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Books, Autographs & Prints / Part II

Wednesday 31 March 2021, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Marina - Saverien, Alexandre

Monsieur Saverien's historical, theoretical and practical marine dictionary translated from French, 1796

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€ 300 - 500

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€ 1.152

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Information

Venice, in the printing house of Gio. Battista Albrizzi q. Giorolamo, 1769. In large 4th. Intaglio front door drawn depicting the slide rule by Luca Carlevariis and engraved by Giuseppe Baroni, frontispiece printed in red and black with central vignette, beautiful engraved headboard, 9 sheets of folded plates at the end of the volume plus a final addition to the series, depicting a sailing ship with three trees and measuring 440 x 560 mm., rare glosses, very slight marginal blooms, light stain on the front door, binding of a later period in half marbled calfskin, author and title stamped in gold within a 5-rib spine, spray cuts reds. & nbsp; On the counterplate paper ex libris.

Specialist Notes

Important dictionary of marine terms, complete in all its parts, at the bottom of the volume is bound the "French-Italian and Italian-French dictionary of marine terms contained in this Dictionary with the addition of the Venetian vernacular term where it is different from common in Italy ".