Lot 00135 |
CYPRUS PORTS, DEPOT.
Three lithographed charts of ports of Cyprus (attached contemporarily together and forming a big single sheet for use on board) as follows: 1. Chart of Larnaca (surveyed in 1861 by Desmoules and published in 1873 by the Depot) (41x32cm), titled “Cote S.E.de Chypre, Mouillage de Larnaca”. 2. Chart of Ammochostos (Famagouste), surveyed in 1862 by Pouvreau and published in 1873 by the Depot, titled “Ile de Chypre, Mouillage de Famagouste”, (32x22cm). 3. Chart of Lemessos (Limassol) surveyed by Captain Duseutre and published by the Depot in 1873, titled “Ile de Chypre, Mouillage de Limassol”, (30x23cm). All with fine watermarks on the papers, in almost mint condition, very rare charts.