1646 Joan Blaeu Antique Map of Ireland - Hibernia Regnum Europe The work is based on

The work is based on the original series edited by Gian Giacomo de Rossi a few years earlier (the first edition was certainly published after 1677 but before 1683) which included 19 tables of plants and perspective views of the most famous Roman gardens

and his work formed the basis for three of the four sets of Ptolemaic maps printed in the fifteenth Century

the unlucky Charles the Simple

Plate size: - 23 1/2in x 13 1/2in (595mm x 340mm)

Plate size: - 28 3/4in x 22in (730mm x 560mm)

1646 Joan Blaeu Antique Map of Ireland - Hibernia Regnum Europe The work is based onTitle: Hibernia Regnum Vulgo Ireland Date: 1646 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Ref # : 50673 Size: 23 1 2in x 20in (600mm x 510mm) Description: This superbly hand coloured original antique map of Ireland Hibernia was published in the 1646 Dutch edition of Joan Blaeu's Atlas Novus. One of the best I have seen to date, the original colouring is superb and the paper is heavy and stable with original margins. General Description: Paper thickness and