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Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Ca. 83, 5 x 54. 2 of the segments with mounted marbled decorative papers as cover. - With ornamental title, 2 scales (Irish and English miles) and mountain hachures. The counties differently coloured by surface and boundary. - Originally designed and drawn by Daniel Lizarzs (d. 1812) the map was enhanced and engraved by John Hamilton, who also published it around 1831 in collaboration with W. Curry, Jun. & Co. of Edinburgh, as well as Whittaker, Treacher & Co of London as pl. XIV of "The Edinburgh Geographical and Historical Atlas". Executed with "meticulous attention to detail and an effort to provide a comprehensive view of Ireland during this period". (cf. Rumsey Coll.) - Provenance: Official Library of the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Ministry of Railways (dissolved in 1919), with a stamp on one of the segments verso, label and handwritten notes on front cover paper. - With decent foxing and staining, cloth with some little finger-staining, else well preserved, with strong and fresh colouring.…