Roux’s Small Chart of Foça Mapmaker(s)_Central London Railway 98 x 68 cm

98 x 68 cm

Eduard: Der Kommunismus

by the author Samuel Johnson

From “In Our Time: Covers for a Small Library After the Life for the Most Part”

alas not including the suppressed fifth volume

Roux’s Small Chart of Foça Mapmaker(s)_Central London Railway 98 x 68 cmA sea chart of Foa, Turkey; near Smyrna. The practical pocket sea atlas by Marseilles hydrographer Joseph Roux, charting the ports and harbours of the Mediterranean, remained popular half a century after its first appearance in 1764. This edition, expanded to 163 charts, was published by a French bookseller in Napoleons short lived client state, the Ligurian Republic. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 14 x 20 cm, black and white as issued, blank