Item #020852 The Little Sea Torch: or true guide for coasting pilots: by which they are clearly instructed how to navigate along the coasts of England, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Sicily, the Isles of Malta, Corsica, ... and of the coast of Barbary........Plans of the principal harbours. J. T Serres.
The Little Sea Torch: or true guide for coasting pilots: by which they are clearly instructed how to navigate along the coasts of England, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Sicily, the Isles of Malta, Corsica, ... and of the coast of Barbary........Plans of the principal harbours.....
The Little Sea Torch: or true guide for coasting pilots: by which they are clearly instructed how to navigate along the coasts of England, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Sicily, the Isles of Malta, Corsica, ... and of the coast of Barbary........Plans of the principal harbours.....
The Little Sea Torch: or true guide for coasting pilots: by which they are clearly instructed how to navigate along the coasts of England, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Sicily, the Isles of Malta, Corsica, ... and of the coast of Barbary........Plans of the principal harbours.....

The Little Sea Torch: or true guide for coasting pilots: by which they are clearly instructed how to navigate along the coasts of England, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Sicily, the Isles of Malta, Corsica, ... and of the coast of Barbary........Plans of the principal harbours.....

London: De Brett, 1801. Folio. Hardcover. pp 6 prelims including a lists of subscribers, 144, index[5]. Complete with 20 coloured aquatint plates coastline views such as Gibraltar, Barbary Coast, several on each page, plus 12 leaves showing coloured plans of 24 ports. Full original marbled calf, original spine intact, not rebacked. First English edition of Bougard's navigation manual, the "Petit flambeau de la mer" . Monumental work of considerable maritime importance from the Napoleonic era with fine illustrations by King George III's maritime painter John Serres. A very good copy with no spotting. Very Good. Item #020852

Price: $29,600.00 NZD

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