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The Mapping of North America

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Bottom right is an inset chart of the British Isles above which are the keys and to the left of which is a description of the country. The title appears in an extremely ornate cartouche upper left featuring a pair of cows and a reclining nude. The map was first issued separately and this issue is rare, There are two later states the first of which bears the imprint dated 1773, it is this state offered here. It was issued in copies of Thomas Kitchin’s ‘General Atlas’ first published in the same year. Bonar-Law, A. 93 ii; Shirley ‘Atlases in the BL’ T.Say 2a nos. 10 & 11.
ROCQUE, John

A Map of The Kingdom of Ireland, Divided into Provinces Counties and Baronies ...

London, 1760-[73]
1200 x 1950 mm., in fine early outline colour, in four sheets joined as two as issued. In excellent condition.
Stock number: 5422

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