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La Marine: Arsenaux, Navires, Equipages, Navigation, Atterages, Combats
by Eugene Pacini
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
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Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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About This Item
Profusely illustrated review of the French Navy in the 19th century with engraved title page, 8 finely handcolored plates of men in uniform and 1 of flags of the Nautical Powers, 22 full-page steel engravings of ships and maritime scenes, and over 100 engravings and vignettes in the text by Antoine Leon Morel-Fatio.
240 pp, 31 plates, text in French.
The costume plates are handcolored lithographs by the famous Pauquet Brothers after illustrations by Andre Castan, A. Gusman, P. Goyer, Louis, etc., and show ranks from Admiral to Matelot.
The steel plates by de Tournemine, E. Isabey, Morel-Fatio, etc., show famous French ships of the line, nautical scenes, historical events.
The vignettes by Morel-Fatio show many different types of vessels as well as life on board sailing ships, in the rigging, on deck and below decks.
Condition: Covers a little frayed, binding tight, ex-library stamp Marinens Bibliotek on frontis and barcode on front endpaper, some slight browning and foxing throughout.
Antoine Leon Morel-Fatio(1810–1871) was a French naval painter, Peintre officiel de la Marine, and curator of the naval and ethnographic museum of the Louvre.
Heavy book, extra shipping charges required.
240 pp, 31 plates, text in French.
The costume plates are handcolored lithographs by the famous Pauquet Brothers after illustrations by Andre Castan, A. Gusman, P. Goyer, Louis, etc., and show ranks from Admiral to Matelot.
The steel plates by de Tournemine, E. Isabey, Morel-Fatio, etc., show famous French ships of the line, nautical scenes, historical events.
The vignettes by Morel-Fatio show many different types of vessels as well as life on board sailing ships, in the rigging, on deck and below decks.
Condition: Covers a little frayed, binding tight, ex-library stamp Marinens Bibliotek on frontis and barcode on front endpaper, some slight browning and foxing throughout.
Antoine Leon Morel-Fatio(1810–1871) was a French naval painter, Peintre officiel de la Marine, and curator of the naval and ethnographic museum of the Louvre.
Heavy book, extra shipping charges required.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Florilegius
(JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Flo125
- Title
- La Marine
- Author
- Eugene Pacini
- Illustrator
- Antoine Leon Morel-Fatio, Andre Castan, Isabey, etc.
- Format/Binding
- Green cloth boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- L. Curmer
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1844
- Pages
- 240
- Size
- Octavo, 26 x 17cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- naval, French Navy, military, history, costume, maritime, navy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Costume;
Terms of Sale
Florilegius
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About the Seller
Florilegius
Biblio member since 2019
Tokyo, Tokyo
About Florilegius
Tokyo-based bookseller specializing in European illustrated books from the 18th to 19th century, mainly botanical, zoological, costume and travel. Also Japanese ukiyo-e and woodblock botanicals, flower arrangement, etc.
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