Flags of Maritime Nations.
Bureau of Navigation.
GPO, ( 1870), Washington
26 cm., (6) pp. plus 18 color lithograph plates.
Price: $150
Over 100 flags and pennants of the maritime nations of the world, including interesting examples from the Sandwich Islands and the Society Island (Tahiti). This is the second edition, the first having been published in 1861. Many of the pages are accompanied by newspaper articles and manuscript notes about the evolution of the designs pictured. Light waterstain in the upper quadrant of back pages, some scattered foxing, but a good copy overall. Bound in original government calf over boards, with gold cover lettering. Morocco backstrip and corners are rubbed. These early issues are scarce and interesting.
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