[Rarebooks] For Sale: Mediterranean Sailing Ships, 1814 in facsimile

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Offered today:

Jean-Herome Baugean (1764-1819), engraver; Jean Ducros (fl. 1960s and 
1970s), preface.

Collection de toutes les espèces de bâtimens de guerre et de bâtimens 
marchands qui naviguent sur l'océan et dans la Méditerranée.

Grenoble: Editions des 4 Seigneurs, 1971.

Oblong 4to. 7 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches. [xxvi], (16), 72 engravings of battle 
ships and merchant ships, [2] pp. Facsimile of the 1814 publication of 
these illustrations of various ships, text in French; text clean, 
unmarked. Full brown morocco, covers decorated and ruled in gilt, 4 
raised bands, spine titled and decorated in gilt, moiré silk end-papers, 
all edges gilt; binding square and tight, spine lightly faded. INSCRIBED 
in May 1972 in French by unidentified gift-givers. Mel Kavin’s copy. 
KJH1123-105. Very Good.

$75 plus $4 Media Mail, ordered through the website

FACSIMILE REPRINT. Contains a lovely series of ship portraits, including 
English and American frigates, French corsairs and corvettes, Dutch 
cutters, Spanish and Italian fishing vessels, American and Swedish 
merchant brigs, and much more. This facsimile is presented in a lovely 
morocco binding. 8 copies OCLC.

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John Howell
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