Pierre Duval
13 x 11 cm
Charming 17th century miniature of Ireland based on John Speed's larger map of the country published in 1611.
Published in Pierre Duval's Geographie Universelle, a pocket atlas composed largely of reduced versions of Nicolas Sanson's maps. Duval was Sanson's nephew and pupil, and he continued publishing Sanson maps long after his uncle's death, usually under his own imprint and with updates and modifications.
Original hand-colour. [IRE2276]

