Travel - Navy. ANDRIESSENS (J.B.P.). Uytvindinghe... Lot 48

[Travel - Navy]. ANDRIESSENS (J.B.P.). Uytvindinghe van de nieuwe instructie van het Italiaens boeckhouden op avontuer ter zee, verdeylt in twee tomen. Antwerp, J.B. vande Cruys, 1724. 2 volumes bound in 1 folio volume, red morocco, boards decorated with a large composition of stars, gilt fleurons placed in quatrefoils, the whole in a large gilt frame, spine with ornate nerves, endpapers with flowers, gilt edges (period binding). A rare work on the accounting of maritime merchants; the author was an accountant in Antwerp. This volume teaches how to trade in the four parts of the world: the first part is entitled "Livre d'aventures sur mer" and the second: "Instruction nouvelle pour tenir les livres à la manière italienne". Beautiful engraved title and folding table. BEAUTIFUL AND CURIOUS BINDING IN RICH MAROQUIN with beautiful turquoise gold brocade paper endpapers decorated with flowers and faces. Old restorations on the back.