Dechales - L'Art de Naviger - 1677
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"L'Art de Naviger" by Claude-François Milliet de Dechales, 1677, originally in French, illustrated edition in a bound volume, 350 pages, 23 x 19.5 cm, in good condition with browned pages, early water stains up to mid section and worm tracks in the inner margins, binding spine restored, and missing pages 25–30 in the second part.
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“L’Art de Naviger“, Claude-François Milliet de Dechales 1677.
Very rare work on the art of navigation and practical seamanship, in two parts. It covers, among other things, determining the ship’s course, the use of nautical instruments, as well as calculation and orientation at sea.
The first part contains numerous wood engravings in the text and the second part includes full-page, partly fold-out tables.
The pages are somewhat browned due to age. At the beginning up to about halfway there are stronger water stains in the upper area. Throughout, there are wormholes in the inner area of the pages. These are initially quite noticeable, then lessen, and toward the end become stronger and larger again. They are almost all outside the text and cause at most a small loss of text.
Pages 25–30 in the second part are missing.
The binding has been lightly restored on the spine and is somewhat rubbed.
Collation: 10 leaves, 264 (recto 274) pages, 47 (of 53) numbered pages
Dimensions: 23 x 19.5 cm
“L’Art de Naviger“, Claude-François Milliet de Dechales 1677.
Very rare work on the art of navigation and practical seamanship, in two parts. It covers, among other things, determining the ship’s course, the use of nautical instruments, as well as calculation and orientation at sea.
The first part contains numerous wood engravings in the text and the second part includes full-page, partly fold-out tables.
The pages are somewhat browned due to age. At the beginning up to about halfway there are stronger water stains in the upper area. Throughout, there are wormholes in the inner area of the pages. These are initially quite noticeable, then lessen, and toward the end become stronger and larger again. They are almost all outside the text and cause at most a small loss of text.
Pages 25–30 in the second part are missing.
The binding has been lightly restored on the spine and is somewhat rubbed.
Collation: 10 leaves, 264 (recto 274) pages, 47 (of 53) numbered pages
Dimensions: 23 x 19.5 cm
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Geography
Book title
L'Art de Naviger
Author/ Illustrator
Dechales
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1677
Height
23 cm
Edition
Illustrated Edition
Width
19.5 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Number of pages
350
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