Navigation and astronomical research in present-day Canada
CHABERT, Joseph Bernard.
Voyage fait par ordre du Roi en 1750 et 1751, dans l'Amérique septentrionale...
Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1753. 4to. With an engraved printer's vignette on the title-page, an engraved headpiece at the beginning of the first chapter, 6 folding engraved maps, a folding engraved plate showing geometrical figures, and a large folding table with calculations for the position of the sun and the moon. Contemporary gold-tooled red morocco, with the title lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled tun-ins, gilt edges. [2], VIII, 288, [10] pp. Full description
€ 12,500
Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1753. 4to. With an engraved printer's vignette on the title-page, an engraved headpiece at the beginning of the first chapter, 6 folding engraved maps, a folding engraved plate showing geometrical figures, and a large folding table with calculations for the position of the sun and the moon. Contemporary gold-tooled red morocco, with the title lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled tun-ins, gilt edges. [2], VIII, 288, [10] pp. Full description