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MAURAN, M. G : Avis Aux Gens de Mer, Sur Leur Santé. Ouvrage nécessaire aux Chirurgiens-navigans, & a tous les Marins en general, qui se trouvent embarques dans des Batimens ou il n'y a point de Chirurgiens. FROM THE LIBRARY OF MARIO AND FIAMMETTA WITT

1786

Chez Jean Mossy, Pere & Fils. Marseille. 1786. New, revised and corrected edition - and possibly the best edition. The first edition appeared in 1766. xxvi, 522 pages. Engraved device to title page and engraved tail-pieces. Handsomely bound in full mottled tan calf with very attractive gilt decorations to spine, marbled endpapers and page edges are red. There is a "B" to the tail of the spine which may indicate the bindery. WITH THE BOOK PLATE OF MARIO AND FIAMMETA WITT - see below for details. Spine slightly rubbed and lacks a tiny portion at tail. Prelims slightly browned with a couple of spots otherwise a remarkably clean and fresh copy of a very scarce item in a lovely binding. Mario Witt collected together one the most famous libraries of maritime literature which was auctioned off by Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1996. Leo S. Olschki was founder in 1886 of the prestigious Italian publishing house of the same name. His daughter Fiammetta Witt née Olschki married Mario Max Witt (earlier Wittkower). She is the granddaughter of Leo Samuel Olschki, and niece of Leonardo Olschki and Cesare Olschki. Mario Witt's parents were Rudolf and Margot Wittkower. Notice to Seafarers on their Health. Work Necessary for Sea Surgeons & All Sailors in General who are embarked in buildings where there are no Surgeons.

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