TOFINO DE SAN MIGUEL (Vicente).

Derrotero de las Costas de Espana en el Oceano Atlantico, y de las islas Azores o Terceras, para inteligencia y uso de las cartas esfericas presentadas al rey nuestro ...

Vol. 1 (only). Second, revised edition. Quarto (241 x 176 mm); 3 p.l., lviii, [2], 227, [1]pp errata. Contemporary calf with gilt bordered boards, scuffed, gilt spine worn. Three bookplates, one concealed (the Earl of Munster), Thomas Best Jervis and Col. Fitz Clarence. Blind stamp of the Topographical and Statistical Society. Some water-staining. Madrid : Por la vidua de Ibarra, Hijos y Compania, 1789.

£1,000.00

Official pilot guide for the Mediterranean coast of Spain, the facing coast of North Africa, and the Balearic Islands, to accompany Don Vincente Tofiño de San Miguel’s sea-atlas of Spain. The introduction was written by José de Vargas y Ponce, the text by Tofiño.

This volume 1 is complete in itself; a second volume, for the Atlantic coast of Spain appeared in 1789.

Brunet, V 1031 & 19748 [cf. Valdés]; Palau 332929.

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