Ordnance survey of County Wicklow. Forty-seven maps.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mullen, George, binder
Corporate Author: Ordnance Survey (Ireland)
Language:English
Published: Dublin Hodges and Smith [1846]
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Collection:Benjamin Iveagh
Description
Item Description:1811
Physical Description:47 maps. ill., 47 maps. 67 cm.
Binding Note:Binding: black morocco by George Mullen, with his stamp on the upper paste-down. Blind tooled to a panel design using a series of broad rolls and two sets of triple gold fillets. The arms of Sidney Herbert and the Ordnance Survey arms are gold-stamped on both covers. The spine has five sets of double bands and is neatly repaired. Preserved in a brown buckram slipcase.
Bibliography:47 double-spread maps, hand-coloured. The scale is six inches to one mile. Each map is stamped, initialed and dated, has the names of the surveyors and date of the survey engraved at the foot. The surveys were completed under the general direction of Lieut. Larcom. A magnificent set prepared and bound for Sidney Herbert, with his bookplate. FF5 AR47