Traité de la navigation.

H. Brebion, Marseille, 1701

First edition of the scarce treatise on navigation – an equally rare second edition was published in 1711.

Description: Contemporary calf on 5 raised bands, decorative gilt to spine, gilt title to spine. Octavo: 17 × 11 cm; pp. [2] ll., 243 p., [10] ll. With woodcut title vignette and 35 woodcuts in the text.

Ref.: Not in Polak.

Condition: Covers, decently restored, showing slight signs of wear. Front pastedown with paper repair. Endpapers and title stained. Pages slightly yellowed with age, otherwise well-preserved.

Notes: Berthelot was professor for hydrography in Marseille. A sea chart of the Mediterranean in two sheets was published under his name in 1695.