Baugean - Collection de toutes les espèces de Batiments de Guerre et de Batiments Marchands - 1971

In-8°, Italian-style oblong format, full publisher's binding in green faux leather from Russia, spine with gilt raised bands decorated with gilt maritime tools, covers decorated with a gold border within a double gold fillet frame, (1) frontispiece + 42 pages partly unpaginated. Gilt edges. High-quality binding. A beautiful reissue of that from 1814, with a preface by Jean DUCROS and 72 hors-texte plates with explanatory text, drawn by BEAUDIN. Numbered copy H.C. V on Arches paper, first printing followed by 500 copies on Lana laid paper. Limited edition of 573 copies. Very fine copy.