Dechales, Claude-François Milliet:

$5,000 · Offered by William Reese Company

L'ART DE NAVIGER DEMONTRÉ PAR PRINCIPES, & CONFIRMÉ PAR PLUSIEURS OBSERVATIONS TIRÉES DE L'EXPERIENCE. Dechales' scarce introductory navigation manual, with numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams. Included are sections devoted to basic terminology; principles of the sphere, geometry, and other essentials for navigation; a treatise concerning vessels; and techniques for proper navigation. The preface includes a four-page chronological bibliography of earlier navigation texts, including references to Columbus, Pedro Nuñes, Pedro Medina, Petrus Apianus, and Andrés García de Céspedes. Rare, with only the Macclesfield and Frank Streeter copies having appeared at auction in ABPC in the last thirty years. OCLC locates four copies.

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