Map of Ireland with Railways - Hodges & Smith - 1853
Map of Ireland with Railways 1853 Hodges & Smith, Dublin Eire Republic of - VERY RARE!
Passport sized book with green cover. The inside folds outwards in sections to form a large map approx 64cm x 48 cm. The map has some small nicks, marks wear and tear commensurate with age and use. Some writing in ink to the rear of the map..
Hodges & Smith as publishers
Hodges & Smith were academic and professional publishers based at College Green in Dublin. They enjoyed a near monopoly of legal and medical publishing in Ireland for a time in the 1830s and 1840s. They were successors to Hodges & M’Arthur who had operated from c. 1817 to 1828, continuing the business of Gilbert & Hodges before that. William Gilbert had operated a medical circulating library in Dublin from the late 1780s.
George Smith joined the business in 1828, and had antiquarian interests. Smith’s name continued to appear in imprints until the late 1860s. The name changed to Hodges, Smith & Foster in 1868 before becoming Hodges & Foster in the 1870s.
From the late 1820s, Hodges & Smith published pamphlets and books on behalf of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, the Royal College of Physicians, and the University of Dublin. They also published some significant volumes in association with institutions such as the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, the Geological Society of Ireland, and the Royal Irish Academy.
Among their more substantial publications of Irish historical or antiquarian interest were Thomas Colby’s Ordnance Survey of the County of Londonderry, vol. 1: Parish of Templemore (1837), Edward Bunting’s Ancient music of Ireland (1840), George Petrie’s Ecclesiastical architecture of Ireland (1845), John O’Donovan’s edition of the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters (1848–51, 2nd ed. 1856), and James Graves & John Prim, The history, architecture and antiquities of the Cathedral church of St Canice, Kilkenny (1857).
Irish language publications included J. O’Brien’s Focaloir Gaoidhilge-Sags-Bhearla, or an Irish-Engish dictionary (1832) and a translation of the New Testament into Irish by Robert Kane (1858).
Pamphlets were their stock in trade, however, and the Academy Library’s collection of Haliday Pamphlets includes a very extensive collection of the shorter publications of Hodges & Smith. These include, for instance, 253 pamphlets published in the years 1845–9 alone, many of them on topics of public policy concerning agriculture, education, or health.
Map of Ireland with Railways 1853 Hodges & Smith, Dublin Eire Republic of - VERY RARE!
Passport sized book with green cover. The inside folds outwards in sections to form a large map approx 64cm x 48 cm. The map has some small nicks, marks wear and tear commensurate with age and use. Some writing in ink to the rear of the map..
Hodges & Smith as publishers
Hodges & Smith were academic and professional publishers based at College Green in Dublin. They enjoyed a near monopoly of legal and medical publishing in Ireland for a time in the 1830s and 1840s. They were successors to Hodges & M’Arthur who had operated from c. 1817 to 1828, continuing the business of Gilbert & Hodges before that. William Gilbert had operated a medical circulating library in Dublin from the late 1780s.
George Smith joined the business in 1828, and had antiquarian interests. Smith’s name continued to appear in imprints until the late 1860s. The name changed to Hodges, Smith & Foster in 1868 before becoming Hodges & Foster in the 1870s.
From the late 1820s, Hodges & Smith published pamphlets and books on behalf of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, the Royal College of Physicians, and the University of Dublin. They also published some significant volumes in association with institutions such as the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, the Geological Society of Ireland, and the Royal Irish Academy.
Among their more substantial publications of Irish historical or antiquarian interest were Thomas Colby’s Ordnance Survey of the County of Londonderry, vol. 1: Parish of Templemore (1837), Edward Bunting’s Ancient music of Ireland (1840), George Petrie’s Ecclesiastical architecture of Ireland (1845), John O’Donovan’s edition of the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters (1848–51, 2nd ed. 1856), and James Graves & John Prim, The history, architecture and antiquities of the Cathedral church of St Canice, Kilkenny (1857).
Irish language publications included J. O’Brien’s Focaloir Gaoidhilge-Sags-Bhearla, or an Irish-Engish dictionary (1832) and a translation of the New Testament into Irish by Robert Kane (1858).
Pamphlets were their stock in trade, however, and the Academy Library’s collection of Haliday Pamphlets includes a very extensive collection of the shorter publications of Hodges & Smith. These include, for instance, 253 pamphlets published in the years 1845–9 alone, many of them on topics of public policy concerning agriculture, education, or health.
Map of Ireland with Railways 1853 Hodges & Smith, Dublin Eire Republic of - VERY RARE!
Passport sized book with green cover. The inside folds outwards in sections to form a large map approx 64cm x 48 cm. The map has some small nicks, marks wear and tear commensurate with age and use. Some writing in ink to the rear of the map..
Hodges & Smith as publishers
Hodges & Smith were academic and professional publishers based at College Green in Dublin. They enjoyed a near monopoly of legal and medical publishing in Ireland for a time in the 1830s and 1840s. They were successors to Hodges & M’Arthur who had operated from c. 1817 to 1828, continuing the business of Gilbert & Hodges before that. William Gilbert had operated a medical circulating library in Dublin from the late 1780s.
George Smith joined the business in 1828, and had antiquarian interests. Smith’s name continued to appear in imprints until the late 1860s. The name changed to Hodges, Smith & Foster in 1868 before becoming Hodges & Foster in the 1870s.
From the late 1820s, Hodges & Smith published pamphlets and books on behalf of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, the Royal College of Physicians, and the University of Dublin. They also published some significant volumes in association with institutions such as the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, the Geological Society of Ireland, and the Royal Irish Academy.
Among their more substantial publications of Irish historical or antiquarian interest were Thomas Colby’s Ordnance Survey of the County of Londonderry, vol. 1: Parish of Templemore (1837), Edward Bunting’s Ancient music of Ireland (1840), George Petrie’s Ecclesiastical architecture of Ireland (1845), John O’Donovan’s edition of the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters (1848–51, 2nd ed. 1856), and James Graves & John Prim, The history, architecture and antiquities of the Cathedral church of St Canice, Kilkenny (1857).
Irish language publications included J. O’Brien’s Focaloir Gaoidhilge-Sags-Bhearla, or an Irish-Engish dictionary (1832) and a translation of the New Testament into Irish by Robert Kane (1858).
Pamphlets were their stock in trade, however, and the Academy Library’s collection of Haliday Pamphlets includes a very extensive collection of the shorter publications of Hodges & Smith. These include, for instance, 253 pamphlets published in the years 1845–9 alone, many of them on topics of public policy concerning agriculture, education, or health.
Code : A864
Cartographer : Cartographer / Engraver / Publisher: Hodges & Smith
Date : Publication Place / Date - Circa 1853
Size : Sheet size: Image Size: 64 x 48 cm
Availability : Available
Type - Genuine - Antique
Grading A-
Where Applicable - Folds as issued. Light box photo shows the folio leaf centre margin hinge ‘glue’, this is not visible otherwise.
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