Paris, Firmin Didot Frères, 1863. Large 4to. Orig. clothbacked printed blue boards. Small tears in joints at foot of spine. Stamp on title-page. VIII,248 pp., 13 folded plates (maps etc.).
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First edition. This is a French translation and adaptation of Maury's pioneering work on ocean winds and currents.
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Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1874. Large 4to. In contemporary half cloth with the original blue printed front wrapper pasted on to front board. Two vague stamps to front board and one stamp to title-page. Internally fine and clean. VII, 232 pp. + 12 plates and folded maps.
French reworked edition of Matthieu-Fontaine Maury's Sailing Directions. Ploix adopted Maury's work for the French Navy after he met Maury at the 1853 Brussels conference.
1874 demi-basane épidermée (bon état intérieur) in-4, VIII-232pp., XII planches, P. Imprimerie Nationale 1874
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.: Paris, Typographie et librairie de Firmin Didot Frères, imprimeurs de l'Institut de la Marine, 1863, publication N° 370 du '' Dépot des cartes et plans de la Marine ''. in-4°, viii pp + 248 pp + 13 folding maps and plates. Publisher's half cloth with original printed boards. Nice copy with only minimal shelf wear. With a manuscript ex-dono by the author. Fine copy of the French reworked edition of Maury's Sailing Directions. In his preface the author explains how he adapted Maury's work for the French Navy after he met Maury at the 1853 Brussels conference. Text in French. Livre en français.