ROUX, Joseph (1725-1793). Recueil des principaux plans des ports et rades de la Mer Méditerranée. Marseille: [s.e.], 1764. Genuine copy of the rare first edition of this successful portolan, an essential navigational tool for 18th-century sailors, offering accurate charts of the main ports of the Mediterranean. 4to (170 x 230mm). Engraved title-page, 121 engraved nautical charts, printed index (light browning, small marginal tears to title, and a short wormtrack to the upper margin of the first two plates). Contemporary full leather binding (worn, with losses). Provenance: private contemporary ownership stamp 'AA' to title-page.