RECOPILACION DE VARIAS TABLAS PROPRIAS PARA LA NAVEGACION; PRECEDIDAS DE SU EXPLICACION PARA FACILITAR EL USE DE ELLAS A LOS PRINCIPIANTES EN EL ARTE; EXPLICADAS, Y CORREGIDAS.
Baralt, Joseph:
Barcelona: Eulalia Piferrer, Viuda, Impresora del Rey nuestro Señor, 1786. [4],76,51,[5]pp. Quarto. Early 20th-century half pebbled cloth over embossed cloth, leather label stamped in gilt. Boards and spine moderately worn. Occasional moderate soiling and dampstaining. A good copy. An extremely rare late 18th-century Spanish maritime manual consisting of various tables used in navigation, with accompanying explanations of how to best use them. In a prefatory note, the author writes that his intention is to ease the work of mariners by compiling these tables and related instructions, usually found in a number of different books, in one single volume. Baralt was a second lieutenant in the Spanish Royal Navy and an instructor in the school of navigation established with royal approval in Arens de Mar. In addition to various tables used to determine position at sea, the volume also includes separate charts for creating calendars. The latter tables include calculations to determine years, movable feasts, and times of phases of the moon. An extremely rare Spanish instructional manual for navigatiors. The ENSAYO DE BIBLIOGRAFÍA MARÍTIMA ESPAÑOLA cites a single copy at the Museo Marítimo, but not listed in Navarrete, OCLC, RLIN, JCB MARITIME HISTORY HAND-LIST, CRONE, or the JAMES FORD BELL CATALOGUE. PALAU 23574. ENSAYO DE BIBLIOGRAFÍA MARÍTIMA ESPAÑOLA 256.
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