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John Rocque's Dublin: A Guide to the Georgian City
Professor Colm Lennon
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Description for John Rocque's Dublin: A Guide to the Georgian City
Paperback. 86pp
John Rocque was an English-Hugenot map-maker, surveyor and engraver best known for his 'Map of London', published in 1747. An equally rich and detailed Map of Dublin exists from 1756, 40 extracts from which are published here. This book is an ancillary publication to the Dublin series from Royal Irish Academy's ‘Irish Historic Towns Atlas’ project. Maps are reproduced with accompanying commentaries and illustrations. Authors Colm Lennon, historian and John Montague, art historian consider the map at the level of individual streets and buildings, revealing particular aspects of Dublin's history and elements of Rocque's artistic cartography. The map extracts and ... Read more
John Rocque was an English-Hugenot map-maker, surveyor and engraver best known for his 'Map of London', published in 1747. An equally rich and detailed Map of Dublin exists from 1756, 40 extracts from which are published here. This book is an ancillary publication to the Dublin series from Royal Irish Academy's ‘Irish Historic Towns Atlas’ project. Maps are reproduced with accompanying commentaries and illustrations. Authors Colm Lennon, historian and John Montague, art historian consider the map at the level of individual streets and buildings, revealing particular aspects of Dublin's history and elements of Rocque's artistic cartography. The map extracts and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Royal Irish Academy Dublin
Condition
New
1st Edition
Yes
Number of Pages
82
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781904890690
SKU
9781904890690
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
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