Lot 53
  • 53

Roux, Joseph.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Receuil des principaux plans des ports et rades de la Mer MediterranĂ©e. Marseille, 1764
Oblong 4to (168 x 223mm.), engraved title and 121 plates, printed table at end, contemporary calf, title and maps rather soiled, most with manuscript notes in Greek in upper margin, tear in no.66 with slight loss, binding somewhat worn

Literature

cf. Blackmer 1455; cf. Contominas 626; not in Atabey

Condition

the condition of this book is as described in the catalogue description
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Catalogue Note

This atlas of ports and harbours in the Mediterranean, well-used by its owner, probably a Greek sailor in the late 1820s and early 1830s, includes plans in and around Corfu, Cephalonia, Zante, Navarin, Modon, Serigo, Poros, Port Lion (Athens), Milos, Paros, Salonica, Kassandra, Dardanelles, Marmora, Lemnos, Smyrna, Chios, Crete, Limasol, Famagusta and elsewhere.