Histoire Des Naufrages Pirateries, Abordages, Famines, Hivernages, Incendies, Delaissements, Taite De Negres, Revoltes, Combats, Desastres Et Aventures Sur Les Mers Et Les Oceans Du Globe

Paris: Fonteney Et Peltier, 1860. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher's maroon cloth decorated in blind, spine sunned. Very good. 396 pages. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Half title, twelve lithographs by Charles Gaildrau, ten are tinted. History of shipwrecks from the 16th century onward. Intermittent, scattered text browning, plates generally clean, a few with marginal toning. Text in French. Corners worn, binding firm and tight.