “Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes De Fabrica Mundi.” Published by Jodicus Hondius, in Amsterdam in 1606-1619.

IRELAND151 - J. N. BELLIN “Port Et Ville De Kingsaill En Irelande.” Paris. 1764. Colored. 8½X6½. In the 18th century Kinsale Town & Harbor, which lies below Cork on Ireland's southern coast was a shipping & trading port for Ireland's merchandise & produce which was shipped to ports around the world. It lies on the River Bandon & the chart shows public buildings & wharves, the fortified castle at the harbor entrance & includes many depth soundings in the river, along with a sailing course for entering the harbor. A decorative title cartouche is drawn in lower right ornamented with scrolls, leaves & flowers. The chart was drawn under the direction of Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1702-1773) the Royal Hydrographer to the King & Director of the Depot De La Marine in Paris. Attractive & finely engraved.

IRELAND152 - GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE “A Plan of the River Lagon and of the Intended Navigable Canal from Belfast to Loughneath. Surveyed by Order of the Honble and Humble. The Navigation Board of Ireland in 1768. By Robert Whitworth Engnr.” London. 1778. B/W. 6½X12¼. This finely engraved chart depicts the line of a projected canal to connect Belfast, in Northern Ireland to Loughneath via Hillsborough and Lisburn, but as the text in the Gentleman's Magazine of 1778 states “this is a memorable instance of the folly & madness of attempting to make a rapid river navigable.” In 1754 work was begun to construct a canal with locks to bypass the Mills, but after 9 years, when work was finally completed it was considered “very imperfect.” One barge did make the trip but not without great difficulty due to the shoals and rapid currents in the river. Nevertheless, “after spending 50,000 pounds of the public money, the river was not navigable for a smaller boat nor of the least use to the country.” The chart includes a mileage scale in lower right and many towns & Mills with roads on each side of the river. Engraved by Thomas Bowen (1732-1790) one of London's foremost engravers, the chart was published in the Supplement to the Gentleman's Magazine in December 1778. (A copy of the Magazine is included with the chart.)

IRELAND153 - J. TALLIS “Ireland.” London 1849. Colored. 13X9. Very attractive map of Ireland includes 5 vignette scenes of major landmarks. 1.) St. Patricks. Dublin, 2.) Limerick Castle, 3.) The Holy Well, 4.) Ross Castle. Lake of Killarney, 5.) Round Towers, Wicklow. The map is intensely detailed & includes counties, cities, towns, harbors, roads, rivers & elevations. Includes a decorative border frame & the title in top center is ornamented with decorative scrollwork. The map was drawn & engraved by J.  Rapkin & published by John Tallis Jr. (1817-1876.) 

IRELAND154 - G. MERCATOR “Comtatus Vdrone Irelndia in Caterlag Baronia.” Amstd. 1638. Colored. 13½ X 11. Colorful very early map by a famous cartographer, Gerard Mercator (1512-`1594), depicts present day County Carlow, 45 miles southwest of Dublin. Laghlyn Town is present day Leighlin City. The map is covered in towns drawn and colored in red as small buildings, castles & churches. Rivers are depicted flowing through the region & forests appear in thickly wooded areas. Map includes a decorative title cartouche ornamented with leaves & fruit & topped with calipers. Published in Mercator’s “Atlas Novus” by H. Hondius & J. Jansson. A handsome & very attractive map.

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