Hiberniae delineatio quoad hacteniis licuit / perfectissima studio Guilielmi Petty, Eqtis. aurati.
1732
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Title
Hiberniae delineatio quoad hacteniis licuit / perfectissima studio Guilielmi Petty, Eqtis. aurati.
Variant title
Commonly known as: William Petty's general map of Ireland
Spine title: Petty's maps of Ireland
Spine title: Petty's maps of Ireland
Created/published
[Dublin] : [George Grierson], [1732]
Description
[75] leaves (6 folded) : maps, port. ; 45 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Petty, William, Sir, 1623-1687, author, printmaker.
Grierson, George, bookseller, publisher.
Sandys, Edwin, active 1685, printmaker.
DA972.P3 Cage Smythe family of Barbavilla, former owner.
Grierson, George, bookseller, publisher.
Sandys, Edwin, active 1685, printmaker.
DA972.P3 Cage Smythe family of Barbavilla, former owner.
Scale
Scales vary
Projection
Projection varies
Coordinates
(W 10°40'00"--W 5°59'00"/N 55°26'00"--N 51°25'00")
Language Note
Title in Latin; rest of text in English.
Note
Thirty-six maps, each on "a double opening guarded at the fold for binding, each half-map being of folio size. The larger maps are on bigger sheets folded two or three times and are printed from two or more plates, the paper being pieced together"--Keynes.
Title from leaves [2-3].
"Cum privilegio regis"--Title leaves.
Publication information from Keynes.
A reissue of Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), P1928. The issue described here has a dedication leaf "To the Right Honourable Earl and Baron of Shelburne" (leaf [4]r). The earlier issue does not have a dedication leaf.
Wholly engraved.
Frontispiece portrait of Sir William Petty, lettered: Edwin Sandys sculp.
Title from leaves [2-3].
"Cum privilegio regis"--Title leaves.
Publication information from Keynes.
A reissue of Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), P1928. The issue described here has a dedication leaf "To the Right Honourable Earl and Baron of Shelburne" (leaf [4]r). The earlier issue does not have a dedication leaf.
Wholly engraved.
Frontispiece portrait of Sir William Petty, lettered: Edwin Sandys sculp.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue, N49953
Keynes, G. Bibliography of Sir William Petty F.R.S., 56
Keynes, G. Bibliography of Sir William Petty F.R.S., 56
Place of creation/publication
Ireland -- Dublin.
Item Details
Call number
167- 111f
Folger-specific note
Maps are hand-numbered and named at back of each leaf. Quarter-bound in diced Russia leather with marbled paper boards; marbled edges; spine titling. Acquired from Maggs 1958-06-30.
Folger accession
167111
Call number
DA972 P3 Cage (folio)
Folger-specific note
Armorial bookplate (no motto, signed W. Thomson scult.): "Barba-villa." Maps 1-35 numbered in manuscript. Quarter-bound in leather with marbled paper boards; spine titling. Acquired from Howes Bookshop 1956-05-07. Curatorial file available.
Folger accession
154434