Rare hand-colored copper engraved map by Philippe de Pretot from his "Atlas Universelle..."  Features include an ornate title cartouche at the top left, and an unusual Longitude - Latitude scale in the right margin.   The "Dublin Meridian" is another unusual feature of this map.
 
Framed to museum-grade standards in a handmade 1 1/2 inch wide, antiqued gold-leaf wood frame, linen conservation mat, and protected by Tru Vue Optium Museum Acrylic® glazing.  Mat opening size 11 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches; overall size with frame: 17 x 22 1/2 inches.  As with all of our framed art, the frames and framing materials are new, and once framed is stored in a controlled environment away from light.  Centerfold as issued.  Some scattered very light foxing to the edges, but the map itself is in excellent condition.

Étienne André Philippe, known as Philippe de Prétot , (c.1710 to 1787) was a French scholar and geographer.  Aside from his numerous publications, not much is known about his life.  Appointed by the King, he was responsible for supervising the reprinting of the Latin classic in French, including the works of Catulle, Tibullus, Properce, Sallust, Virgil, Horace, Juvenal, Perse, Phèdre, Lucrèce , Velléius Paterculus, Eutrope and Terence.  His atlas "Universel pour l’Étude de la Géographie et de l’Histoire Ancienne et Moderne (Universal Atlas for the Study of Geography and Ancient and Modern History), published just after his death in 1787, is his most renown original work.  This map of Ireland is a very fine example of now scarce maps from the atlas.