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216 214 James Malton (1761-1803) A PICTURESQUE AND DESCRIPTIVE VIEW OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN engraving; (25 views of Dublin, title page and dedication); bound in black leather, titled in gilt 17.50 by 23in. (44.5 by 58.4cm) Provenance: Adam’s, 2 September 2020, lot 127; Private collection In a series of the most Interesting Scenes taken in the year 1791. By James Malton. With a brief authentic history from the earliest accounts to the present time. Engraved titlepage and dedication, Arms of Dublin, A Correct Survey of Dublin as it stood in the year 1610, A Correct Survey of the Bay of Dublin 1795, and twenty-five plates of views. London: 1803. This volume also included the Faden Map of “ A Plan of the City of Dublin...1797”This map only appeared in a few of the volumes Oblong folio. Dark Blue half calf binding. A very good set of this exceedingly rare topographical work. The plates are as follows: Great Courtyard, Dublin Castle; The Parliament House; Trinity College; College Library; Provost’s House; St. Patrick’s Cathedral; West Front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral; Royal Exchange; Custom House; View of the Law Courts, looking up the Liffey; Tholsel; Old Soldiers Hospital, Kilmainham; Royal Infirmary, Phoenix Park; Blue Coat Hospital; Lying-in Hospital; Rotunda New Rooms; St. Catharine’s Church; Marine School; Leinster House; Charlemont House; Powerscourt House; View of Capel Street, looking over Essex Bridge; St. Stephen’s Green; Barracks; View of Dublin from the Magazine, Phoenix Park. Dedicated to the Governors and Directors of the Hospital, including the College Library, dedicated to Edmund Burke. Besides the above twenty-five views the bound volume contains the Arms of Dublin, as frontispiece; Survey of the City of Dublin as it stood in 1610, taken from Speed’s Map; Survey of the Bay of Dublin, 1795, and a folding map of Dublin by Faden . At the end of the volume is a plate with two outline Keys - one of the smaller View of Dublin from the Park, the other of the smaller view of the Barracks. All the plates are inscribed James Malton del. et fecit €4,000-€6,000 (£3,510-£5,260 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot214
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