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2016PMV232301AVanves Giverny Madrid: Hazan ; Musée des impressionnismes Giverny ; Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Madrid 2016. Trade paperback. Very good/Not issued. 245 x 295 x 13 cm. Paperback • Illustrations en couleurs • <b><i>French text original</i></b> • Printed 2016 • No inscriptions. Hazan ; Musée des impressionnismes (Giverny) ; Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (Madrid) paperback
2016PM232506MMilan Lausanne Paris: Skira ; Fondation de l'Hermitage ; diffusion Flammarion 2016. Trade paperback. Good/Not issued. 242 x 292 x 18 cm. Paperback • Illustrations en couleurs • <b><i>French text original</i></b>. Skira ; Fondation de l'Hermitage ; diffusion Flammarion paperback
191963313Tokyo: å›½éš›å ±é“ Kokusai hodo æ˜å’Œ Showa 19 1944. Tall 8vo. 232 pp inpaginated. With 100’s of photo illustrations two-colour maps sections chapter titles in green & black. Blue publisher’s cloth white lettering on spine turquoise-coloured lettering front cover some scuffing & rubbing edgewear minor sunning to spine still G copy from the library of Otto C. Winzen 1917-1979 pioneering German-American aeronautical engineer was interned during World War II and later significantly advanced material and construction of high-altitude balloons after World War II. First edition of this very scarce photographic history of the Imperial Japanese movements battles and actions in the Sino-Japanese War and across China later in World War II. Many of the photos and text focus on the impact of the Japanese Naval Air Force with photos of amphibious aircraft aerial bombing campaigns and continued action across Japanese- and Chinese-controlled areas. Worldcat locates 2 copies TX A&M National Diet Library. å›½éš›å ±é“ Kokusai hodo, hardcover
34328Washington DC: House of Representatives. Wraps. Fair. Disbound wraps. xvi 607 pages. Illustrated with three folding plans a few maps and illustrations. Missing spine. Pages 593-607 are detached. Interior contents are clean. This is a detailed report on the Union use of Armored vessels around Charleston Mississippi River and Vicksburg from 1861 to early 1864. House of Representatives unknown
186135049Washington DC: House of Representatives 1861. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Stitched wraps. 18 pages. Title on page 1. Light soiling to the title page. Interior contents very clean. This contents of this report range in date from April 10 to April 25 1861. The first letter dated April 10th Welles gives an order to get the steamer "Merrimack" ready for voyaging from Norfolk to Philadelphia Navy Yard for safety. House of Representatives unknown
186536319New York: John W. Amerman Printer 1865. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Wraps. Approx. 9" x 6". 22 pages 1. Original light blue-green printed stitched wraps. Light fade and a few small spots to the outer wraps. Interior in very good condition. The "Kearsarge" under the Command of Captain John A. Winslow defeated the Confederate cruiser Alabama off the Coast of France in 1864. Pages 16-22 includes a list of "Subscribers to the Fund For Testimonials To The Captain Officers and Crew Of The "Kearsarge" and award amounts for the listed officers and crew totaling up to $25000. Scarce. 7 copies located in OCLC. John W. Amerman, Printer unknown
19495505Tacoma Washington: Aero-Marine Photos 1949. Original printing. Matted photograph. Good. Black & white photograph 9.5 x 7.5 inches in 13 x 11 paperboard mat. Ink and pencil signatures of crew members on the photo and mat. Mat soiled and stained edges rubbed. Photo lightly scuffed. First acquired in 1942 as an Army transport the O'Hara APA-90 was acquired by the Navy in 1943 and served as an attack transporter in WWII. She was decommissioned at San Francisco in 1946 transferred to the Army and sailed from Seattle as a transporter. She was reacquired by the Navy in 1950 and struck from its list in 1961 berthed at Olympia. A few of the signatures are dated 1946 and 1949. Aero-Marine Photos unknown
181841562<p><strong>1818 US NAVY Rules Regulations Crowninshield USS PEACOCK Provenance Pirates WOW</strong></p><p>Exceptionally rare the "<em>Rules Regulations and Instructions for the Naval Service of the United States</em>" is a formal guidebook created under the authority of Benjamin Williams Crowninshield the Secretary of the Navy 1815-1818 to streamline and standardize practices across the naval forces of the United States. <strong>First published by Edward De Krafft in Washington 1818</strong> the book was a response to an Act of Congress from February 7 1815 during James Madison's presidency which called for the establishment of the Board of Commissioners to oversee the Navy Department. This text served to guide the transition of the Navy into a peacetime force after the War of 1812 laying out detailed instructions for various ranks and positions from yard personnel and warrant officers to high-ranking officials. It covers a wide array of topics including ship maintenance naval ceremonies discipline and provisions as well as specific instructions for surgeons pursers marines and midshipmen. The regulations also provided for the handling of convoys and established <strong>clear guidelines for salutes military honors and other ceremonies. This text played a crucial role</strong> in shaping the growth structure and discipline of the U.S. Navy during the early 19th century especially during the presidencies of James Monroe John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson.