Édouard CORBIÈRE
Le Navigateur, journal des naufrages et des autres événemens nautiques ; par une société de marins[The Navigator, Journal of Shipwrecks and Other Nautical Events; by a Society of Mariners]
Hue • Guérin|Le Havre • Paris Avril 1829-1833|12.8 x 21 cm|8 volumes reliés
Very rare first run of this fascinating maritime periodical, whose publication, under the direction of the renowned Edouard Corbière (1793-1875), continued until 1838 (a total of 18 issues), before the title was absorbed into the Journal de la marine (see Polak, 6955, who only records and knew of the first volume).
The set is illustrated with 15 plates: 4 lithographed plates hors texte, including one folding plate, for the first volume; 2 hors texte plates, one of them lithographed, for the second; 3 lithographed plates for the third volume; a lithographed frontispiece in each of the following volumes: 4, 5, 6 and 7; and 3 lithographed plates, including a frontispiece, for
€1,500