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MORISOT, CLAUDE-BARTHÉLEMY. Orbis maritimi sive rerum in mari et littoribus gestarum generalis historia. Double-page engraved plate of ancient Roman mock naval battle; 21 illustrations and 23 maps in text. [24], 723, [19] pages, including engraved additional title. Folio, 357x223 mm, contemporary dark brown morocco gilt, joints starting at bottom, cover corners bumped; varying browning or foxing, occasional marginal dampstaining, scattered other stains, restoration in blank lower outer corner of 3Z2.3; cloth folding case. Bookplate of Connecticut State Library on front pastedown. Dijon: Pierre Palliot, 1643
first edition of the first history of maritime affairs and exploration, from antiquity to the 16th-century; second issue, with dedication to Pierre Séguier instead of Louis XIII. Pages 480-83, 507-11, and 592-612 deal with the Americas, including 3 maps. The final chapters discuss navigation, oceanography, hydrology, shipbuilding, etc. Alden 643/185.
