ALLEZARD JEAN JOSEPH - ROUX JOSEPH
Recueil de 163 principaux plans des ports et rades de la Mediterranée.
Date: Livorno,Chez Jacques Aliprandi,1817
34361
2.000,00 €
In oblong 4° (176 x 230 mm), frontispiece with period painted naval flags, engraved frontispiece and 163 copperplate maps depicting ports, harbours, gulfs, 2 unnumbered pages with the list of yachts in alphabetical order; at the end two additional non-pertinent plates of Savona from an English edition of Ayrouard and a larger, folded one of Odessa, from an Italian work of the period; contemporary parchment binding with ancient but later brown calfskin spine and corners, blue edges (some light stains and marginal foxing, within the engraved few plates). A good example of this pocket atlas of the principal ports and bays of the Mediterranean, which includes plans of numerous ports from the Spanish coast (Barcelona, Almería, Palma, Cartagena, and others) to the Barbary coast (Tangier, Oran, Algiers, Tunis, Monastir, Sfax, Tripoli, Benghazi, Essaouira), from Italian ports to Dalmatia, the Greek islands, and the eastern Mediterranean coast (Beirut, Tyre). Phillips 196, 3974, and 5172; Zacharakis 1967-2040 (other editions).In 4° oblong (176 x 230 mm), frontispiece with period-painted naval flags, engraved title page, and 163 copper maps depicting ports, harbors, and gulfs, 2 unnumbered pages with an alphabetical list of yavoles; at the end, two irrelevant additional plates of Savona from an English edition by Ayrouard and a larger, folded plate of Odessa from an Italian work of the period; contemporary parchment binding with spine and corners in antique brown calfskin, but later, blue edges (some slight stains and marginal blooming, within the engraving on a few plates). A good copy of this pocket atlas of the main ports and bays of the Mediterranean, which includes maps of numerous ports from the Spanish coast (Barcelona, Almeria, Palma, Cartagena, and others) to the Barbary Coast (Tangier, Oran, Algiers, Tunis, Monastir, Sfax, Tripoli, Benghazi, Essaouira), from Italian ports to Dalmatia, the Greek islands and the eastern coast of the Mediterranean (Beirut, Tyre). Phillips 196, 3974 and 5172; Zacharakis 1967-2040 (other editions).
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