Charnieres (Charles Francois Phillippe de) ~ Memoire sur l’observation des longitudes en mer
Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1767.
£700
First Edition Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1767. Title with engraved maritime vignette, 3 folding engraved plates, diagrams, tables, very faint remnants of ink stamp to front free endpapers and lower title, some spotting, moderate to blanks, very light and mainly marginal elsewhere, contemporary marbled wrappers, chipped, in acettate protector.8vo, Two blanks, title, xvi 112pp and 3 folding plates. Provenance - The Frank S. Streeter copy of this scarce work, with the first description of Charnieres' lunar measuring device.
EDITION: First Edition
BINDING : Softcover
BOOK CONDITION: Very Good
JACKET: No Jacket
INVENTORY NUMBER: 108106
