and fine linework of the original engraving
and architecture—a mosaic of stark islands and fertile plains where each settlement forged its own identity
Its beautifully aged aesthetic enhances its authenticity
This ruddy duck print is a perfect gift for birdwatchers
Old Map of Dublin, Ireland in 1851 by Tallis & Rapkin - Central Dublin, Temple Bar, Stoneybatter, Docklands, River Liffey, Leinster Kilburn and fine linework of the1851 was the year London staged the Great Exhibition, and it was for the accompanying wave of interest in geography that the publisher John Tallis commissioned his Illustrated Atlas of the World, engraved on steel by John Rapkin and issued as one of the last great decorative atlases of the Victorian age. Dublin, then the second city of the United Kingdom and a major administrative and commercial hub, was given its own dedicated plan within the atlas,