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NAVAL CHARNOCK (JOHN)
An History of Marine Architecture. Including an Enlarged and Progressive View of the Nautical Regulations and Naval History, Both Civil and Military, of All Nations, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, R. Faulder, 1800-1802

14 June 2017, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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CHARNOCK (JOHN) An History of Marine Architecture. Including an Enlarged and Progressive View of the Nautical Regulations and Naval History, Both Civil and Military, of All Nations, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, additional engraved title and 99 engraved or aquatint plates after Van de Velde and others (some folding, 6 loose, one shaved just touching ), occasional light spotting or off-setting, old boards, rebacked in modern quarter blue morocco gilt, spines with repeated anchor tool within raised bands [Abbey Life 331], 4to, R. Faulder, 1800-1802

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"The most authoritative book on eighteenth-century ship-building published in England" (Abbey). The striking aquatints and engravings include the folding plate of the Royal George, a Chinese junk, and the often missing view of the "Flying Proa of the Ladrone Islands".

Provenance: "John Hawkes to his brother Capt. Ed. Hawkes of His Maj. Ship Melampus, Dec. 1811", inscription on front free endpaper of volume 1.

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