‎TOFINO DE SAN MIGUEL Vicente‎
‎DERROTERO DE LAS COSTAS DE ESPANA EN EL MEDITERRANEO, Y SU CORRESPONDIENTE DE AFRICA.‎

‎Para inteligencia y uso de las cartas esfricas presentadas al Rey Nuestro Senor por el Exc.mo Sr. Baylio Fr. Don Antonio Valdes... Y construidas de orden de S.M. por el Brigadier de la Real Armada Don Vicente Tofino De San Miguel... en la Imprenta de la Viuda de Ibarra, Madrid, 1787. In-8 gr. (mm. 241x167), p. pelle bazana coeva, cornice dorata ai piatti, fregi e tit. oro su tassello al dorso, pp. (6),LVIII,(2),227; la notevole Introduzione' opera di Jos Vargas y Ponce. Guida ufficiale per piloti per la navigazione lungo le coste mediterranee di Spagna, Nord Africa e Isole Baleari. Non presente l'atlante di carte nautiche che accompagna l'opera (come nella maggior parte dei casi). "Edizione originale". Cfr. Palau,VII, p. 37 - Brunet,V,1031 (Valdes e Tofino): ouvrage bien execut. Vicente Tofio de San Miguel (Cdiz, 1732 - San Fernando, 1795), fue un marino, cosmgrafo y matemtico de inmensa repercusin cientfica en su poca. La importancia de su labor se puede comparar a la de otros marinos de la poca ilustrada como Jorge Juan o Antonio Ulloa.En 1783 fue nombrado jefe de la comisin hidrogrfica, integrada por miembros de la marina con el fin de realizar el levantamiento cartogrfico de las costas de Espaa. Para llevar a cabo esta empresa, entre 1783 y 1788 emprendi una serie de expediciones a bordo de la fragata Santa Perpetua y los bergantines Vivo y Natalia, en las que se utilizaron las tcnicas geodsicas ms avanzadas de la poca, combinando las operaciones martimas con las terrestres.Esemplare marginoso, ben conservato.‎

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‎"TOFINO DE SAN MIGUEL, DON VICENTE.‎

Reference : 54968

(1832)

‎Derrotero de las Costas de Espana en el Mediterráneo y su Correspondiente de Africa. Ecrito en los Anos de 1783 y 1784 por el Brigadier de la Real Armada. Segunda Edicion, corregida y adicionada por la Real Direccion de Hidrografia.‎

‎Madrid, Imprenta Real, 1832. Small 4to. Near contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine and with gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. LX,243 pp. Clean and fine, printed on good paper.‎


‎Second edition of Tofino's importent Log-Book, first published 1787. (Pilot's Log-book of the Coasts of Spain in the Mediterranean Sea and Africa). ""Vincente Tofiño was a rear-admiral in the Spanish navy. He was a renowned astronomer and mathematician and near the close of his career was the King’s hydrographer. Between 1783-1788, Tofiño charted the ports and coasts of Spain as well as the shore of North Africa. He eventually was elected as correspondent of the Spanish Academy of History and of the French and Portuguese Academies of Sciences."" WITHBOUND: Don Josef Luyando. Memoria en que se Manifiestan las Operaciones practicadas para lavantar fundamentalmente La carta del Estrecho de Gibraltar. Madrid, Impenta Real, 1826. - 39,(1-errata) pp.‎

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‎"TOFINO DE SAN MIGUEL, VICENTE.‎

Reference : 57411

(1789)

‎Derrotero de las Costas de Espana en el Mediterraneo, y su correspondiente de Africa para inteligencia y uso de las Cartas Esféricas presentadas por el... Baylio fr. Don Antonio Valdes... y construidas de Orden de S.M. por... Don Vicente Tofino de sa...‎

‎Madrid, Hijos y Compania, 1789. 4to. Contemp. full mottled calf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Broad gilt borders on covers. Edges on covers gilt. Stamps on title-page. (6),LVIII,(2),227 pp. Wide-margined, clean and fine, on good paper.‎


‎First edition of Tofino's famous Spanish pilot. ""Pilot's Log-book of the Coasts of Spain and... the Mediterranean.. for the use of naval intelligence and nautical charts"".‎

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