John Rocque’s (1705-1762) Chart of Dublin Bay and plan of Dublin and Irlandiae by Baptista Boazio (1588-1606) from a scarce Spanish edition of 1612 are among the treasures of the Richard S.J. Clarke collection of Cartography to be sold at Adams in Dublin on December 15. The catalogue lists 487 lots from a collection which includes Dutch charts, French charts, Irish and British charts and maps. Professor Clarke, who was born in 1929, began collecting maps and charts in the 1950’s. The catalogue for the sale is online.
UPDATE: Estimated at 5,000-7,000 Rocque’s chart sold for a hammer price of 12,000.
Irlandiae by Baptista Boazio (1588-1606) (4,000-6,000). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
A chart of the south coast of Ireland (1601) by Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer (2,000-4,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 4,200 AT HAMMER
