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DECRES (DENIS, duc de) Le pilote des Îles Britanniques, publie d'apres les ordres du Contre-Amiral Decres, [Paris], Dépôt Général de la Marine, [c.1757, maps dated variously] image 1
DECRES (DENIS, duc de) Le pilote des Îles Britanniques, publie d'apres les ordres du Contre-Amiral Decres, [Paris], Dépôt Général de la Marine, [c.1757, maps dated variously] image 2
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DECRES (DENIS, duc de)
Le pilote des Îles Britanniques, publie d'apres les ordres du Contre-Amiral Decres, [Paris], Dépôt Général de la Marine, [c.1757, maps dated variously]

29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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DECRES (DENIS, duc de)

Le pilote des Îles Britanniques, publie d'apres les ordres du Contre-Amiral Decres, letterpress title and contents leaf, 34 double-pages engraved maps (32 called for, and 2 additional), all but 2 double-page or folding, contemporary calf gilt, worn, spine near detached [Shirley BL M.DEC-1a, "included because of its collective significance"], folio (655 x 480mm.), [Paris], Dépôt Général de la Marine, [c.1757, maps dated variously]

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