</p><p><strong>This particular copy belonged to the famous USS Peacock a sloop-of-war that played a significant role in the U.S. Navy during the early 19th century!</strong> Commissioned during the War of 1812 it was part of various naval operations including suppressing piracy in the Caribbean and patrolling South American waters during regional independence movements. After decommissioning in 1827 it was rebuilt for exploration and participated in the United States Exploring Expedition in 1838 eventually meeting its end on the Columbia Bar in 1841. The ship also took part in diplomatic missions such as conveying Francis Baylies to Argentina and engaging in treaty negotiations in Asia. Throughout its service the Peacock navigated various challenges including severe weather conditions and health crises among the crew. The fascinating post-war exploits of the USS Peacock's diplomatic and explorational missions are recorded in American diplomat Edmund Robert's notes that were published in 1837 under the title "<em>Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China Siam and Muscat in the U.S. Sloop-of-war Peacock</em>".</p><p>Item number: #41562</p><p>Price: $2500</p><p>CROWNINSHIELD Benjamin Williams; BOARD OF NAVY COMMSIONERS OF THE UNITED STATES</p><p><strong><em>Rules Regulations and Instructions for the Naval Service of the United States: Prepared by the Board of Navy Commissioners of the United States with the Consent of the Honorable the Secretary of the Navy; In Obedience to an Act of Congress Passed Seventh February 1815 Entitled "An Act to Alter and Amend the Several Acts for Establishing a Navy Department by Adding Thereto a Board of Commissioners."</em></strong></p><p>Washington: E. De Krafft 1818. First Edition.</p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->75 26 ii</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance: <strong>Handwritten – U.S. Sloop-of-War Peacock</strong></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->"<em>For the use of the U.S. Sloop of War. Peacock - It is to be observed that the attendences or additions in pencil or in writing are not a part of the regulation to be observed but should all be erased. -Morris 2 March 1832</em>"</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->The USS Peacock was a sloop-of-war warship with a single gun deck in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.</p><p> <!--endif-->The Peacock was authorized by an act of Congress March 3 1813 laid down July 9 1813 by Adam and Noah Brown at the New York Navy Yard and launched on September 19 1813. Peacock served in the War of 1812 capturing twenty ships. Subsequently the ship <strong>served in the Mediterranean Squadron and in the "Mosquito Fleet" which fought to suppress Caribbean piracy. She patrolled the South American coast during the colonial wars of independence.</strong></p><p> <!--endif-->The Peacock was decommissioned in 1827 and broken up in 1828 to be rebuilt as USS Peacock intended as an exploration ship. She sailed as part of the <strong>United States Exploring Expedition in 1838</strong>. Peacock ran aground and broke apart on the Columbia Bar without loss of life in 1841.</p><p> <!--endif-->The fascinating post-war exploits of the USS Peacock's diplomatic and explorational missions are recorded in American diplomat Edmund Robert's notes that were published in 1837 under the title "<em>Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China Siam and Muscat in the U.S. Sloop-of-war Peacock</em>".</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: Sabin 74115</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Provenance: Edmund Roberts <em>Embassy to the Eastern Courts… 1837 – </em>Forbes 1123; Sabin 71884</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Exceedingly rare and desirable!</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>41562</p><p>Photos available upon request.</p> E. De Krafft hardcover
