With 169 engraved Sea Charts

Joseph Roux:

Recueil des Principaux Plans des Ports et Rades de la Mer Méditerranée, estraits de ma carte en douze feuilles.

”Marseille 1764”, but an undated, substantially enlarged edition, possibly c. 1780. Oblong 4to. (17,2 x 23 cms.) Engraved title + 169 (of 170) engraved maps numbered 1-36, 38-119, [120:] ”Ports d’Alexandrie”, folding, with printed text leaf, + 121-170, + letterpress index leaf, ”Table des [170] plans des ports contenus dans ce recueil”.

Contemporary tree calf, worn, annotations to front flyleaf, endleaves and final printed text leaf (Table) creased, joints weak. Lacks map 37 (”Bouche de Boniface”, the Strait of Bonifacio between Corsica and Sardinia). The original 1764 edition was limited to 121 charts.

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