Joseph LARTIGUE
Essai sur les ouragans et les tempêtes, et prescriptions nautiques pour en souffrir le moins de dommages possible[Essay on Hurricanes and Storms, and Nautical Instructions for Sustaining the Least Possible Damage]
Librairie hydrographique de Robiquet|Paris 1858|14.2 x 22.5 cm|Broché
Rare illustrated first edition, with 4 plates at the end of the volume, including two folding maps.
Small tears neatly repaired to the spine, minor angular losses to the boards, heavy foxing.
Joseph Lartigue (1791-1876), a naval captain, distinguished himself through his work in nautical meteorology and cartography.
Copy from the physicist Edmond Becquerel (1820-1891), member of the Académie des sciences, with an autograph signed presentation inscription from Joseph Lartigue at the head of the upper cover.
€600