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van der Aa - Ireland
Certificate of Authentication
This is to certify that the item illustrated and described below is a genuine and
original antique map or print that was published on or near the given date.
Dr Leendert Helmink, Ph.D.
Cartographer
Pieter van der Aa
First Published
Leiden, 1700
This edition
1700 or later
Size
23.2 x 30.7 cms
Technique
Copper engraving
Stock number
18797
Condition
mint
Description
Highly decorative and sought-after map of Ireland.
Beautiful title cartouche with hunting scenes.
Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733)
"Records show that van der Aa, born in Leiden in 1659, made an early start in life by being apprenticed to a bookseller at the age of nine and starting his own in business as a book publisher by the time he was twenty-three.
During the following fifty years he published an enormous amount of material including atlases and illustrated works in every shape and size, two of them consisting of no less than 27 and 28 volumes containing over 3,000 maps and plates."
(Moreland & Bannister).