ROUX, Joseph. Recueil des Principaux Plans des Ports et Rades de la Mer Mediterranée. Genoa: Yves Gravier, 1779. Oblong 4° (160 x 230mm). Engraved title, 123 engraved charts and plans, plates numbered 1-121 (18 & 36 bis), index. (Outer corners of title lightly soiled, very occasional light minor spots.) Contemporary blind-stamped calf, marbled endpapers, blue fore-edges, with leather seam visible on lower cover. (Extremities worn). Provenance: A gift from Captain N.D. Bruhn, 1892 (inscription in Swedish on title) -- Göta Coldin (library bookplate pasted inside upper cover).

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ROUX, Joseph. Recueil des Principaux Plans des Ports et Rades de la Mer Mediterranée. Genoa: Yves Gravier, 1779. Oblong 4° (160 x 230mm). Engraved title, 123 engraved charts and plans, plates numbered 1-121 (18 & 36 bis), index. (Outer corners of title lightly soiled, very occasional light minor spots.) Contemporary blind-stamped calf, marbled endpapers, blue fore-edges, with leather seam visible on lower cover. (Extremities worn). Provenance: A gift from Captain N.D. Bruhn, 1892 (inscription in Swedish on title) -- Göta Coldin (library bookplate pasted inside upper cover).

A complete copy of the 1779 edition of Roux's charts and plans of the ports and bays around the Mediterranean. NMM 3, 269.

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