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NAVIGATION. -- AUBIN, Nicolas. Dictionnaire de Marine contenant les termes de la Navigation et de l’Architecture Navale. Amsterdam: Pierre Brunel, 1702. 4°. Title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, numerous engraved plates, some folding. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, edges sprinkled red. Provenance: John Bentinck (bookplate); Institution of Naval Architects, Scott Library Collection (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, plates depicting various ships and navigational instruments. – SEYXAS Y LOVERA, Francisco de. Theatre Naval Hydrograhique. Paris and Versailles: Pierre Gissey and Pierre le Monnier, 1704. 8°. Engraved vignette on title, folding engraved plates and letterpress tables. Contemporary sheep. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, a translation of Seyxas’ 1688 work, published in Madrid, of his explorations with Tavernier. – DE MERVILLE, Pierre Biarnoy. Ordonnance de la Marine, du mois d’Août 1681. Paris: Charles Osmont, 1715. 8°. Contemporary sheep (rebacked preserving original spine). Second edition, first published in 1714. – BERTHELOT. Traité de la navigation. Marseille: Pierre Mesnier, 1719. 8°. Woodcut illustrations. Contemporary calf. Provenance: Francois Barton (inscription). Later edition, following the first edition of 1691. Other editions were published in 1711, 1742, and 1759. – LA CAILLE, Nicolas Louis de. Leçons Élémentaires de Mathématiques; ou élémens d’Algebre et de Géométrie. Paris: H.L. Guerin, 1764. 8°. Engraved plates. Contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt, edges red. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. – VILLEHUET, Jacques Bourdé de. Le Manoeuvrier ou Essai sur la Théorie. Paris: Desaint, 1769. 8°. Half-title engraved folding plates. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, edges red. Second edition. – LE ROY, David. Les Navires des Anciens…Ouvrage Servant de suite á celui qui a pour titre, La Marine des anciens Peuples. Paris: Nyon, 1783. 8°. Half-title, engraved folding plates. Contemporary mottled calf gilt (rebacked). Provenance: W.C. Mylne (bookplate); E.R. Armstrong (blind stamp). FIRST EDITION, the sequel to La Marine des anciens peuples, 1777. – LE CORDIER, Samson. Instruction des pilotes, premiere parte. -Seconde partie. -Troisieme parte. Saint Malo: L.H. Hovius, 1788. 3 parts in one volume, 8°. Contemporary vellum. Later edition, the first to be published outside of Le Havre, including references to places in Canada and the Caribbean. – Together, 8 works in 8 volumes, condition varies, but generally fine.