Paris, Victor Lecou, s.d. [circa 1850]. Eye, vignette engraved on steel on the title page, 20 plates on steel engraved by Skelton, Outhwaite, Chavane on subjects by Gilbert, Gudin and Isabey, coeval binding in embossed canvas and gold with rich central decoration in green, red, blue and white in Moorish style, smooth spine with title imprinted in gold, gilded cuts, defects, incomplete upper cap.
Specialist Notes
Work accompanied by beautiful engravings depicting important episodes in the history of maritime navigation of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries such as battles and foundations of colonies.
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