The ‘Handy Atlas of the Counties of Ireland’ was first published in 1881 then again in 1884. George Philip (1800-82) was born in Aberdeenshire and left in 1819 for Liverpool. He joined his brother who was a minister in the city. He began working with a bookseller before opening his own shop in 1834. His son George joined him in 1848. In 1865 the firm published in small folio ‘Philips’ Atlas of the Counties of England’. Presumably encouraged, the ‘Philips’ Handy Atlas of the Counties of England’ was published in 1873 in octavo format. It proved even more popular being issued on a virtual annual basis into the twentieth century. Whilst the maps were constructed again courtesy of John George Bartholomew (1831-93), the title informs us that they were revised by Patrick Weston Joyce (1827-1914), a noted Irish historian particularly noted for his research on Irish etymology. One further edition of the Irish volume appeared in 1886. A large index is also provided. Provenance: Donald Hodson (1933-2016), carto-bibliographer. Carroll (1996) 130; Smith (1985) pp. 147-9; Smith (1987); Smith (1988); Tooley’s Dictionary (1999-2004); Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).