Du Scaphandre et de son Emploi a Bord des Navires.
Du Temple, M.L.
Arthus Bertrand, ( n.d), Paris
30, (1) pp. folding b/w plate and double page sepia toned plates.
Price: $1250
This is an early pamphlet on diving. Anderson gives a date of 1860, which is nowhere evident in the text. About diving and the Cabirol diving suitAnderson 354a. Polak gives a date of circa 1863. La planche sur doublepage represente le plongeur avec son appareil. La grande planche depliante donne des details sur l’appareil ‘Cabirol’ avec la pompe a air, le casque et les ouvremanchettes.Polak 3108. This is an interesting specimen of Du Temple’s work, in that the wrappers are printed on the back of the cover sheet from another book by Du Temple the atlas to his Cours de Machines a Vapeur, an ad for which graces the back of this pamphlet. That work is dated 1861, which would make Anderson’s dating of 1860 too early by at least a year. Scattered light foxing, outer edge of folding plate is lightly chipped, not effecting image. A very good copy in original wrappers. Scarce thus.