第戎，P. Palliot, 1643.
开本由(13)页，无1标题插画，725页，(19)页，其中1页为全页插图，43幅插图在文中，1张折页插图。第105页和465页边缘撕裂无缺，第505页下角撕裂有缺但不影响文本，247至270页边缘有虫蛀痕迹，几处边缘轻微划痕，前三页侧边略微磨损，插画有轻微烧痕。硬挺羊皮纸，书皮上有冷压双框线，角上有冷压花饰，中间有带座右铭愿吾心灵光临我等的冷压章纹，书脊为凸槽，装饰以冷压花饰，红色喷绘书边。时代装帧.
358 x 220 毫米.
Première et unique édition de la première encyclopédie dédiée au monde maritime.
Sabin 50723; Borba de Moraes 598.
Le présent exemplaire appartient au premier tirage avec la dédicace au roi Louis XIII datée de janvier 1643.
“A kind of encyclopedia of everything relating to maritime affairs. Pages 592-612 contain a description of America, with three maps. The cuts are copied from De Bry.” (Sabin).
« Claude-Barthélémy Morisot naquit à Dijon en 1592, et y mourut en 1661.
Son ‘Orbis Maritimus’ forme un in-fol. de X ff., 725 pp., IX ff., titre gravé, fig. et cartes impr. dans le texte ; entre les pages 200-201, une grande planche pliée représentant des naumachies anciennes ; les pages 578-609 traitent spécialement des deux Amériques ». (Brunet, Supp., 1122).
With engraved title-page, 1 full-page plate, 1 double-page engraved plate, 23 half-page engraved maps, 20 half-page engraved illustrations.
“Has among other merits that of being the first naval history. It is divided into two parts. The first is devoted to ancient times and the second is concerned with modern times, and the deeds of the British, French, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese. South America and Brazil are described on pp. 601 and following (the description of both Americas covers pp. 592-612 with 3 maps). The work is sumptuously printed… The plates showing different kinds of sailing crafts are very quaint. The map of Brazil is most curious” (Borba de Moraes).
The first part covers ancient times (to the great discoveries of the Renaissance), emphasizing the many naval battles, but also presenting the development of navigation and geography. The second part covers recent voyages of discovery and topographical description, drawing on numerous naval and maritime sources, including travel journals by European explorers.
A very good copy, with generous margins, preserved in its contemporary vellum binding.
