- La Marine a l’Exposition Universelle de 1878. Atlas Only.
La Marine a l’Exposition Universelle de 1878. Atlas Only.
France. Ministre de la Marine.
Gauthier-Villars, ( 1879), Paris
47 x 37 cm. 159 b/w engraved plates.
Price: $350
This is the atlas to the first edition of this very rare compendium of ships and ship building, both naval and commercial, compiled for the 1878 Paris Exposition. Much on steam ships. Details of construction and all manner of propulsion equipment. Polak 6410, citing text, but not noting the existence of this impressive atlas. The atlas consists of 2 sections, Part I with plates 1-66 and Part II with 67-159 full-page folio plates, in larger portfolio. String ties and fabric hinge have perished. Some edge chipping, but all plates are in excellent condition.
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