John Rocque's Dublin: a guide to the Georgian city - Softcover

Lennon MRIA, Professor Colm; Montague, Dr John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904890695 ISBN 13: 9781904890690

Publisher: Royal Irish Academy, 2010

Synopsis

John Rocque was an English-Hugenot map-maker, surveyor and engraver best known for his 'Map of London', published in 1747. An equally rich and detailed Map of Dublin exists from 1756, 40 extracts from which are published here. This book is an ancillary publication to the Dublin series from Royal Irish Academy's ‘Irish Historic Towns Atlas’ project. Maps are reproduced with accompanying commentaries and illustrations. Authors Colm Lennon, historian and John Montague, art historian consider the map at the level of individual streets and buildings, revealing particular aspects of Dublin's history and elements of Rocque's artistic cartography. The map extracts and commentaries are accompanied by concise essays offering a sharp new view of the Georgian city. This book lends itself to casual perusal of the intricate map-work and to more concentrated reading for a greater knowledge of Dublin city, as it existed and as it continues to evolve.
Authors: Colm Lennon, John Montague Series editors: Anngret Simms, H.B. Clarke, Raymond Gillespie, Jacinta Prunty; Consultant editor: J.H. Andrews; Cartographic editor: Sarah Gearty: Editorial assistants: Angela Murphy, Jennifer Moore

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Colm Lennon teaches history at St Patrick's College Maynooth, a constituent college of the National University of Ireland.

Edition details

• Publisher: Royal Irish Academy
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904890695
• ISBN 13: 9781904890690
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 82