Portolano del Mare Adriaticocompilato sotto la direzione dell’ I.R. Instituto Geografico Militare Marinei Giacomo
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Vienna, Tipografia dei PP. Mechiraristi, 1845. Second revised edition.
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Pp.: XIV + 33-546. Size: 33,4 x 24,3 cm. (Pilot Book of the Adriatic sea) – In the Italian language. Second and revised edition of an extremely rare and one of the most famous and accurate marine pilot books of the 19th century, Portolano del Mare Adriatico. One of few remaining copies of one of the indispensable tools for navigating the Adriatic sea.
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Binding: original half vellum binding with marbled covers. Signs of handling, marbled paper damaged, parts missing. Very small parts of the spine missing. Flyleafs browned and spotted with very small defects. of aging and minor stains, traces of erased stamp of the previous owner on flyleaf.
Condition: Pages 1-32 missing (photocopies attached). Signature of the previous owner on the half-title. Nice and clean with a very few minor stains within the textblock. Printed on very strong paper with wide margins.
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