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[NAUTICAL] Lot of 3 works.
Lot comprising a copy in excellent internal condition of Formaleoni's treatise analysing a Venetian portolan chart of 1436 showing the Antilles; the first French edition of Euler's work on naval engineering; and the first edition of the text by the astronomer Jean-Sylvain Bailly, mayor of Paris and victim of the Terror. In the latter work, addressing Voltaire, Bailly argues for the existence of an ancient Asian civilisation, a 'peuple perdu' that would have reached advanced levels in the sciences and the arts, identifying it with the myth of Atlantis described in the Platonic dialogues.
Lista delle opere: FORMALEONI, Vincenzo (1752-1797) Saggio sulla nautica antica de' Veneziani, con una illustrazione di alcune carte idrografiche della biblioteca di S. Marco, che dimostra l'isole Antille prima della scoperta di Cristofo Colombo. Venice: presso l'Autore, 1783 8vo, (210 x 150mm) 4 folding leaves, two depicting ancient portolans, uncut. Contemporary binding in decorated carta rustica binding (spine missing). [IN LOT WITH:] EULER, Leonhard (1707-1783). Theorie complete de la construction et de la manoeuvre des vaisseaux. Paris: Claude-Antoine Jombert, 1776 8vo, (195 x 120mm) 6 folding plate leaves, printed on blued paper (light spotting). Contemporary leather binding, gilt title and gilt title to spine, red edges, marbled endpapers. [AND WITH:] BAILLY, Jean-Sylvain (1736-1793). Lettres sur l'Atlantide de Platon et sur l'ancienne histoire de l'Asie. London: Elmsly ; Paris: Debure, 1779. 8vo, (197 x 125mm) One folding leaf at end (occasional spotting). Contemporary leather binding with gilt title to spine, red edges. (3)
Lista delle opere: FORMALEONI, Vincenzo (1752-1797) Saggio sulla nautica antica de' Veneziani, con una illustrazione di alcune carte idrografiche della biblioteca di S. Marco, che dimostra l'isole Antille prima della scoperta di Cristofo Colombo. Venice: presso l'Autore, 1783 8vo, (210 x 150mm) 4 folding leaves, two depicting ancient portolans, uncut. Contemporary binding in decorated carta rustica binding (spine missing). [IN LOT WITH:] EULER, Leonhard (1707-1783). Theorie complete de la construction et de la manoeuvre des vaisseaux. Paris: Claude-Antoine Jombert, 1776 8vo, (195 x 120mm) 6 folding plate leaves, printed on blued paper (light spotting). Contemporary leather binding, gilt title and gilt title to spine, red edges, marbled endpapers. [AND WITH:] BAILLY, Jean-Sylvain (1736-1793). Lettres sur l'Atlantide de Platon et sur l'ancienne histoire de l'Asie. London: Elmsly ; Paris: Debure, 1779. 8vo, (197 x 125mm) One folding leaf at end (occasional spotting). Contemporary leather binding with gilt title to spine, red edges. (3)
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500
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[BINDING] CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 BC). Epistolarum familiarium. Lyon: Gryphius, 1551.
[BINDING] CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 BC). Epistolarum familiarium. Lyon: Gryphius, 1551.
ESTIMATE € 600 - 1,000
