[MARINE - SEMAPHORE]
Collection of 5 rare pamphlets from the very early 19th century, devoted to maritime signalling.
5 works in one volume in-8, basane fave jaspée, smooth spine decorated (period binding).
Includes :
- Pour le jour. SIGNALS DES BATIMENS DE LA FLOTILLE, À L'AMIRAL. S.l., n.d. - 4 pp. followed by a table entitled "Night signals".
- TABLEAU DES MOTS D'ORDRE. [Boulogne, 1803]. -8 pp. With a full-page table of colored flags.
- SIGNAUX DE JOUR ET DE NUIT Entre l'Amiral, Les Bâtimens et les batteries, et tableau Des Mots d'Ordre, A l'usage des bâtimens de la Flotille Nationale, Commandée par l'Amiral Bruis, Conseiller d'Etat. Boulogne : imprimerie de la marine, [1803]. -23 pp. Includes a full-page numerary table with colored flags, and an out-of-text table presenting the "Orders particular to the Flotille".
- CONSIGNE GÉNÉRALE, A observer à bord des Bâtimens de la Flotille Nationale, commandée par l'Amiral Bruix, Conseiller d'Etat. [Boulogne: imprimerie du citoyen Dolet, 1803]. -16 pp.
Copy trimmed short, with damage to text.
- SIGNALS POUR LES COTES DE FRANCE, DEPUIS FLESSINGUE JUSQU'À BAYONNE. S.l., n.d. - 43 pp. with several color tables.
Provenance: Richard Tremblot, with bookplate.
(Spine damaged and restored, brown spots).
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