Bougard, René – John Thomas Serres trans. 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 ... the Coast of Barbary, from Cape Bon to Cape de Verd. London: T. Rickaby for the author and others, 1801 Folio (16 ¾ x 10 ½ in.; 425 x 267 mm). Twenty handcolored aquatint plates each showing two or more coastal views, 24 handcolored maps on 12 sheets engraved by John Luffman; text leaves carefully washed, some light spotting and staining mostly confined to text leaves and to the margins of aquatints, a few tiny abrasion marks on five aquatints, worm hole in upper outer corner entering plate mark of 3 aquatints. Half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt with gold-stamped title label.
Bougard, René – John Thomas Serres trans. 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 ... the Coast of Barbary, from Cape Bon to Cape de Verd. London: T. Rickaby for the author and others, 1801 Folio (16 ¾ x 10 ½ in.; 425 x 267 mm). Twenty handcolored aquatint plates each showing two or more coastal views, 24 handcolored maps on 12 sheets engraved by John Luffman; text leaves carefully washed, some light spotting and staining mostly confined to text leaves and to the margins of aquatints, a few tiny abrasion marks on five aquatints, worm hole in upper outer corner entering plate mark of 3 aquatints. Half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt with gold-stamped title label.
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