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C O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany ., Berlin, Deutschland
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AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 14. Mai 2001
1 blank sheet, singleside printed titlesheet, x[10] sheets 'Preface'; 52 sheets of text consisting of 194 [+14] vertically halfpage columns of 'Instructions . . .'(c. [1]-38); 'De la Route . . .'(c. 39-47/48); 'Description de la Côte d'Afrique, . . .'(c. 47/48-64); 'Des Cotes d'Afrique . . .'(c. 65-191); 'Mémoire sur la Carte . . .'(c. 191-194); 'Tables des Variations' (c. [195]-[199/200]); 'Avis au relieur. . .'(c. [199/200]); 'Table des Articles' (c. [201]-[202]); 'Extraits des Régistres de L'Académie Royale de Marine du 9 Mars 1775'; 'Rapport de >Neptune Oriental<' (c. [203]-[207/208]); 'Privilège du Roi' (c. [207/208]); except 1st blank and titlesheet re. all printed on thick and untrimmed blueish large paper. - Thick colour-marbled paper covered cardbord-binding of the period with gilt-titled and -decorated leather spinelabel; imperial-folio (ca. 59 x 44 x 5 cm; ca. 4,5 kg.). *** SECOND EDITION, IN A ORIGINAL BINDING OF THE PERIOD; text complete, lacking all maps (not removed by us). - Shortly after its publication the 1745 first edition of 'Le Neptune Oriental' most copies were destroyed by the French Admiralty to keep the secrets of East Indian navigation. 30 years later, having been appointed 'Director of Chart at L'Orient' in 1762 by the Compagnie des Indes and conferred the 'Order of St. Michael' in 1767 by King Louis XV, Mannevillette, together with his friend Alexander Dalrymple, updated his original work with new and improved charts and republished his opus magnum in a greatly expanded format. --- Corners of the binding slightly rubbed; A VERY GOOD COPY. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2506100282xdtb
Titel: LE NEPTUNE ORIENTAL: . . . / 'Instructions ...
Verlag: À Paris, chez Demonville & Malassis, Imprimeur-Libraire de l'Académie Francoise, . . . et à Brest, chez Malassis, Imprimeur de la Marine, M. DCC LXXV. (1775)
Einband: Hardcover
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Anbieter: C O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany ., Berlin, Deutschland
1 blank sheet, singleside printed titlesheet, x[10] sheets 'Preface'; 52 sheets of text consisting of 194 [+14] vertically halfpage columns of 'Instructions . . .'(c. [1]-38); 'De la Route . . .'(c. 39-47/48); 'Description de la Côte d'Afrique, . . .'(c. 47/48-64); 'Des Cotes d'Afrique . . .'(c. 65-191); 'Mémoire sur la Carte . . .'(c. 191-194); 'Tables des Variations' (c. [195]-[199/200]); 'Avis au relieur. . .'(c. [199/200]); 'Table des Articles' (c. [201]-[202]); 'Extraits des Régistres de L'Académie Royale de Marine du 9 Mars 1775'; 'Rapport de >Neptune Oriental<' (c. [203]-[207/208]); 'Privilège du Roi' (c. [207/208]); except 1st blank and titlesheet re. all printed on thick and untrimmed blueish large paper. - Thick colour-marbled paper covered cardbord-binding of the period with gilt-titled and -decorated leather spinelabel; imperial-folio (ca. 59 x 44 x 5 cm; ca. 4,5 kg.). *** SECOND EDITION, IN A ORIGINAL BINDING OF THE PERIOD; text complete, lacking all maps (not removed by us). - Shortly after its publication the 1745 first edition of 'Le Neptune Oriental' most copies were destroyed by the French Admiralty to keep the secrets of East Indian navigation. 30 years later, having been appointed 'Director of Chart at L'Orient' in 1762 by the Compagnie des Indes and conferred the 'Order of St. Michael' in 1767 by King Louis XV, Mannevillette, together with his friend Alexander Dalrymple, updated his original work with new and improved charts and republished his opus magnum in a greatly expanded format. --- Corners of the binding slightly rubbed; A VERY GOOD COPY. Artikel-Nr. 2506100282xpvk
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