Map·fol. 1r

Printed map of Cyprus mounted on an album page

Engraved printed map of Cyprus with ornate title panel and legend, mounted on a cream album page — Map: Lawrence-Cesnola album, 1881. Wellcome Collection, London, fol. 1r. Public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Description

An engraved map of Cyprus fills most of the mounted sheet, with the island in the centre and neighbouring coasts shown by fine wavy hatching. A large ornate title panel sits in the upper left, and a rectangular legend box with printed columns of text lies in the lower right. Printed page numbers run around the border, and the cream album page with a torn edge and the book's spine are visible around the edges.

English

A photograph of an early printed map of Cyprus with a Latin legend, mounted as the first photograph of the album.