189800009833Chicago: Belford Middlebrook & Co 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Unpaginated. White cloth with decorations in purple and green on the front board. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographs and maps. With introduction and descriptive text. Photographs showcase the beautiful sights of Cuba along with military points of interest and several U.S. Navy ships. A Very Good book with a touch of rubbing to the corners and a bit of soiling to the cloth. Belford, Middlebrook & Co hardcover
194781613Annapolis: US Government Printing Office 1947. 1st edition. Nice Copy. quarto. orig. cloth 522pp. b/w plates text ills. maps & plans appendsix index This the most important volume covers the Advance Bases inc. Southwest Pacific Central Pacific Marianas & Iwo Jima the Phiippines and Okinawa. Inc. large folding maps & photos & plans of bases US Government Printing Office hardcover
20957'Reprinted from “The Times†London Wednesday 18 December 1918.' London: Chiswick Press. 1918. An attractive Chiswick Press item on the firm's own paper possibly printed for Beatty himself. No other copy traced either on OCLC WorldCat or on COPAC. 3pp. 12mo. Printer's slug at foot of otherwise-blank reverse of second leaf. On laid paper with 'Chiswick Press' watermark. Aged and worn with pin-hole through top inner corner of both leaves and light staining at foot of first page. Reprinting a speech thanking the US Atlantic Fleet 'again again and again for the great part the Sixth Battle Squadron has played in bringing about the greatest naval victory in history'. The speech is preceded by the following: 'Admiral Sir David Beatty Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet delivered the following address on board the U.S.S. “New York†on 1 December before the detachment of the American Sixth Battle Squadron from the Grand Fleet'. Beatty states that he has 'received messages from several people offering sympathy to the Grand Fleet' that it was 'unable to strike their blow for the freedom of the world': 'I had always certain misgivings and when the Sixth Battle Squadron became part of the Grand Fleet those misgivings were doubly strengthened and I knew they would throw up their hands. Apparently the Sixth Battle Squadron was the straw that broke the camel's back.' Regarding the Americans and the North Sea he says: 'This is a queer place as you found … but I can say that those of you whom I have seen during the last twelve months seem to have improved in many ways if it is possible and I think the North Sea has a health-giving quality which must be put against all the bad points of which it has so many.' There are a few references to his host Admiral Rodman. 'Reprinted from “The Times,†London, Wednesday, 18 December 1918.' London: Chiswick Press. [1918] unknown
1741001388London: John Millan 1741. Two engraved broadsides - 'A List of His Majesties Royal Navy Shewing When They Were Built & Rebuilt their Several Dimensions and Tonnage with their highest & lowest Compliment of Men ye Number Nature Length & Weight of Guns on ye several Decks of Each Rate' and 'The Pay of the Officers & Men in ye Royal Navy together with the Number in each Rate and their Daily Allowance of Provisions and ye Number of Ships' single sided engraved broadsides. Both cropped to margins with loss to imprint of second mentioned creased from old folds browned with several small chips and tears. First mentioned with significant closed tear from left hand side but missing engraved text with old heavy reinforcing to reverse. The 'Pay' sheet gives detailed summaries including the rates paid to the ships' barber gunners taylor and chaplain. The 'List' sheet covers all rates of ships from First to the smallest yachts as well as hospital and dockyard ships. Both are uncommon the 'Pay' sheet ESTC N490067 shows at the NYPL only and the 'List' sheet ESTC T136812 at the BL and Society of the Cincinnati. First Edition. Unbound. Good. Illus. by Child G. Sculp. Folio. Broadside. John Millan Paperback
184235303New York: Harper and Brothers 1842. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo. 1 pages v-xii pages 13-302 2. Folding map present. Dark brown cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Moderate toning to the end sheets. Light to moderate scattered foxing to the contents. Map is folded with light toning and occasional light foxing. Former institutional copy with a book label from "Athens Georgia Mechanics' Mutual Aid Association" on the front paste down. Fair to good condition. Harper and Brothers hardcover
25079Navy Office 30 May 1809. One page folio bifolium edges marked fold marks some staining small hole seal removed text clear and complete. Addressed to "Mrs Ross Rochester" "On HM Service". Text: "We sent you last evening by the Coach a plan for fitting the orlop of a 74 Gunship to which We desire you will conform in fitting His Majesty's Ships Vigo and Stirling Castle acknowledging the receipt of it. We are Your affectionate Friends SIGNED undeciphered name H. Legge E Bouverie." Note: Mary Ross Wikipedia: "Mary Ross . was an English shipbuilder. She is known as the successful shipbuilder of the British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. She was married to Charles Ross d. 1808 of Rochester and took over his company after his death." See image. Navy Office, 30 May 1809. unknown
