Author: PESCE, G.L.
Title: La navigation sous-marine.
Description: Paris, Vuibert & Nony, 1906. 4to. W. large engr. ill. on title page & 392 ills. Original red cloth, spine giltlettered. (Righthand corner / edge of upper and lower cover some discol. and imperf. to cloth (lower cover also to turn in of endp.) due to old waterdam. ). [n2, 1 - 31 in 8s, 32 in 1]. (IV, 498 pp.). (Original floral pattern endp.; bookbinder's ticket 'H.C.P.Dolk', Delft on upper paste down.). Good copy. Polak 7499: An extensive and copiously illustrated study of the development of the submarine and underwater navigation from the earliest times up to 1900. Many ills. of submarines, diving-bells, portraits of inventors & scientists, etc. etc.

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