Mercatur, Gerard

ULTONIAE ORIENTALIS. PARS [MAP OF NORTH-EAST COAST OF IRELAND]

Amsterdam: Henrici Hondius, 1636. Map. Copper engraved hand-colored map of what is now Counties Down and Louth, Lough Neagh, and surrounding countryside in northern Ireland. Map: 13.5 in. x 15 in. Paper: 18.25 in. x 20.5 in. Cartouche at bottom right; scale at top right. Exquisite pictorial relief. On verso of map are two folio pages in French (pp. 89 and 90). Heading on page 89 reads "The Fourth Map of Ireland" (Bonar Law ME 41A: catchword on p. 89 is "Mm this")

Vertical center fold-line, as originally presented. Light rubbing to top and bottom edges of paper; a couple of small chips to top-edge. Very Good. Item #100353

Gerard Mercatur (1512-1594) and his son Rumbold published the third and final part of their great three-part Atlas in 1595 (a year after Gerard's death), entitled "Pars Altera" (Part One is "Gallia"; Part Two is "Italiae"). There were five maps presented of Ireland in Part Three, including "Ultoniae Orientalis". This copy was printed in 1636, thirty-two years after the Mercatur's stock of plates were purchased by the Dutch cartographer Jodocus Hondius, whose son, Henrici, was the publisher of this map.

Price: $335.00