In-4°, [8],152 pp, le titre gravé est daté de 1768, le titre typographique est daté de 1773. Complet: illustré de 34 cartes, dont plusieurs dépliantes. Les cartes sont num. 1-33, mais il y a une carte XXXIV supplémentaire des Ilses Bermudes. Reliure de l'époque en plein basane, quelques éraflures sur les plats, dos lisse doré, coiffe sup. usée, tranches mouchetées bleues
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ex libris héraldique. Édition originale. Réf. Sabin, 4552 ; Howgego A107 ""Jacques Nicolas Bellin spent over fifty years at the French Hydoraphic Service, where he was appointed the first 'Ingenieur hydrographe de La Marine'. During his term of office there he was commissioned to carry out major surveys, first of the coast of France and later of all the known coasts of the world. These undertakings resulted in the production of a very large number of sea charts of the highest quality which appeared in many edition with varying numbers of charts to the end of the century