This Italian map is based on the cartography of Delisle and includes a great deal of information on the towns, villages and roads. The map was made just after one of the great Irish famines (1740-41) known commonly as the bliain an áir (year of the slaughter) and the Great Frost. The title cartouche reflects this bleak period with ships in a stormy sea and the figure of Hibernia set against a frozen background.

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Condition: A

A sharp impression, issued folding on a bright sheet with light offsetting from an opposing page of text at bottom right, and a binding trim in the right margin that has been professionally replaced with paper. Remnants of hinge tape on verso.