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Navigating through centuries: the first naval history

MORISOT, Claude Barthélemy.
Orbis Maritimi sive rerum in mari et littoribus gestarum generalis historia: in qua inventiones navium, earundem partes, armamenta. Instructiones Classium, navigationes, praelia maritima, arma, stratagemata, trophea, triumphi, naumachiae. Urbes & coloniae maritimae, periplus orbis antiqui, & novi. Magistratus, praefecturae & officia classica apud omnes Gentes. Leges navales, lustrationes classium, causae & genera ventorum, usus pixidis nauticae, histiodromice, marium diversi motus, aestusque, atque exundationes, aliaque omnia ad rem maritimam pertinentia. Opus unicâ centuriâ contentum, quae in duos libros divisa & partita est: Primus: res in mari, aut circa mare gestas continet, ab initio navigationum ad Costantini Magni obitum, cum descriptione littorum antiquis cosmographis cognitorum. Secundus: A Constantino Magno ad hanc usque diem res pelago, & in oris gestas complectitur, cum descriptione littorum antiquis incognitorum.

Engraved title by Spirinx, title printed in red and black, double-page plate of an ancient sea battle (Naumachia) and 44 engraved plates in text, including a full-page plate of an antique statue with six antique vessels attached to it, 23 maps, 9 plates of antique coins with representations of the sea, and 11 views of various (sailing) ships, including one propelled by oxen, all engraved by Palliot.

Engraved title by Spirinx, title printed in red and black, double-page plate of an ancient sea battle (Naumachia) and 44 engraved plates in text, including a full-page plate of an antique statue with six antique vessels attached to it, 23 maps, 9 plates of antique coins with representations of the sea, and 11 views of various (sailing) ships, including one propelled by oxen, all engraved by Palliot.

Engraved title by Spirinx, title printed in red and black, double-page plate of an ancient sea battle (Naumachia) and 44 engraved plates in text, including a full-page plate of an antique statue with six antique vessels attached to it, 23 maps, 9 plates of antique coins with representations of the sea, and 11 views of various (sailing) ships, including one propelled by oxen, all engraved by Palliot.

Engraved title by Spirinx, title printed in red and black, double-page plate of an ancient sea battle (Naumachia) and 44 engraved plates in text, including a full-page plate of an antique statue with six antique vessels attached to it, 23 maps, 9 plates of antique coins with representations of the sea, and 11 views of various (sailing) ships, including one propelled by oxen, all engraved by Palliot.

Engraved title by Spirinx, title printed in red and black, double-page plate of an ancient sea battle (Naumachia) and 44 engraved plates in text, including a full-page plate of an antique statue with six antique vessels attached to it, 23 maps, 9 plates of antique coins with representations of the sea, and 11 views of various (sailing) ships, including one propelled by oxen, all engraved by Palliot.



Dijon, Petrus Palliot, 1643. 2 parts in 1 vol. Folio. Contemporary half sheepskin with marbled boards. Engraved title by Spirinx, title printed in red and black, double-page plate of an ancient sea battle (Naumachia) and 44 engraved plates in text, including a full-page plate of an antique statue with six antique vessels attached to it, 23 maps, 9 plates of antique coins with representations of the sea, and 11 views of various (sailing) ships, including one propelled by oxen, all engraved by Palliot. (24), 725, (19) pp.

First and only edition of the first work on naval and maritime history. Claude Barthélemy Morisot (Dijon 1592-1661), pupil of Cardanus, was one of the great intellectuals of his time and his works enjoyed great success. Orbis Maritimi is his main and best work. It is a extensive encyclopedia of everything relating to maritime affairs. The author shows great erudition, especially in the first part, in which he describes navigation in ancient times, travel in the middle ages and the great discoveries of the Renaissance. On a large double-page engraving an antique sea battle in an amphitheatre (a 'naumachia') is depicted.
The second part is concerned with the navigation of Europeans. The great French, Spanish, English, Dutch and Portuguese expeditions to the coasts of Africa and North America are extensively described, North and South America being covered in two sections, and by three maps, including a curious map on p. 601. Several interesting details concerning recent discoveries are mentioned. There are also sections on the Arctic seas and on whaling, with an image of a whale and whaleboat in the Arctic sea. Leclerc writes that this is an "ouvrage fort peu connu et non mentionné dans Brunet, merite à beaucoup d'égards une place dans toute bibliothèque ou collection de voyage".

Good copy from the library of the Carthusians at Villeneuve: library stamp on title.- (Binding sl. rubbed, first and last page loosening, browning and foing throughout).
Sabin 50723; Borba de Moraes 598; Rodrigues 1715; Cat. Ned. Hist. Scheepv. Mus. I, 567; JCB II, 307; Alden-Landis 643185; Bosch 98; Leclerc 393; Polak 10 650; Scott 86.

Related Subjects: Americana  Classical Antiquity  Europe  Geography  Maritime History  Medals  Navigation  Ships & Shipbuilding 

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