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DECHALES, L'ART DE NAVIGER, PARIS, 1677, CONTEMPORARY VELLUM
估價
1,800 - 2,400 GBP
招標截止
描述
- L’art de naviger demontré par principes, & confirmé par plusieurs observations tirées de l'experience. Paris: Estienne Michallet, 1677
FIRST EDITION, 4to (244 x 188mm.), one folding engraved plate, woodcut illustrations and diagrams, contemporary vellum, modern folding cloth box
來源
Scheepvaart Museum, Amsterdam, book label (cancelled); bought from Jeffrey D. Mancevice, Worcester, MA, 1986
出版
Tomash & Williams D23; Crone Library 289; Houzeau & Lancaster 10717
Condition
the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
拍品資料及來源
A good copy of this work by a Jesuit priest and envoy to Turkey, thereafter professeur d’hydrographie at Marseilles and rector of the Collège de Chambéry, in which he describes "a small counting device with a digital ratchet as input and analog display indicators (much like on a modern gas meter)" (Tomash & Williams). The work had been printed in Latin in the author’s Cursus, seu Mundus mathematicus (Lyon 1674).