Description:
- This is a Manual de Marina y Comercio marítimo, a very useful work for seafarers, merchants, brokers and business agents.
- The book does not have any illustrations.
Parts of Contents:
- Single volume. Spanish copy, with complete text.
- Waterproof paper cover. Title page. Title page. Proverb. Introduction. Marine Code. Table of contents. Water paper endpapers.
Book Description:
- Good execution sewn binding, with guillotined cuts, from the First Half of the 19th Century.
- Text and Illustrations in single-colour black printing, very good ink, well centred and with good margins.
- Book printed on white paper of medium thickness and good quality. Tanned on some pages.
- Spanish paperback hard covers.
- Stamped on spine: 'Código de Marina'.
Conservation and Damage:
- General Condition: Very Good.
- Sewn binding in good condition.
- Cuts painted yellow, no soiling and minimal rubbing.
- Although the book is quite clean, there are some booklets which are much browned.
- The book has some rust spots. Some pages have small tears without affecting the text.
- The tips are slightly deteriorated with light creases and folds.
- The book has not suffered external aggressions such as attacks by insects, rodents, etc.
- The book shows wear and tear typical of it’s age.
Comments:
- Both the Measurements and the Weight are approximate.
- In order to take the photos of the inside pages, they have been held with tweezers.
- Very interesting book as a collector's item and curiosity.
- The tones of the colours of the photos are not exactly the same as the tones of the real colours.
- The book for sale is the one that corresponds to the photos. The description is not a detailed exposition of the book.
- The data provided here are personal opinions not contrasted.
4434 - MANUAL OF MARINE AND MARITIME COMMERCE. 1844