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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 antique
map, print or book that was first produced and published in 1700, today 324 years ago.
March 29, 2024

Dr Leendert Helmink, Ph.D.
Cartographer(s)

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

Antique map of Ireland by van der Aa
Antique map of Ireland by van der Aa

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).