Lot 375

Taylor, George and Andrew Skinner

Books, Maps, Photographs & Manuscripts
Auction: 12 July 2005 at 13:00 BST
£1,673
Description
Taylor and Skinner's Maps of the Road of Ireland, surveyed 1777, folding map of Ireland, engraved title, dedication and 288 engraved strip maps on 144 leaves, bound in at end is a manuscript map: from Mount Charles to Shallagan Bridge, 16 page list of subscribers, folding map torn without loss, contemporary half calf, large 8vo, London: G. Nicol and Dubin: W. Wilson, 1778
Footnote
Note: The earliest published collection of Irish road maps.
Provenance: Earl of Clarendon, purchased at sale 13 Dec., 1923, pencil inscription
