40 - NOGUES (J.).

NOGUES (J.). A Handbook for the Young Sailor, containing a reasoned and illustrated guide to the duties associated with each rank of seafarer, covering the practical aspects of the rigging of merchant ships, stowage, sail set, etc.; the maneuvering of lateen-rigged vessels, the location of the Flanders shoals, and the approaches to the ports of Dunkirk and Vlissingen; followed by various observations and a systematic glossary of nautical terms. Paris, Bachelier & Cie, 1814. In-12, purple morocco, spine with richly decorated raised bands, broad gilt decoration framing the covers with a central gilt coat of arms, gilt fillet on the edges, superb interior lining richly and finely gilded, broad gilt frame on the endpapers, gilt edges (contemporary binding signed by Doll). Rare first edition, illustrated with 8 fold-out plates as well as a large folded chart. This practical treatise was designed to train young sailors by methodically detailing the responsibilities, maneuvers, and duties specific to each rank and position aboard a ship during the age of sail. (Polak 7054.) A valuable copy in period morocco leather bearing the coat of arms of Louis Stanislas Xavier François of France, Count of Provence and future Louis XVIII. (O.H.R. 2548, stamp no. 3.)