AQ21676s.n.: s.i. s.d. 1900 168pp. Original publisher's drab buckram-backed vellum-tipped orange paper boards. Extremities rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. An unused blank book intended for the use by French naval officers in recording the orders of the Commander-in-Chief of the French Navy post May 1885 - the month following the conclusion of the Sino-French War. . Folio. [s.i.], [s.d., 1900?] hardcover
1732AATCG223SY47Paris 1732. 13.5 x 19 cm. Contemporary red goatskin morocco sewn on 5 cords gold-tooled spine gold-tooled fillets on boards and board edges title in 2nd and 3rd of 6 spine compartments further each with 5 small fleurs-de-lis blue-black goatskin morocco pastedowns with wide richly gold-tooled frame headbands worked in red and white gilt edges. Manuscript in brown-black red and blue ink on vellum some of the lettering and borders gilt. With a beautiful frontispiece painting in coloured gouaches 14 x 9.5 cm pasted on the page facing the opening of the text showing a small warship at a shipyard in a small harbour being repaired by workmen. On the left shore a man tends pots on an open fire outside a small hut while 2 others watch and talk across an inlet behind it are the larger ruins of a church with tower in the background more people smaller boats and the far shore. Centred at the foot is a scrollwork shield leaning against a crate with the text "Marine du Roy. 1732." Frontispiece plus 2 26 ll. including 2 double and 1 larger folding. Splendid vellum manuscript on the condition and organisation of the French Royal Navy of King Louis XV in the year 1732 including maritime data on the French colonies in Canada Louisiana and the West Indies. The manuscript is beautifully calligraphed in a formal roman and italic in brown-black red and blue sometimes with gold covering the ink with 2 decorated initials in gold over red. The use of the high quality vellum the fine gouache illustration the lavishly executed calligraphy and the beautiful contemporary binding indicate that the manuscript must have been produced for an important person probably a head of the marine or an official at the court. The manuscript gives a complete survey of the size and organisation of the French navy of the Ancien Regime in 1732 and must have been top secret at the time!From the library of the well-known art historian and book collector Henri Beraldi 1849-1931. The manuscript is generally in fine condition with only an occasional minor spot or small stain. The binding is slightly worn at the hinges head and foot of spine and on the raised bands but is also generally fine. A remarkable and luxurious manuscript providing a wealth of information on the French Royal Navy in 1732.l Bibliotheque Henri Beraldi II Paris 1934 168; Sotheby's London Sale 16 & 17 december 1963 lot 223. hardcover
196535603Huntington Vermont: Self published 1965. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Folio. 304 pages. Illustrated with color frontispiece portrait and 33 black and white plates in text. Blue decorative paper covered boards with title. White cloth spine with red leather title label and the date of 1966 at the bottom of the spine. Brown dust jacket with title on the front and spine. Slip case with title label on the front and folding flap over the spine is present. Self published hardcover
40313Large octavo 230 x 150 mm in the original Admiralty-style binding of straight-grain red morocco with elaborate gilt border incorporating stars wreaths and cornerpieces spine gilt in six compartments; inner dentelles; all edges gilt; original marbled endpapers; engraved title-page with date in manuscript 1st October 1794 although the list has additions to 1801; 200 pp. each with an identical engraved heading with manuscript entries in black and red ink below set out in tabular form within red-ruled lines; mostly written in one hand with occasional alterations or additions in a second; remarkably fresh throughout. A record of the ships in Nelson’s Royal Navy from 1794-1801 with a distinguished Royal provenance being a manuscript copy prepared for Ernst Augustus Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover 1771-1851 fifth son of George III. The register classifies ships by rating; within each rating vessels are arranged alphabetically. The entries include dimensions date built draught complement of men armaments shipwright or origin e.g. ""Taken from the French""; ""Taken from the Dutch"" and occasionally fate e.g. ""Lost 1790""; ""Taken 1801"". The might of