[Boating] - AUBIN, Nicolas. Dictionaire de marine contenant les termes de la navigation et de l'architecture navale avec les règles & proportions qui doivent y être observées. Ouvrage enrichi de figures. Amsterdam, Covens et Mortier, 1722
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4to, mm. 255x170; Contemporary full calf binding, gilded titles and ornaments on the spine, red edges; Frontispiece, Titlepage, PLate with device, pp. [12], 776; A total of 126 woodcuts within the text and 26 plates out text, of which 2 folded 6 on double leaf, all engraved in copper.
Rare SECOND ÉDITION , beautifully illustrated. The beautiful allegorical frontispiece was drawn and engraved by Jan Lamsveld, the 18-page plates depict ships and navigation instruments, the two folded illustrating a frigate, and the wind rose; 126 woodcuts in the text show the sections and parts of ships, how to build them and carpentry tools; in 6 page plates of double sheet are outlined 88 flags. To compose this encyclopedic dictionary, the author used the works of his French predecessors, but also works by Dutch navy of which he translated many extracts. In the preface, Aubin underlines the wealth and the extreme diversity of the maritime vocabulary because of the numerous provincial and even local variations. According Segalen this edition, identical to the first of the 1702 edition would be pirated or contrafatta. Polak 225. Ségalen, Aperçus sur la lexicographie maritime en France avant l'Encyclopédie, in "La mer au siècle des encyclopédies", 1987.
Polak 225. Ségalen, Aperçus sur la lexicographie maritime en France avant l'Encyclopédie, in “La mer au siècle des Encyclopédies”, 1987.
Condition Report: Restoration at p. 776 not affecting the tex, nice specimen. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
Rare SECOND ÉDITION , beautifully illustrated. The beautiful allegorical frontispiece was drawn and engraved by Jan Lamsveld, the 18-page plates depict ships and navigation instruments, the two folded illustrating a frigate, and the wind rose; 126 woodcuts in the text show the sections and parts of ships, how to build them and carpentry tools; in 6 page plates of double sheet are outlined 88 flags. To compose this encyclopedic dictionary, the author used the works of his French predecessors, but also works by Dutch navy of which he translated many extracts. In the preface, Aubin underlines the wealth and the extreme diversity of the maritime vocabulary because of the numerous provincial and even local variations. According Segalen this edition, identical to the first of the 1702 edition would be pirated or contrafatta. Polak 225. Ségalen, Aperçus sur la lexicographie maritime en France avant l'Encyclopédie, in "La mer au siècle des encyclopédies", 1987.
Polak 225. Ségalen, Aperçus sur la lexicographie maritime en France avant l'Encyclopédie, in “La mer au siècle des Encyclopédies”, 1987.
Condition Report: Restoration at p. 776 not affecting the tex, nice specimen. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
