WILSON (William).
[Untitled Plan of Dublin] To Her Excellency Frances Countess Camden, &c. &c. &c. this Modern Plan of the City and Environs of Dublin. Including the Grand & Royal Canals, New Docks, &c … is … most respectfully inscribed ...
Fine plan of Dublin, the engraving performed by Benjamin Baker, quite possibly the best topographical engraver in Europe at the time, and subsequently Principal Engraver to the Board of Ordnance (the Ordnance Survey). There is a small, but finely observed, vignette view of The New Custom House’.
The plan is rare; COPAC and Worldcat record only a single example in the British Library and two in the National Library of Scotland.
This example is in particularly good, bright original wash colour, in very good condition, with the slipcase and label present (not mentioned for any of the library examples), which notes ‘Price 8s. 6d. on fine linen for the pocket.’, so an expensive purchase at the time.
