Stieler “Ireland”… 1869

“Ireland”… 1869 … Adolf Stieler (1775 – 1836)….from “Stieler’s Hand Atlas 6th edition”… 15” x 12.5” (38 cms x 32 cms) … “Der Hand-Atlas über alle Theile der Erde und über das Weltgebäude” (Handy atlas of all parts of the world and of the universe), was the leading German world atlas of the last three decades of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century. Published by Justus Perthes of Gotha (established 1785 and still existing there) it went through ten editions from 1816 to 1944. Map Ref: 949