FLEURIEU, Charles-Pierre Claret de - Lot 112

FLEURIEU, Charles-Pierre Claret de Voyage fait par ordre du Roi en 1768 et 1769, à différentes parties du monde, pour éprouver en mer les horloges marines inventées par M. Ferdinand Berthoud. Paris, imprimerie Royale, 1773. 2 volumes in-4 (256 x 190 mm) of 2 ff.n.ch. (Title and warning), LXXIX pp., 803 pp., 5 folding maps, for volume I; 2 ff.n.ch (title and warning), XL pp., 622 pp. 1 folding plate, tables I to IV, plus table II bis. Marbled basane, spine ribbed, decorated with anchor and fleur-de-lys, red morocco title page, blue edges. "Ecole d'Hydrograph. D'Agde" in gilt lettering on the upper cover of volume I. "Ecole d'Hydrograph. de Dieppe" in gilt lettering on upper cover of volume II (period binding). Sabin, 24750 (with only 3 maps); Chadenat, 2617. First edition. Copy complete with the 5 maps required. Trace of wetness on the lateral edges of volume I, from page 685 to the end of the work. The lower corners of pages 312 and 440 of volume II are missing, but the text is unaffected; spotting and faded headbands on both volumes. Ex-libris of Yves Louis Mongrolle.