Live auction - Lot 617
[North America - Navigation]
Le pilote américain, contenant la description des côtes orientales de l'Amérique du Nord, depuis le fleuve Saint-Laurent jusqu'au Mississipi; suivi d'une notice sur le gulf-stream; traduit de l'anglais par P. Magré [...].
Paris, Imprimerie Royale, at Bachelier, 1826
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
8vo: vii-[1 bl.]-359 pp. (sm. damp stain to upper margin, very occ. foxing).
Contemp. marbled sheep, gilt-ruled covers, gilt-orn. flat spine, marbled edges matching endpapers (sl. rubbing, joints split, leather unstuck to lower spine).
First French translation by Pl. Magré of parts of the original work "American coastal pilot" (1796), describing every port of North America, by Blunt (1770-1862), American navigator and publisher of nautical magazines. The translator added a table of routes and distances at the end of the work.
Ref. Sabin 6028. - Cp. Leclerc 823 (1817 ed.).
Prov. Jean-Guillaume, baron Hyde de Neuville (1776-1857), physician and politician, French ambassador to the United States from 1815 to 1821 and Minister of the Navy and the Colonies from 1818 to 1829 (bookpl.).