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HISTOIRE ET MARINE. XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles prin...

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Set of 15 volumes of various formats, bound, in medium condition. [ALBERUS (Erasmus Alber, also known as Erasmus)]. L'Alcoran des Cordeliers. In Amsterdam, at the expense of the Compagnie, [probably an Amsterdam printing for a Parisian bookseller], 1734. 2 volumes large in-12, glazed marbled brown calf, smooth spine grotesquely decorated, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Plates engraved on copper engraving without text by Bernard Picart. Satirical adaptation of extracts from the Liber conformitatum by Bartolomeo da Pisa, translated into French and enlarged by Conrad Bade in the 16th century. Provenance : Son bridge (stamps exlibris on guards); "L. B. C.". (ex-libris vignettes on the upper countertops). - CARTARI (Vincenzo). The Imagini de gli Dei de gli Antichi. In Venetia, apresso Evangelista Deuchino, & Gio. Battista Pulciani, 1609. In-4, semi-rigid parchment, spine ribbed with title in contemporary ink almost erased and restored later, wetted first folios and some works of verse (contemporary binding). Vignettes engraved on copper in the text. - DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (Henri-Louis). Elements of naval architecture, or Practical treatise on shipbuilding. In Paris, at Charles-Antoine Jombert's, 1758. In-4, used brown marbled calf, spine with decorated nerves (contemporary binding). Second edition. Illustration engraved on copperplate outside and inside the text. Provenance: Joseph Ortolan (handwritten ex-libris with the title). - PRINTING OF NEVERS : [LE BOUVIER (Gilles)]. The Memorable History of the great troubles of this kingdom under King Charles VII. In Nevers, by Pierre Roussin, 1594. In-4, used brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated, wetted (17th century binding). Book erroneously attributed to the title to Alain Chartier. Pierre Roussin was the first printer truly based in Nevers. - LESCALLIER (Daniel). Vocabulary of English and French naval terms. In Paris, from the Imprimerie Royale, 1777. 2 parts in one volume in-4, fawn half-basane, s