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• Graincourt - Les Hommes Illustres de la Marine Françoise -

  

  (1bl), (1) half-title, 389pprinted on thick paper, this book contains: introduction, les hommes illustres de la marine françoise, supplément aux hommes illustres de la marine françoise du siècle de louis xiv, avertissement de l'auteur, précis historique de monsieur mahé de la bourdonnais, table des nomsa rare work, it retains all its interest as it isour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein paris, published by the author, louis jorry & jean-françois bastien17 out of text copper plate engravingsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehalf leather binding, spine with gilded motifs with anchor sadly degraded, marbled coversa fascinating series of monographs providing portraits and sometimes very detailed facts of maritime achievements from to17 copper plate engravings, drawn by the author and engraved by hubert, illustrate the accountsthe leather of the hinges, totally degraded, has undergone a minimalist restoration with the addition of two leather-coloured reinforcement strips that give the work a normal degree of firmnessamong other legendary figures, the names of jean bart, duquesne, dupleix, rochambaut, tourville, etcoccurrences of light coloured yellowing, very minorcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available

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