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[Ships] - CHAPMAN, Fredrik Henrik. Traité de la Construction des Vaisseaux, avec des Eclaircissemens & Demonstrations touchant l'Ouvrage intitulé: Architectura Navalis Mercatoria.Brest, Malassis; Paris, Durand et Jombert, 1781.
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Description
4, mm. 250 x 200, contemporary full calf vellum, back with 5 ribs with gold ornaments and a label for the title; pp. XXV, 3, 219, 1 with
20 copper folded plates out text, with geometric figures, cleaved and profiles of different boats. Text printed on blue paper.
French edition, enriched with substantial additions of Vial du Clairbois, this well-known treatise on shipbuilding originally appeared in Stockholm in 1775. The author, vice-admiral of the Swedish navy, and a member of the Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, had previously published in 1768 a great album titled tables Architectura Navalis Mercantilus, on the construction of merchant vessels. Some of these have been inserted by Clairebois in this translation, in addition to the 16 original. Stratico: "This work is one of the finest that have been written on the theory of the construction of ships, and deserves to be matched to that of Jorge Ivan." Zeitlinger: "The author was the first to elaborate a comprehensive theory of shipbuilding , and to give rules for finding the center of gravity and the carrying power of ships ".
Polak, n. 1605; Stratico, p. 113; Zeitlinger, n. 757.
Condition Report: Fine specimen. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
20 copper folded plates out text, with geometric figures, cleaved and profiles of different boats. Text printed on blue paper.
French edition, enriched with substantial additions of Vial du Clairbois, this well-known treatise on shipbuilding originally appeared in Stockholm in 1775. The author, vice-admiral of the Swedish navy, and a member of the Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, had previously published in 1768 a great album titled tables Architectura Navalis Mercantilus, on the construction of merchant vessels. Some of these have been inserted by Clairebois in this translation, in addition to the 16 original. Stratico: "This work is one of the finest that have been written on the theory of the construction of ships, and deserves to be matched to that of Jorge Ivan." Zeitlinger: "The author was the first to elaborate a comprehensive theory of shipbuilding , and to give rules for finding the center of gravity and the carrying power of ships ".
Polak, n. 1605; Stratico, p. 113; Zeitlinger, n. 757.
Condition Report: Fine specimen. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
