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Rare Hardy's Miniature Atlas, and Comprehensive Geography (1840 - Dublin) ​

by P. D. HARDY

$741 · Offered by eBay

100% complete text block featuring all 30 original engraved maps (including Ireland, World, Hindoostan, North/South America, etc.) and original rear publisher advertising leaves. ​Paper Condition: Clean and crisp with sharp engraving lines, no tears, no missing pages, and minimal age-toning. ​Binding: Deluxe publisher's dark textured leather variant. Covers are structurally rock-solid and firmly attached, featuring bright, fully legible gold gilt lettering on the spine reading "HARDY'S MINIATURE ATLAS". ​Historical Context: An early Victorian Dublin printing produced prior to the Great Famine. Complete surviving copies of this printing are scarce today following the loss of 19th-century Irish legal deposits in the 1922 Four Courts fire.

  • Publisher: Hardy & walker
  • Year: 1840
  • Condition: Very Good

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