Michelot, Henri , and Laurent Brémond. Recueil de plusieurs plans des ports et rades de la mer mediterranée. [Marseille, ca. 1730]. In 4° oblong (215 x 285 mm). Engraved allegorical frontispiece and 37 engraved maps dated from 1727 to 1730. Coeval leather binding with gilt friezes on spine (peeling, defects and lacking mainly on spine). Coeval ownership note, ex libris by Arthur Villettes. Fresh specimen of this maritime atlas that was first published in 1727 with only 21 maps.

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