NEPTUNE ATLAS OF THE EASTERN COASTS OF ASIA Neptune... - Lot 440 - Briscadieu

NEPTUNE ATLAS OF THE EASTERN COASTS OF ASIA Neptune des Côtes Orientales et du Grand Archipel d'Asie [Paris, Dépôt de la Marine, sd.] In plano: Set of 47 maps numbered 0 to 46 (one part double-paged), conforming to the table of maps and plans. The maps in the Neptune edition are printed on thick paper. ½ contemporary red morocco, ornate smooth spine, red chagrined paper boards, gilt roulette framing the boards, some rubbing including rubbed corners, worn headpieces. A good copy. A fine copy of volume 10, constituting the tenth part (complete in itself) of the extremely rare "Collection de cartes hydrographiques, géographiques" of 483 sheets, presenting all the outer seas of the globe (Collection without general title, divided into 11 parts or volumes presenting all the outer seas of the globe) under the title "Hydrographie française, ou recueil de cartes hydrographiques publiées au Dépôt général de la Marine". Paris, Dépôt de la Marine This volume includes: "Cartes et plans extraits du Voyage de La Pérouse" - "Cartes de l'Atlas de la Cochinchine de M. Dayot" - "Cartes de M. Kergariou" - "Cartes et plans extraits du Voyage de M. Dentrecasteaux" - "Cartes et plans extraits du Voyage aux Terres Australes" - "Iles du Grand Océan".