Le Neptune François, ou Receuil des Cartes Marines. Levées et Gravées par Ordre du Roi. Premier Volume, Contenant les Côtes de l' Europe sur l' Océan, depuis Dronthem en Norvege, jusqu'au Détroit de Gibraltar, avec la Mer Baltique.

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas (1703-72)

Edité par [Paris (Versailles): de l' Imprimerie du Département de la Marine, 1773].

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Volume I only. Folio (25 4/8 x 19 4/8 inches). Engraved allegorical title-page by le Pautre after Berrin, engraved table and 30 double-page engraved charts on 31 sheets by H. van Loon and C. Berey (a few browned, some light spotting). Contemporary cat's-paw calf gilt, spine with raised bands and red morocco lettering-piece (extremities worn, joints splitting). Provenance: Ink library stamp of ?Bibliotheque Ashendet Fra on the engraved title-page. A magnificent collection of sea charts, first published in Paris by Jaillot and in a pirated edition by Mortier in Amsterdam, with the same allegorical title-page, in 1693. This is a re-issue of the second edition first published by Bellin in 1753. Jacques Nicolas Bellin was the most significant and influential publisher of maps and charts in eighteenth-century France. In 1721 he was appointed chief cartographer and hydrographer to the French Navy, and in 1741 "ingénier hydrographe" to the Navy's "Depôt des cartes et plans de la Marine". Bellin was also a member of the Académie de Marine and of the Royal Society of London. During his 50-year career, Bellin published a number of atlases, including "Hydrographie française" (1753), "Carte de l'Amerique septentrionale (1755), "Petit Atlas Maritime" (1764), and "Nouvelle méthode pour apprendre la géographie" (1769). Brunet I, 756; Koeman IV, pp.423-431; Phillips 517. N° de réf. du vendeur 002227

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Titre : Le Neptune François, ou Receuil des Cartes ...

Éditeur : [Paris (Versailles): de l' Imprimerie du Département de la Marine, 1773].

Reliure : Hardcover