A Map of Ireland. By Herman Moll. Divided into Provinces, Counties and Baronies, wherein are distinguished the Bishoprics, Borroughs, Barracks, Bogs, Passes, Bridges, &c. with the Principal Roads and common Reputed Miles.

According to the Newest and most Exact Observations by Herman Moll, Geographer. 64 x 120cms (map); 84 x 127cms (frame). London: Printed for H. Moll, over-against Devereux-Court in ye Strand, L. Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. P. Overton Map & Printseller near St. Dunstan’s Church, Fleetstreet, and T. Bowles, Print & Mapseller, next to the Chapter House in St. Pauls Church Yard. And by I. King Map and Printseller at the Globe in the Poultry, [1732]. A very good copy. Exceedingly rare.
JISC locates 3 copies only. Bonar Law 57 (iv).
Large engraved map of Ireland with contemporary outline hand-colouring, showing the four provinces in contrasting colours. The map incorporates extensive topographical and administrative detail including counties, baronies, roads, boroughs, bishoprics, barracks and military installations. Decorated title cartouche at upper left with dedication to Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury, served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1710 and 1714. The lower section contains a series of inset plans and views including Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford and Kinsale, together with depictions of St Patrick’s Purgatory in County Donegal and the Giant’s Causeway in County Antrim. Framed and glazed. Fold lines as issued. Some light age-toning, scattered foxing and minor staining, with a few small areas of surface abrasion. A handsome example.
An important early eighteenth-century map by the celebrated London cartographer Herman Moll (c.1654-1732), one of the foremost mapmakers of the period. First issued in the opening years of the eighteenth century and revised through a number of editions, Moll’s map was among the most detailed and influential general maps of Ireland available to English readers. Particularly notable is its inclusion of the principal roads and military barracks established following the Williamite wars, reflecting the strategic and administrative concerns of the age. The decorative inset plans provide a valuable visual record of several Irish cities and harbours in the early Georgian period.