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127 - [NAVY] - V** [VALCOURT (M. de)] - Les Jeunes Marins or *Th…
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[NAVY] - V** [VALCOURT (M. de)] - *Les Jeunes Marins* or *The Voyage of a Ship’s Captain with his Children along the Coasts and through the Seaports of France*; containing descriptions of the coasts and ports from the perspectives of history, statistics, the navy, trade and natural history; enriched with a wealth of anecdotes, episodes, short stories and novellas; a summary of the history of the navy; an introductory treatise and a glossary of terms relating to this field, and accounts of the principal acts of bravery, intrepidity and devotion displayed by the most famous French sailors – Paris; Guillaume et Compagnie, 1827 – 4 volumes, In-12° – A few scattered foxing spots - 40 plates of harbour views, engraved as separate illustrations, and 2 fold-out plates of ships (out of 4) at the end of Volume IV – Contemporary marbled tan sheepskin binding (corners worn, 1 small tear at the top edge of Volume I) - Plain (worn) spines with decorative lettering (one tear at the lower edge of the spine of Volume II) - Title and volume number labels in brown morocco - Marbled edges - ‘Ex-dono’ inscribed in brown ink on the first white endpaper of Volume I. Expert: Caroline Velk - 06 99 94 10 05

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Auction time 10/02/2026 at 2:00 PM

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127 - [NAVY] - V** [VALCOURT (M. de)] - *Les Jeunes Marins* or *Th… See original version (French)

127 - [NAVY] - V** [VALCOURT (M. de)] - Les Jeunes Marins or *Th…
See original version (French)