WYLD, J. Ireland. London: [n.d., but c.1846].

Very large engraved wall map printed on 6 joined sheets, within neo-classical engraved frame of acanthus leaves, the whole mounted on linen and attached to original roller mechanism terminating in a wooden batten with simple turned finials, original crimson silk edging, hand-colouring to the coastline, county boundaries, forests and bodies of water, two large decorative cartouches, one to northwest containing the title in pictorial typography, the other of the Giant’s Causeway to southeast, the map showing railways built (Belfast-Lisburn, and Dublin-Carlow) and those proposed, some near contemporary manuscript lines showing railway extensions, 1811 x 1392mm. (sheet), housed in a contemporary wooden box with hinged flap and lettered ‘Ireland’ in gilt, 165mm. high; 1800mm. wide; 160 mm. deep

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