Sail and steam: a magnificent lithographic survey of world shipping
ROELOFFS, Roeloff and Christian Ferdinand MÖLLER.
Cyclus von schiffen aller seefahrenden nationen.
Hamburg, Charles Fuchs, 1839. 1 text volume and 56 loose lithographs in passepartouts. 4to oblong. With 56 lithographic plates (including 50 in colour), plates 47-50 contain several smaller illustrations. The numbering alternates between Roman and Arabic numerals, plates 1-46 are captioned above and below the illustrations in 6 languages. The 6 black-and-white terminal plates (numbered I-VI in Roman numerals) depict rigging and technical drawings. The work includes a lithographic title page and 3 illustrated title designs, one for the cover of the text volume, one serving as the title for the plates issued under passe-partout, and one mounted as the cover title for the accompanying original contemporary folder for the plates. Contemporary half beige cloth with the illustrated title on the front board, the text volume kept in a matching gold-stamped linen folder with the lithographed title mounted on the front board, lithographs in passepartouts. [2] ll., 112 cols. Full description
€ 8,500
Hamburg, Charles Fuchs, 1839. 1 text volume and 56 loose lithographs in passepartouts. 4to oblong. With 56 lithographic plates (including 50 in colour), plates 47-50 contain several smaller illustrations. The numbering alternates between Roman and Arabic numerals, plates 1-46 are captioned above and below the illustrations in 6 languages. The 6 black-and-white terminal plates (numbered I-VI in Roman numerals) depict rigging and technical drawings. The work includes a lithographic title page and 3 illustrated title designs, one for the cover of the text volume, one serving as the title for the plates issued under passe-partout, and one mounted as the cover title for the accompanying original contemporary folder for the plates. Contemporary half beige cloth with the illustrated title on the front board, the text volume kept in a matching gold-stamped linen folder with the lithographed title mounted on the front board, lithographs in passepartouts. [2] ll., 112 cols. Full description
