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Receuil sic des principaux plans des ports. et rades de Mer Mediterranée

Small Sea atlas with many Mediterranean coasts and harbours, by Jozeph Roux.

Type of object:

Atlases

Time period:

Britain rules the waves + France

Place:

Marseille

Date:

1764

Maker / Author:

Joseph Roux

Publisher / Printer:

Joseph Roux et Fils Marseille

Dimensions:

17.5 x 24 cm Oblong

Material:

168 (of 170) plates, and 1 additional plate tipped in. Full calf cover

Graduation:

Inscription:

Provenance:

References:

site of Delalande: La liste généalogique de la famille Roux

Image by Austin Neill

Description

Small sea atlas with detailed maps of the Mediterranean coast. Missing plates 120 and 127 (additional plate tipped in where 120 should be.) The maps depict detailed sections of the Mediterranean coast and some of the larger towns, including Alexandretta, Alexandria, Algiers, Alicante, Dardanelles, Gibraltar, La Valetta, Livorno, Malaga, Messina, Maó, Palermo, Sète, Tripoli and Venice.

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