1st May, 2018 11:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Britannia')
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[M] FLAGS: [LE GRAS, A. 'PAVILLONS, GUIDONS,...
FLAGS: [LE GRAS, A. 'PAVILLONS, GUIDONS, FLAMMES, ETC, DE TOUTES Les puissances maritimes du monde']
65 chromolithographed plates, no plate 50 (not called for in the list of plates), no title, contemporary sheep backed boards, spine rather worn, 4to, [Paris, c1860]
An attractive depiction of the flags, pennants etc. of almost all parts of the world including several small states in the Pacific. Le Gras states in his Avertissement that it has been impossible to find the flags for some states and therefore has left them blank. He asks his readers to furnish him with illustrations not in this book à nous permettre de compléter le travail de manière à le rendres par la suite d'une exactitude irréprochable.
65 chromolithographed plates, no plate 50 (not called for in the list of plates), no title, contemporary sheep backed boards, spine rather worn, 4to, [Paris, c1860]
An attractive depiction of the flags, pennants etc. of almost all parts of the world including several small states in the Pacific. Le Gras states in his Avertissement that it has been impossible to find the flags for some states and therefore has left them blank. He asks his readers to furnish him with illustrations not in this book à nous permettre de compléter le travail de manière à le rendres par la suite d'une exactitude irréprochable.
Sold for £434
Estimated at £400 - £600
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
FLAGS: [LE GRAS, A. 'PAVILLONS, GUIDONS, FLAMMES, ETC, DE TOUTES Les puissances maritimes du monde']
65 chromolithographed plates, no plate 50 (not called for in the list of plates), no title, contemporary sheep backed boards, spine rather worn, 4to, [Paris, c1860]
An attractive depiction of the flags, pennants etc. of almost all parts of the world including several small states in the Pacific. Le Gras states in his Avertissement that it has been impossible to find the flags for some states and therefore has left them blank. He asks his readers to furnish him with illustrations not in this book à nous permettre de compléter le travail de manière à le rendres par la suite d'une exactitude irréprochable.
65 chromolithographed plates, no plate 50 (not called for in the list of plates), no title, contemporary sheep backed boards, spine rather worn, 4to, [Paris, c1860]
An attractive depiction of the flags, pennants etc. of almost all parts of the world including several small states in the Pacific. Le Gras states in his Avertissement that it has been impossible to find the flags for some states and therefore has left them blank. He asks his readers to furnish him with illustrations not in this book à nous permettre de compléter le travail de manière à le rendres par la suite d'une exactitude irréprochable.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Britannia'), 1st May, 2018
