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Auction 177, Lot 390
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"Udrone, Irlandiae in Catherlagh Baronia", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Eastern Ireland

Period: 1619 (published)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11 x 13.5 inches
27.9 x 34.3 cm
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A fine map of Udrone - present-day County Carlow in Leinster province. The map is richly engraved to show the mountains, rivers, forests, villages and the two major cities of Catherlagh (Carlow) and Laghlyn (Leighlin Bridge). The strapwork title cartouche incorporates a distance scale. French text on verso.

References: Law, p. 20, #Me26A; Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #5915:1.

Condition: B+

A nice impression on sturdy paper with a small coat of arms watermark, light toning, and scattered foxing mostly confined to the blank margins.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $150

Closed on 4/29/2020

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