the Royal Navy in the early stages of the long wars with France is demonstrated statistically by the sheer number of vessels that are indicated as having been captured from the French. The presence or indeed absence of the following vessels in the register is of specific Australian interest: the First Fleet store ship Supply the third HMS Supply which was decommissioned in April 1792 is not listed but its namesake the fourth HMS Supply - originally the American mercantile ship New Brunswick purchased by the Admiralty in October 1793 then renamed and sent out to Botany Bay to replace her predecessor - is; the other First Fleet naval vessel HMS Sirius was wrecked in March 1790 and so does not appear in the register; HMS Gorgon the 44-gun fifth-rate ship which sailed to New South Wales as part of the Third Fleet is recorded. The most notable vessel with an Australian connection however is HMS Investigator listed under the rating 'Sloops rigged as Ships'. She was originally the mercantile Fram launched in 1795 which the Royal Navy purchased in 1798 and renamed HMS Xenophon before she was converted to a survey ship in 1801 under the name HMS Investigator. In 1802 under the command of Matthew Flinders she would become the first ship to circumnavigate the Australian continent. Interestingly an annotation in red ink in the entry for Investigator records that she was bought in 1798 as Swan - clearly a clerical error for Fram. unknown
1940List3520United States and Japan 1940. Photo album measuring 10 ½ x 13 inches containing approximately 350 photos. With four copies of Jane Whitaker’s discharge and immunization papers and the Navy’s Marching to Victory songbook 13th printing Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School 1943. Album with covers detached and wear to pages; fair. Contents excellent. Overall very good. A photo album belonging to siblings Jane 1924–d. and James 1921–1997 Whitaker of Florida. Both siblings were in the US Navy; the copy of Jane’s discharge paper indicates that she enlisted in 1943 and was honorably discharged in 1946. The siblings are descendants of founding Florida figures William Wyatt and Mary Wyatt Whitaker.<br /> <br /> The album mainly covers their time in Hawai’i and Japan. Alongside eighteen photographs of a large military parade one labeled “V-J Day Honolulu†with floats including the Filipino Federation of America’s celebration of General MacArthur and a bilingual float reading “AGGRESSORS GONE FOREVER†and fifteen likely souvenir photos of the Pearl Harbor attack there are approximately 120 candid photographs of the sailors’ lives. These include spending time with family and children sitting on a tank on the beach barbecuing at a park fishing and doing laundry outside. Some of these were taken in Hawai’i and others in Japan; a number show a sign for Nimitz Recreation Field which is likely at the US Fleet Activities in Sasebo Nagasaki. Thirty show men not in uniform but also likely sailors mainly during similar recreational activities. Others include photos of military installations and from inside barracks—bunk beds the kitchenette and dining area. Individuals in the photos are occasionally identified verso by first name.<br /> <br /> The album is uncommon for the candid nature of the personnel photos. Of interest to historians of life in the US Navy in Hawai’i and Japan during WWII. unknown
18803796<p><b>Scarce Chart of Oahu: Pearl Harbor to Diamond Head</b></p><p>This is a wonderfully detailed chart of the Pearl Harbor/Honolulu area. It names Diamond Head Waikiki Honolulu with street grid shown and Pearl Lochs later Pearl Harbor and locates numerous landmarks: school windmill leper asylum prison and several areas with heavy surf and breakers. </p><p>The chart appears to be directly derived from a larger separately issued chart of the same title that covered a somewhat larger area Hydrographic Office Chart no. 867. The larger chart was first issued in 1880 and updated at least through 1901. While a very short segment of Oahu R.R. is shown just west of Honolulu on the present chart the much longer stretch of the railway that looped around the northern portion of Pearl Lochs is not shown here as it is on the 1899 edition of the larger map. Since the main portion of the Oahu Railway was completed in late 1889 it suggests that the present map was completed prior to that date. We have been unable to determine the exact publication source of the map. In any case the chart as well as its larger relative is very uncommon; neither version is represented on OCLC. <br /></p><p><b>Condition: </b>Original fold lines. Repair of 1 ½" tear at binding edge. Very good.</p><p>ICN 7677.</p> U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office
