BOUGARD. / SERRES, J. T. - Lot 15

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BOUGARD. / SERRES, J. T. - Lot 15
BOUGARD. / SERRES, J. T. The Little Sea Torch: Or, True Guide for Coasting Pilots. Londres, 1801. Beau col. d'époque. In-4 de (2) ff., 144 pp., (3) ff. et 32 pl. ; demi-veau moucheté à coins, dos plat (reliure de l'époque). Plats, coupes et coins frottés, quelques rousseurs éparses affectant peu les planches. Certaines planches avec l'adresse d'édition un peu coupée. - Some foxing throughout but a little few affecting the maps. All coastal profiles and maps beautifully coloured by a contemporary hand. A fine copy with 32 coloured plates. 445 x 284 mm. (R) Illustré de 32 planches dont 12 cartes par John Luffman et 20 planches à l'aquatinte de profils par J. Stadler d'après J.T. Serres. Titre complet : The Little Sea Torch: Or, True Guide for Coasting Pilots: by which they are Clearly Instructed how to Navigate along the Coasts of England, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Sicily ... Version anglaise par John Thomas Serres de l'ouvrage de Bougard "Le Petit Flambeau de la Mer". L'ouvrage a été traduit, corrigé et augmenté par J.T. Serres. Marque de propriété p. 2 : Captain ? Kit. - Illustrated with 12 charts by John Luffman plus 20 aquatint plates by J. Stadler after J.T. Serres. First English edition, with aquatint profiles, of Bougard's Le Petit Flambeau de la Mer, a marine pilot guide to coastal navigation originally published in 1684 and extensively revised for the present edition by Serres. The coastal profiles cover the British Isles, Spain, Portugal, Italy and 11 France, and the islands included among the maps include Corsica, Porto Vecchio, Malta and Corfu. The coastal profiles show many spectacular cliffs and rock formations, numerous light-houses (an important source for their history), fortresses and occasionally other buildings, as well as ships and smaller boats, a large view of the whole city of Valetta on Malta. This is the first major revision to the maps and views of the Petit Flambeau, which saw only minor changes of content from 1684 to 1716 and no more in the edit
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