Historic Map : Survey Book, Index to the Ordnance Survey of Ireland 1857 - Vintage Wall Art

Historic Map : Survey Book, Index to the Ordnance Survey of Ireland 1857 - Vintage Wall ArtIndex to the Ordnance Survey of Ireland ; on the scale of six inches to a mile and larger scales. Showing the state of publication on the 31st May 1857. (to accompany) Report on the Ordnance Survey of the United Kingdom for 1855 56. (with) Ordnance Survey. Treasury minute, dated 18 May 1855, and previous papers, relating to the Ordnance Survey. Session 1856. Ordnance Survey. Treasury minute, dated 18 May 1855, and previous papers, relating to the

Index to the Ordnance Survey of Ireland ; on the scale of six inches to a mile and larger scales. Showing the state of publication on the 31st May 1857. (to accompany) Report on the Ordnance Survey of the United Kingdom for 1855-56. (with) Ordnance Survey. Treasury minute, dated 18 May 1855, and previous papers, relating to the Ordnance Survey. Session 1856. | Ordnance Survey. Treasury minute, dated 18 May 1855, and previous papers, relating to the Ordnance Survey. (Presented to Parliament by Her Majesty's Command.) Session 1856. (with) Report on the Ordnance Survey of the United Kingdom for 1855-56. (Signed) Henry James, Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Engineers. | Two papers bound in one volume, 19 & 27 pages, 28 maps (some color) and plans. With 15 page manuscript notice demonstrating different printing methods: electrotype, photographic reduction, hill sketching, hill shading, engraving, lithography, zincography, and anastatic process. And 10 pages of insert at the end of volume. Includes indexes to the Ordnance Surveys of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Bound in brown covers measuring 32.5x22, with "Report of the Ordnance Survey -- 1855-56." stamped in gold on the black leather spine. Treasury minute includes memorandum by Sir Charles Trevelyan, Lord Elcho, and Sir Henry James. Inside front cover: page signed by Henry James, L'General ... 1875. We have two copies of this volume and have combined variant images from both.

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