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BOUGUER, Jean (d. ca 1713). Traité complet de la navigation. Paris: P. de Heugueville and the author, 1698.
4o (232 x 184 mm). Engraved frontispiece and 11 folding plates. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, edges gilt (front cover slightly bowed, some minor rubbing).
FIRST EDITION. Bouguer was one of the finest hydrographers of his time and became regius professor of hydrography and navigation at the Royal School of Hydrography at Croisic in lower Brittany. Previously he had been in the service of the French navy gaining years of knowledge and experience he would later utilize for this treatise on navigation. Crone 351.
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FIRST EDITION. Bouguer was one of the finest hydrographers of his time and became regius professor of hydrography and navigation at the Royal School of Hydrography at Croisic in lower Brittany. Previously he had been in the service of the French navy gaining years of knowledge and experience he would later utilize for this treatise on navigation. Crone 351.