Hiberniae Regnum tam in praecipuas Ultoniae, Connaciae, Lageniae, et Momoniae, quam in minores earumdem Provincias et...

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Copper engraving, hand colored in outline and wash. Decorative antique map of the kingdom of Ireland. This highly decorative rare map of the late 17th century is equipped with a large allegoric title cartouche in the upper left corner, further at the bottom with engraved coat of arms, a lion, a unicorn and a sea monster next to a cartouche with a mileage scale in different languages and a small table of explanations. With many engraved place names and details, the political borders shown in outline and wash color of the period as published.