About 1726 Henri Michelot and Laurent Bremont produced an untitled sea atlas containing 16 charts and three plates of ships. The charts were dated between 1715 and 1726. In 1727 a reduced size quarto format work was first published with the title “Recueil de plusieurs plans des ports et rades de la Mer Mediterranée”, it contained 21 charts of the waters and harbours of the western Mediterranean Sea. This second edition is dated 1727-30 by the unpublished work of Catherine Hofmann and was enlarged to include 37 charts. The 16 new charts in this issue are all dated 1730. They are all the engraved work of P. Starckmann of The Hague. This is amongst some of his last known works. Observations for the charts were undertaken by Michelot who was a hydrographer and pilot familiar with these waters. The area covered extends from Cadiz in Spain largely covering the European coastlines through France and Italy ending at Sicily. They include fine charts of the waters of Gibraltar, Mallorca, Ibiza, Barcelona, Colioure, Hyères, Antibes, Villefranche, Genoa, Porto Vecchio and Palermo. There was a third edition including one more chart dated to 1732. The British Library example of this work is incomplete. PROVENANCE: early price inscription on title and “Marseilles, 6eme Juin 1752” on front free endpaper. Shirley, British Library, M.Mich-2a; Palau 168.325; Tooley Dictionary.