Lot 37
  • 37

Berthelot, François and François Olivier

Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • Seven Mediterranean sea charts in three volumes, [1695-1775], comprising:
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Volume 1. Berthelot, [François]. Carte de costes de la Mer Méditerranée... 1716. Engraved chart on 2 sheets, folding (560 x 765mm.) and (560 x 805mm.), [Zacharakis 365]; Carte de l'Archipel nouvellement corrigeé par le Sieur Berthelot professeur d'hydrographie entretenu du Roy de et de la ville de Marseille, 1727. Engraved chart (560 x 720mm.); Nouvelle carte de partie des costes de Terre Ferme et isles situées sur l'ocean comprises entre le Tropique du Cancer ... Dressée par le sieur Berthelot. Engraved chart, folding (565 x 800mm.), contemporary vellum-backed stiff wrappers, charts mounted back to back, some staining, tears and minor loss, worn

Volume 2. Berthelot, [François]. Nouvelle carte de Larchipelle faitte à Marseille par le Sieur Berthelot professeur d’hydrographie de la ditte ville. Gravé par Randon 1695. Engraved chart on multiple sheets, one folding (overall sheet sizes, 555 x 810 and 555 x 725mm.), contemporary stiff wrappers, charts mounted back to back, splitting and minor loss, some dampstaining, some sheets and upper wrapper detached, worn, [Zacharakis 363] 



Volume 3. Olivier, [François]. Nouvelle carte de la Mer Méditerranée jusques au Cap St Vincent et Cap Cantin, corrigée en 1746, Toulon Boery 1775. Engraved chart (56 x 810mm.), right half detached; Carte de l'Archipel aussi corrigée par F. Olivier Pilote Vice-Amiral au Departement de Toulon, en 1746. Engraved chart (565 x 810mm.), upper half detached, [Zacharakis 2482]; Nouvelle carte contenant les Isles de Canaries St. Michel, partie de l'Irlande et d'Angleterre... et Barbarie, 1754. Engraved chart (565 x 805mm.), contemporary vellum-backed stiff wrappers, charts mounted back to back, tears and minor loss, staining, worn

Condition

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