14380Without place or date. Postmark dated 24 April 1837. 1p. 4to. Bifolium. Reverse of second leaf with wax seal postmark and address to 'Mr. Mitchell High Street Portsmouth'. The letter begins: 'Mr Cust wishes Mr Mitchell to send up Master Custs best uniform coat & waistcoat & if any difference from those he has got the Trowsers; as soon as possible.' He complains that the shirts 'do not sit quite neat about the collar' before listing more requirements: '1 Pewter hand Bason & cup. 2 Bars common soap. 1 Packet Windsor Do. 2 Pair of Braces 2 Log Books size for 3 yrs 1 Watch Bill Book 2 Bottles of Ink. 1 set shoe Brushes 1 Clothes Brush cases of Blacking - Slate.' Further requirements are mentioned: 'Mr. Cust is recommended to have an Indian rubber cape or cloak such as Mr. Mitchell will of course be able to know is proper but Mr Cust would wish to know the difference of the Price.' Without place or date. Postmark dated 24 April 1837. hardcover
1980176021980. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume 23. Including Supplement No. 1-1981 23s. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 373 pages . hardcover
47148Buff-coloured card 77 x 120 mm lithograph printed on the recto in Japanese characters Officers' Quarters battleship Kongo - our translation; verso neatly inscribed in ink in English 'The Gun Room Officers / Imperial Japanese Majesty's Ship ""Kongo"" / P.P.C. i.e. Pour prendre congé'; recto with some damage at one edge due to removal from an album mount verso with light offsetting otherwise good condition. In May 1900 two warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy the Hi-Yei and the Kongo visited Melbourne. They were moored at Port Melbourne for several weeks during which time both ships made themselves available for public inspection. Provenance: Autograph album compiled by Jane Emma Murphy Balcombe 1845-1924 philanthropist socialite and suffragist of ""The Briars"" Mornington Victoria Australia; thence by descent through the à Beckett family Melbourne. unknown
1903009701St. Petersburg: R. Golike & A. Vilborg 1903 8vo 24 cm LXIX 539 pp 2 folding maps 1 folding table 98 plates of photographs and diagrams. Publisher's cloth title gilt binding slightly rubbed and stained gilt partly faded. From the library of Paul v. Hintze stamps on endpapers. The fourth edition of the sailing directions for the Black and Azov Seas comprising an extensive physical-geographical survey covering coastlines currents temperatures salinity ice conditions weather prediction and storms followed by ten navigational chapters describing all shores from the Constantinople Strait proceeding westward northward and eastward around the entire Black Sea littoral to the Anatolian coast with a full chapter devoted to the Sea of Azov. With a prefatory history tracing the work through its four editions from 1851 the present edition prepared by Lieutenant A. M. Bukhtveyev in 1901-1902 and verified in the field by Colonel K. P. Andreyev. Supplemented by 118 autotype photographic views of Black Sea shores 31 wind-rose diagrams a general chart of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov and a composite sheet of charts and plans corrected to 1 January 1903. Provenance: Paul von Hintze German Admiral and diplomat who served as Naval Attaché in St. Petersburg 1903-1908 and later as Foreign Secretary of the German Empire in 1918. R. Golike & A. Vilborg hardcover
1907009702St. Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences 1907 8vo 24.5 cm 2 146 pp 7 folding maps and plans. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering to upper cover and spine binding slightly stained and rubbed ownership entry on the front free endpaper number in red pencil to title page. The volume presents the complete geodetic results of thirty years of systematic triangulation survey of the Russian and adjacent coastlines of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov conducted by the Hydrographic Expedition of the Black Sea from 1871 and continued by the Separate Survey of the Black Sea to 1901 covering seven component triangulation chains from the Nikolayev Bakal Yenikalsky Taganrog Mariupol Berdyansk and Feodosiya bases with all angles measured by theodolites to 10-arc-second precision coordinates calculated using Legendre's formulae on the Bessel ellipsoid to 0.001 arc-seconds and results presented in extensive numerical tables. Complete with all large folding plates comprising a schematic overview map of the principal triangulation network corrected to 1903 and five detailed triangulation chain diagrams showing all measured points triangle sides and base measurements with distances in versts. A work of fundamental importance to the geodetic and cartographic history of the Black Sea region representing the primary positional control data upon which subsequent Imperial Russian and later Soviet hydrographic charting of these waters was founded. Imperial Academy of Sciences hardcover
