Histoire Du Commerce Et De La Navigation Des Anciens

Huet, Pierre Daniel

Published by Antoine-Urbain Coustelier & Jean Leonard, Paris & Brussels, 1716

About this Item

446, (50) Index. 16 x 10.5. [a8-b4,A-Hh8]. Churchman, scholar, a tutor to the Dauphin in 1670, elected to the Academie francais in 1674, Huet owed his reputation the immense number of his writings. This work, a survey of the maritime history of the ancient Mediterranean, the shipping routes taken, also adumbrates the commercial negotiations between the trade partners. Includes material related to the Americas. ALDEN & LANDIS 716/70. KRESS 299. Firm, tight, clean copy; library stamp paste-down front endpaper and title page, raised bands, backstrip head chipped. Blue bookstamp of Katedral Skolans Bibliotek Lund. Contemporary calf backed boards, tan leather spine label printed in gilt. Very good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Histoire Du Commerce Et De La Navigation Des Anciens
• Publisher: Antoine-Urbain Coustelier & Jean Leonard, Paris & Brussels
• Publication Date: 1716
• Binding: leather_bound
• Edition: Second edition.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Economics
  • Classics
  • Travel
  • Maritime