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PARIS, Edmond (1806-1893). Essai sur la Construction Navale des Peuples extra-Européens; ou Collection des navires et pirogues construit par les habitants de l'Asie, de la Malaisie, du Grand Océan et l'Amérique. Paris: Arthus Bertrand, [1841]. 2 volumes, 2° (540 x 350mm). 133 plates, of which 76 tinted lithographs and 57 line engravings. (Titles lightly creased, soiled and mounted on guards, half of the text evenly browned, tiny marginal hole to plate 22, spotting and browning throughout, with about one-third of the plates heavily browned or spotted, 15 plates with light marginal dampstaining, 12 plates with short marginal tears, some with old repairs, last plate very slightly frayed at fore-edge, 6 plates with heavier marginal soiling.) 20th-century blue library cloth (extremities rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Glasgow University Library (cancelled stamps to verso of titles).
RARE FIRST EDITION of Admiral Paris' unsurpassed illustrated publication on native maritime craft from Arabia, Bay of Bengal, China, Philippines, Java and the Straits of Malacca, Brazil, Chile and Tonga., Brunet IV 371 (calling for 130 plates and giving the date 1843); Sabin 58594 (calling for 132 plates). (2)
RARE FIRST EDITION of Admiral Paris' unsurpassed illustrated publication on native maritime craft from Arabia, Bay of Bengal, China, Philippines, Java and the Straits of Malacca, Brazil, Chile and Tonga., Brunet IV 371 (calling for 130 plates and giving the date 1843); Sabin 58594 (calling for 132 plates). (2)
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